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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Aja Graydon
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Aja Graydon.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 14 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Singer-songwriter Aja Graydon was born on September 25, 1978 in Los Angeles, California. She attended the Duke Ellington High School for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. In 1994, Graydon was signed by Delicious Vinyl Records, a Los Angeles-based independent record label. In 1997, while collaborating with The Roots, she met singer-songwriter Fatin Danzler and the couple were married in 1998. The couple then formed R&B and soul music duo Kindred the Family Soul. After they were discovered by R&B superstar Jill Scott at a Philadelphia music showcase, Kindred signed a recording contract with Hidden Beach Recordings in 2001. They released four studio albums; and, in 2003, they received a Soul Train nomination. Kindred was nominated for a BET Award. Danztler and Graydon worked with recording artists including Jill Scott, The Roots and Snoop Dogg. Kindred released the album The Legacy of Love in 2016.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Aja Graydon
Aja Graydon
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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