Lynnée Denise Interview
Lynnée Denise is a global practitioner of sound, language, and Black Atlantic thought. She coined the term DJ Scholarship in 2013, which explores how knowledge is gathered, interpreted, and produced through a conceptual and theoretical framework, shifting the role of the DJ from a party purveyor to an archivist and cultural worker. She’s also the author of Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters.
How did you get to where you are today, professionally?
I used my graduate school federal student loan money to buy turntables and records. I spun between reading theory and writing about music with an African-Diasporic lens.
Can you please briefly describe the book?
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