“I listen to the Backstreet Boys as much as I listen to Bob Dylan,” says joyoladokun, who probes deep issues over a variety of pop sounds on her new album 'Proof of Life.'
“I listen to the Backstreet Boys as much as I listen to Bob Dylan,” she says. “There are some people who are pretentious about what they listen to, or they’re precious about it. And I’m like, if it slaps, it slaps. I don’t care who made it.”
“The album’s fun because it’s not the album I thought I was going to make, but it’s absolutely the album I wanted it to be.” Asked what album she thought she was going to make, she responds, “I figured I was going to make a legacy Americana type thing. Didn’t we all?” and then cracks up — a deep, raspy laugh that’s impossible not to laugh along with.
“The way she navigates the industry without having to minimize any part of who she is, that is what opens doors,” Holly G, founder and co-director of Black Opry, says. “I know if I go to a
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