Emancipation Proclamations

Melvin Gibbs, Brandon Ross, JT Lewis (Harriet Tubman) and Georgia Anne Muldrow in conversation with Larry Blumenfeld On the eve of his ground-breaking book, How Black Music Took Over the World, bassist Melvin Gibbs joins his bandmates in the powerhouse trio, Harriet Tubman—guitarist Brandon Ross and drummer JT Lewis—along with singer, writer and musician Georgia Anne Muldrow, to celebrate their collaborative album, Electrical Fields of Love. Culture reporter and music critic Larry Blumenfeld leads a discussion with them about how that triumph of Black music gets reflected in their work and in our lives.