Listen "07. Drinking While Podcasting: Celebrating Taking a Leap of Faith with Nwaka Onwusa"
Episode Synopsis
🥂 Onwusa Nwaka became Vice President and Chief Curator of the Rock-and-roll Hall of Fame. 00:51😇 Onwusa’s roots and intermingled influence of scripture, spirituality, faith, and music. 05:10🎯 Follow that inner voice and do not waste your time questioning it. 09:07🥶 Girl from Cali was surprised by the Cleveland weather. 13:41🤩 Her work in the Grammy Museum and for the White House.17:41🤓 Meeting and working with many celebrities taught Nawaka so many important things. 25:10🤯 Picking only three favorite songs is not possible for Nwaka. 33:26🎶 Her favorite band is Earth Wind and Fire and huge influences are Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Fela Kuti, John Coltrane. 34:40⚡ Music is power: Eric Dolphy, West Montgomery, Nina Simone, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Aretha Franklin. 37:39🙃 Funny situations Nwaka had because of her name. 49:14🔥 ‘Child greater than money’ and ‘Moon shines all over the world’. 51:09💽 It is important for kids to know that music is not coming from phones--we had vinyls, tapes, CD’s. 57:48🍸 Kevin is good at making cocktails and improvising on recipes. 1:07:59😍 get real with yourself, reclaim your time. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nonwusa/https://www.instagram.com/nwaka.onwusa/https://bornthatwaythemovie.com/about/https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/nwaka-onwusa-rock-hall-future-25-1179542/