Quiet Storm: How 1970s R&B changed late-night radio
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- Quiet Storm is a late-night Black radio staple.
Link to the extended interview with Fredara Hadley: • Quiet Storm: Fredara H...
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Late one evening in the summer of 1976, a Howard University student named Melvin Lindsey was tapped to fill in as a host at WHUR, the university-owned Black radio station. He chose a lineup of his favorite R&B ballads to soundtrack Washington, DC, that evening. The show was an accidental success. Shortly thereafter he was hired, and his show had a name: The Quiet Storm.
Quiet Storm radio shows have since become a staple of Black communities across the United States. In the video above Estelle Caswell, along with ethnomusicologist Fredara Hadley, break down exactly what makes Quiet Storm such a beloved black radio tradition. Also featured in the episode are radio hosts, Angela Stribling, Al Wood, and John Monds.
The playlist is called "Quiet Storm Odyssey" you can find it on Spotify here: open.spotify.c...
Sources:
Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class by Karyn R. Lacy
The Death of Rhythm and Blues by Nelson George
That's the Joint!: The Hip-hop Studies Reader by Mark Anthony Neal
The Quiet Storm by Eric Harvey for Pitchfork
Quiet Storm Sweeps Black Radio by Nelson George, Billboard Magazine Oct 4, 1986
Airing the Moods of Melvin Lindsey by Roger Piantadosi, The Washington Post, February 3, 1979
New, Lower Voice Deliberately Cultivated by Smokey Robinson by Jean Williams, Billboard Magazine April 12,1975
Blacks Rise by 110,000 in Suburbs by Lawrence Feinberg, The Washington Post, May 18, 1975
Blacks Total 77 Percent of District’s Population by Paul Valentine, The Washington Post, January 24, 1976
The Voice of the Evening by Jacqueline Trescott, The Washington Post, September 5, 1985
Black Perspective on the Move, The Pittsburgh Courier, February 19, 1977
Durable Radio Format Survives Shift in Tastes, Tod Beamon, The New York Times, February 19, 1987
To The White Suburbs by Carlie Douglas, Ebony Magazine, April 1973
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I just want to say how happy I am to have Earworm back as a series. Such incredible content. Thank you Vox for bringing back my favorite series on youtube.
Well said! 🖖🏽
👍 agreed
I'm that 1k like!
Seriously the best.
Yes! A thousand times yes!
As an Asian, the realisation hit me half-way through the video, that the radio show I listen to everyday on my way back home from work, filled with smooth love ballads from my own culture and a sultry, slow-talking host, is my city's version of the Quiet Storm. *mind, blown*
I went to Tokyo for the first time in 2008. I was surprised by how popular "Quiet Storm" R&B was there. Every store sounded like J. Dilla was their D.J.
@@Undecided0 the way it should be in america tbh.
@@Undecided0 Isn't that City Pop? I think they call it Japanese music.
When I went to Asia I was shocked by how much Black American influence is everywhere, especially music and fashion.
DMV area gaves us 'Crosswinds' with Lee Cross in Baltimore WBAL amogst others
As a former Quiet Storm and radio personality, I REALLY appreciate the acknowledgement of the significance of The Quiet Storm and my fellow personalities and artists...as well as the local Black communities affected by the format of music. Thank you 😊 🎶
Clifford Brown, Jr. KBLX Oakland.
@@SHurd-rc2go yeah I remember and kblx having a show called the stars of the storm but sadly Intercity broadcast file for bankruptcy in 2012 and Kblx station was sold 2 Bonneville Broadcasting.
I grew up with WJMO in Cleveland in the late 70s thru 80s! I had a personal radio that was a window to Cleveland!
The visual design in this episode is phenomenal
I still listen to it here in San Diego... and I'm mexican. God bless black people for their art and soul.
Specifically Black Americans :)
@@Bahia82 black diaspora is powerful culture
As a black man I appreciate the recognition and would like to give some to mexicans in and outside of America. The way history has gone excluding native americans, is that the newest and most different people in the usa have always been abused, mistreated and marginalized. Mexicans and African Americans have dealt with it from stealing of texas to the shooting of unarmed black men. We need to see ourselves united and black and brown men and women to stand up to anyone and anything we feel is holding us back as minorities in the great United States
@@gcboy16 no this is Black American culture, and it ok to say this.
@@Monaedeezy Why so divisive?
The OG lo-fi hip hop radio, chill beats you can study to
The raccoon wearing 🎧 is my fav chillhop radio UA-cam channel. Awesome beats/vibes.
Sure.... _study_ to
@@Amquacktador I'm sure there was plenty of....studying.. going on 👀
Omg yes
Why bring that up here? 😕
Wow. Just, WOW! I grew up listening to the "Quiet Storm" during the 1970s. I would sneak into the living room after my family went to bed, turn on the stereo and listen to that music for hours. in Southern California, it was KUTE 102, and also KJLH ("We are you"). I absolutely love Earworm, and this video not only brings back memories, but I learned quite a bit about the origins of "Quiet Storm" and the like. Thank you for presenting this important bedrock of Black music. So great.
Hear hear!
I'm from South Africa, and in the township every Sunday, people still listen to 1970s American music like the O'Jays, its amazing to see how black music is always in relation to politics, love and community. Eddie Zondi was the biggest exponent of this format in South Africa
@Anne Day wa tseba Mkhaya
and Wilson B Nkosi
Sunday radio is home 😌
Cathy Hughes is honestly worth her own special episode. She's done so much for Black media. Howard actually named its communications school after her a few years ago, and it's entirely deserved.
She sure has, I remembered her news segment on WOL AM radio with Moonman music segment. Not enough credit is going to her body of work and Black consciousness.
An entire living legend. Full stop
Anyone remember the BET show "Midnight Love" from back in the 90s? It was a music video version of Quiet Storm. I miss that show.
Yup
I remember Midnight Love! 🙂
Yep and it makes sense since BET was based out of Washington DC until they were brought out by Viacom.
Sure do
Yup
Im Dominican and I have been living in the past 12 years between MoCo and PGC in Maryland, and The Quiet Storm of WHUR has been a crucial part of my night commute for all this time ever since I was not as proficient in English as I'm now.
Yesssss Grew up in PG listening to WHUR
I’m only 22 but I was definitely in the last era of the quiet storm, and I’m so glad I got to experience it
Yaaaaaasssss!!!💯
I’m 25 and I grew up listening to the quiet storm. I guess that’s one of the reasons I became a DJ. My parents grew up in New York and the tri-state area so it was WBLS. I still wish I still had my father’s old cassettes of the quiet storm. There was a host named Vaughn Harper and he would put you to sleep every night. May he Rest In Peace. I also grew up listening to the quiet storm in Philly too. I was blessed to experience the best of both worlds. As younger people, we need to continue to carry the torch and keep the legacy of the quiet storm alive.
Earworm is back. The world is a better place
Back & Black
Now we just need borders again
My mom moved to DC in 76 to attend Howard... the Quiet Storm on WHUR was a HUGE part of my childhood, glad to see it gets its props
Same here. Very cool topic for Vox
my moms been listening to whur since it started, and I had no idea this was were it started!
I like a- political topics by vox / vice and they need to stick to these subjects
Born in '96 and I grew up listening to Quiet Storm music... Thank God for my mom and dad who played this music for my sisters and me when I was younger... literally set the foundation for the music listen to today. BlackMusic4Ever
Born in ‘97… the quiet storm will always touch my heart. It transports me back.
I've always wondered why the 70s had so many slow ballads as pop music, which is weirdly unlike pretty much any other decade, so this was very interesting.
Well...it happened in other decades too (the '90s comes to mind) but yeah, this was definitely cool to learn about.
Vietnam war happened. People just wanted to kick back and relax I guess.
Who ever has these stations archived is a legend for real
So many nights I spent in the backseat of my parent's car, listening to the quiet storm when I couldn't get to sleep... I knew it was time for bed when my parents would put on the Quiet Storm and light incense. This brings back so many wonderful memories! Thank you!
In 8th grade, in the mid 80's, I was a white suburban kid going to catholic school and my art project for the year was a collage of UTFO and Midnight Star. I don't want to come across as a cultural appropriater, but my childhood was so enriched by this music and influences that have stayed with me my entire life. I am so thankful for it.
It feels weird seeing this video only 10 minutes after it has been uploaded. This kind of video usually pops up in your recommended having millions of views
It low key makes me uncomfortable because there are no interesting comments
@@diorheartclub Come up with your own interesting comment
This is an interesting comment. 🤞🏼
@@diorheartclub start it up cudi lol this yo chance
It's not that deep dude
Anyone else flip to see the Phyllis Hyman clip on here? My favorite singer, one of our greatest singers and one of the most underrated of all.
