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Aug 20, 2024 | 
wmot.org | Alice O'Leary Randall |Craig Havighurst
“I never wrote a song to entertain anyone. Not once,” said Alice Randall in an outtake from Episode 292 of The String. In the broadcast, she says something similar: “I wanted to create, and I think to some degree I did, necessary songs, because I believe (country music is) hard music for people going through hard times. And I believe it makes a plan.
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May 21, 2024 | 
audible.com | Charlamagne Tha God |Shenequa Golding |Alice O'Leary Randall |John Bryant
From Charlamagne Tha God, multi-hyphenate mogul, host of the morning radio phenomenon The Breakfast Club, and founder and CEO of iHeartRadio’s Black Effect Podcast Network, a rundown on how small talk from small minds have taken over our world, and the BIG conversations needed to climb our way back.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
marketplace.org | Alice O'Leary Randall |Kai Ryssdal
Alice Randall has been in the world of country music for decades. Her professional career started back in the early ’80s, when she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a songwriting career and launch a publishing company with the hope of supporting Black artists.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
cnn.com | Alice O'Leary Randall
Editor’s Note: Alice Randall is a country music songwriter and publisher who’s been in the business for more than four decades. Her book “My Black Country: A Journey Through ” Country Music’s Past, Present and Future,” was published this month. The views in this commentary are her own. Read more opinion at CNN. Over a long career in music, I’ve known the profound alienation one feels as an unacknowledged member of the country music family.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
marketplace.org | Alice O'Leary Randall
In "My Black Country," Alice Randall returns color to the heroes, and she-roes, of her songsIn her book, the country songwriter looks back on her career and the Black artists that shaped the genre, from DeFord Bailey to Beyoncé.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Alice O'Leary Randall
Credit - Illustration by Shyama Golden for TIMEOn March 16, 1983, the Country Music Association (CMA) celebrated its 25th anniversary, and I was invited. Buddy Killen, the song publisher who pitched “Heartbreak Hotel” to Elvis Presley, thought “the Black girl from Harvard” might just be the second coming of that hit’s songwriter, Mae Boren Axton. He put me on the guest list and paid for the tickets. It was a complicated night.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
southernfoodways.org | Alice O'Leary Randall
In addition to her work as an international recording artist and civil rights activist, the Queen of Gospel entered the restaurant business in the late 1960s with Mahalia Jackson’s Glori-fried Chicken. The fast food chain was more than a brand extension for the star; it was the first African American-owned franchise in the South. Producer Betsy Shepherd explores how Mahalia used the gospel bird to push for economic empowerment in the black community.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Alice O'Leary Randall |Stephanie Johnson |Brandon Stanton |
Essential for country fans—a delightful, inspirational story of persistence, resistance, and sheer love of music. A Nashville-based songwriter and music publisher recounts an unlikely success story while celebrating the contributions of Black Americans to country music.
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Feb 3, 2023 | 
epicurious.com | Kendra Vaculin |Anna Stockwell |Caroline Williams |Alice O'Leary Randall
This collection of expert-approved Type 2 diabetes-friendly recipes includes weeknight meals, breakfast ideas, and even diabetes-friendly desserts.
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Jan 31, 2023 | 
icgov.org | Alice O'Leary Randall
In recognition of Black History Month, the Office of Equity and Human Rights is encouraging community members to test their knowledge with a Black History Month quiz. The first 25 participants to earn a perfect score will receive a copy of one of the following books:"High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America" by Jessica B.
