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Raul Midón: Music And Conversation On Soulsations

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Sunday, June 23

Sunday on Soulsations, hear music and conversation with Grammy-nominated Raul Midón.  His latest release is If You Really Want. The New York Times has called Midón "a one-man band who turns a guitar into an orchestra and his voice into a chorus.” Midón has also been featured as part of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series.
Midón told Soulsations host Carla Eckels, "I've never considered myself a particular kind of musician. I'm sort of put in the jazz category right now but really, I love soul music. I love Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder and Al Green. And I love Latin music. I speak Spanish, so I love Brazilian music, I love flamenco, I love Argentine folk music‚ I love tango. The music that I make is a distillation of everything that I love in music.

Carla Eckels is Director of Organizational Culture at KMUW. She produces and hosts the R&B and gospel show Soulsations and brings stories of race and culture to The Range with the monthly segment In the Mix. Carla was inducted into The Kansas African American Museum's Trailblazers Hall of Fame in 2020 for her work in broadcast/journalism.