My guest is writer and music critic Chris Stevens, who hosts the R&B podcast On The Groove Line. Chris and I discuss the first ever quiet storm R&B radio broadcast by Melvin Lindsey at Howard's WHUR radio station, which aired 50 years ago and sparked an explosion of quiet storm radio programming on Black radio in multiple cities across the U.S. We get into the hallmarks of the music itself and what makes it unique, the subgenre's appeal to different audiences based on age and class, and the social and cultural context surrounding the music.

On The Groove Line Podcast site: onthegrooveline.com

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