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Music industry veteran SteveJ takes a "deep dive" into music books, including bios, criticism, photography, and cultural takes, and explores music documentaries and films with the people behind them, along with a fascinating revolving panel of guests.
Episode 13: "Donny Hathaway Live" with Emily Lordi
In January of 1979, Donny Hathaway fell fifteen stories from a window of Manhattan's Essex House Hotel in an alleged suicide. He was 33 years old and at the peak of his career. Hathaway was a composer, pianist, and soul singer committed to exploring “music in its totality,” whose influence on generations of singers and musicians.Author Emily Lordi breaks down his essential "Live" album — one of the all-time great live albums — and offers up the story of Hathaway's life, from his beginning in the church, to his numerous musical collaborations, his tragic death, and his uncanny ability to amplify the power and beauty of his songs in the moment of live performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices