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Pride 2024 ft. Software / Bruz Fletcher

Pride 2024 ft. Software / Bruz Fletcher

FromCultural Manifesto


Pride 2024 ft. Software / Bruz Fletcher

FromCultural Manifesto

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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Celebrate Pride month by exploring the work of historically significant Indiana LGBTQ+ musicians. Listen to interviews with Lē Weaver of Software, and writer Tyler Alpern, author of the 2010 book “Camped, Tramped and A Riotous Vamp” a biography of the Indiana songwriter Bruz Fletcher.

Software was an Indianapolis synth-rock band that played a crucial role in the Lesbian music scene of Indiana during the 1980s. 

Stoughton “Bruz” Fletcher, a pioneer of LGBTQ+ music during the 1930s. Bruz was born into one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Indiana, and his life was filled with extraordinary luxury and tragedy.
Released:
Jun 26, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Each week on Cultural Manifesto, Kyle Long reveals stories and sounds from the creative frontlines of the past and present. Through music, archives and artist interviews, discover how creators shape meaning with sound, in Indianapolis and well beyond. Tune in each week to this WFYI Public Media show for discoveries that will delight your ears and expand your understanding of our shared world.