{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Gaye Adegbalola Centers Blues Herstory and Music as a Griot and Activist","description":"This interview was recorded via video conference on&amp;nbsp; October 29, 2021 by Angela Denise Davis. Gaye Adegbalola talked about her early years in Virginia, college life in Boston, and her career as a Blues musician, griot, and activist. Gaye Adegbalola\u2019s website: https:\/\/adegbalola.com\/ Facebook page: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GayeAdegbalolaMusician\/ Gaye Todd Adegbalola, a Blues Music Award winner, is best known musically as a founding member of Saffire \u2013 The Uppity Blues Women (1984 \u2013 2009). The group recorded exclusively with Alligator Records. Additionally, she has 6 recordings on her own label, Hot Toddy Music (Todd is her family name). Gaye was born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia where she sat-in, picketed and protested its racism. She graduated as valedictorian of the then-segregated Walker-Grant High School, went \u201c up North\u201d to Boston University to finish with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. Prior to becoming a teacher, she worked as a technical writer for TRW Systems, a biochemical researcher at Rockefeller University, and a bacteriologist at Harlem Hospital. She has a Master\u2019s degree in Educational Media (with a concentration in photography) from Virginia State University. ","author_name":"The ZAMI NOBLA Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/zaminobla.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/21646517\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/118530518"}