Posted on Jul 20, 2023
Korean American poet Nat Myers releases blues album
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Korean American Nat Myers is a new artist playing some old-style blues. Myers grew up in Northern Kentucky. His debut album, out now, features old country blues with a new twist. It's called "Yellow Peril."
Korean American poet Nat Myers releases blues album
Posted from wbur.org
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Blues music
Posted 11 mo ago
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."He wrote the title track to his new album “Yellow Peril” as he foresaw backlash against Asian Americans as the pandemic started.
“This wasn’t going to be real good for anybody who looks like me,” he says, “and it made me scared.”
The blues gave Myers the opportunity to communicate his feelings.
“I look at the old blues and the Delta blues that I really love as this narrative form,” he says. “This is my experience as somebody who has grown up in Kentucky who looks like me and who feels like I’m part of the conversation.”
Myer hopes when people listen to his music, they discover new inspiration in the traditional blues and that they “see it in the same light I do, which is some of the hippest music that is going on right now.”
..."He wrote the title track to his new album “Yellow Peril” as he foresaw backlash against Asian Americans as the pandemic started.
“This wasn’t going to be real good for anybody who looks like me,” he says, “and it made me scared.”
The blues gave Myers the opportunity to communicate his feelings.
“I look at the old blues and the Delta blues that I really love as this narrative form,” he says. “This is my experience as somebody who has grown up in Kentucky who looks like me and who feels like I’m part of the conversation.”
Myer hopes when people listen to his music, they discover new inspiration in the traditional blues and that they “see it in the same light I do, which is some of the hippest music that is going on right now.”
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