Caption: Cheryl Dunn
Cheryl Dunn 

Guest DJ Project: Cheryl Dunn

Series: KCRW's Guest DJ Project
From: KCRW
Length: 00:11:32

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Photographer and documentary filmmaker Cheryl Dunn finds inspiration in street culture, as well as a wide variety of music she associates with people, places and experiences throughout her life – from classic Alice Coltrane to her favorite New York band Endless Boogie. Her film “Everybody Street” recently played at the Tate Modern in London and she is working on a feature length version of the documentary to be completed in Fall.
 
For More: http://www.cheryldunn.net

Tracks
1. Journey in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane
2. Feelin' Alright - Grand Funk Railroad
3. Bad River - Endless Boogie
4. Fools Gold 4.15 - The Stone Roses
5. California - Joni Mitchell

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Piece Description

Photographer and documentary filmmaker Cheryl Dunn finds inspiration in street culture, as well as a wide variety of music she associates with people, places and experiences throughout her life – from classic Alice Coltrane to her favorite New York band Endless Boogie. Her film “Everybody Street” recently played at the Tate Modern in London and she is working on a feature length version of the documentary to be completed in Fall.
 
For More: http://www.cheryldunn.net

Tracks
1. Journey in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane
2. Feelin' Alright - Grand Funk Railroad
3. Bad River - Endless Boogie
4. Fools Gold 4.15 - The Stone Roses
5. California - Joni Mitchell

Transcript

Anthony Valadez: Hi, I’m Anthony Valadez, and I’m here with photographer and documentary filmmaker Cheryl Dunn. Her work is focused on street culture, but we’re here to talk about the music and the songs that have inspired over the years as part of KCRW’s Guest DJ Project. Cheryl, how are you?

Cheryl Dunn: I’m fine, thanks.

AV: Great! What did you bring for us today?

CD: I brought an array of different songs. It was painful, because I love music so much and it really informs pretty much all my moves, kind of, so, I wanted to pick a real, a broad selection, that was kind of different types of music. The first one on the list, we have, Alice Coltrane, Journey in Satchidananda.

Song: Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda

First of all, she’s an incredibly amazing woman, ground-breaking musician, and was kinda in the boy’s club, you know. And (chuckle) I feel like this song, it’s li...
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Additional Credits

Host: Anthony Valadez

Related Website

http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/gd/gd110706cheryl_dunn