Episode 113: New York's Jazzy R&B Duo Acute Inflections

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When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…

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Known in and out of New York as the Jazzy R&B Duo, Acute Inflections joins me to talk about how the met, fell in love, and through music found a deeper connection performing together. Perpetually on the road they talk about a fond performance in Philly, performing What a Day a Difference Makes in with a reggae twist, "No Ordinary Love" by Sade being highly requested, surprising audiences with their version of Britney Spears "Toxic." They even share their experiences performing in London over the summer and Mozambique earlier this year. With plenty of shows coming up, they talk about performing with purpose and sharing with audiences causes that they are passionate about. For more information and how to book them or go to shows: https://acuteinflections.com/ IG: @acuteinflections

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Episode 113: New York's Jazzy R&B Duo Acute Inflections

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