I was absolutely floored! LOVE IT!
Yes, being a kid listening to the quiet storm on the radio and thinking it was like listening in on adult conversations is exactly how I felt too.
Indeed!
I love that Anita baker is getting her flowers in this world. She’s my favorite artist ever!!!
I love this! I was a teen and into my 20s in the late 90s and early 2000s listenig to the my local version of the Quiet Storm in southern california. I've always been drawn to Soul and R&B. The whole feel of the show oozed sensuality, romance, love, relaxation. It kept me company on many lonely nights.
Yesssss!
The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history. I love the 70s nostalgia in this video
Our Quiet Storm in NYC was started by Vaughn Harper (RIP) somewhere in the early 80s on WBLS-FM. Best time of the day was listening to the hosts do their best Barry White imitation.
Quiet Storm radio/music is peak 'blackness' in my opinion... I love everything about it!! Deep emotional lyrics, beautiful melodies, heavy bass, & jazz inflections. Silky, yet powerful vocals. There's soooo much depth in that music. 70's love songs don't really cut deep enough for me, and they make me really depressed with all the shameless romanticizing. But the mid - late 80's, early 90's R&B songs that were made specifically for quiet storm radio, those songs have an sooo much raw emotion flowing through them. It gives me a calm, reassuring feeling that pacifies my brain. My favorite song being "Come Home to Me" by Miki Howard.
I'm a black guy born in the 1980s.This video has been very interesting and educational. I will get more into this music-and listen to Smokey's song.
This video just increase my perspective of black music, culture and vibe... love this so much. Thank you
One of the best episodes ! Interestingly, this parallels what happened to reggae music in the U.K. during the same time period with the rise of Lovers Rock..
That's really interesting
Furniture pledge and Saturday soup is pure lovers rock environment, its my afternoon tunes, the sideline into blues dance and sound system raves. Salute to the BLACK musiq scene.
In the UK, we have Magic Radio. Late at night it plays Quiet Storm. Marvin Gaye, Anita Baker, Sade etc. As a kid I didn’t know that type of stuff had an actual name and category lol
Thank you for this new fact! The only place I get some quiet-esque storm is on soul power radio which is great for everything. Thanks again 😊
I used to have a little pink radio and would fall asleep as a kid with headphones plugged into it, listening to Anita Baker, Stephanie Mills, all of the Quiet Storm on KISS FM in NYC. Too young to really understand but I *felt* it.
I'm Asian and born in the early 90s but these music has been playing at our home because my parents are huge fans of this kind of music. I replicated these songs on my playlist to play whenever I feel sad or anxious because it takes me back to a simpler and better time in my life.
And Anita Baker's Angel...is one of the songs from quiet storm that I adore and love forever.
As a proud Washingtonian born and raised 1206 5th St NW I listen to quiet storm every night when I go to bed I was one of the best things to do as a kid growing up whether it's with WHUR or whether it was WPGC or whether it was Magic 102.3 to watch this documentary about the quiet storm and where it all started in my own backyard in Washington DC brings back so many great memories I'm so happy and proud to have this incredible phenomenon that started in my own backyard. Thank you so much for posting this documentary
Thanks for making me recall the nights my sister and I listened to WHUR in the dark in our bedroom in Baltimore. I couldn’t fall asleep until I heard Smokey Robinson sing the words “a quiet storm.” I also listened to AM radio so I grew up loving Styx, Frampton, Queen, ELO, etc. Good times.
My favorite kind of music to cruise through the city .
I love the 70s nostalgia in this video. The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history
Ooh, especially at night while it’s drizzling out.
This episode almost made me cry. The nostalgia, and just the way the music feels. It just makes me want to take my woman in my arms, kiss her lips, and never let her go.
I never realized that the quiet storm was only a black thing. They dont do the quiet storm on radio anymore. But then again, very popular contemporary r&b artists dont sing those songs anymore.
Radio is dying it's mostly labels keeping it alive since they pay them to play music
@@ninanano the radio unified the community, but i dont think the community exists anymore
They still have quiet storm it’s just not called that anymore, tbh I’ve never knew it by that name. In my city it’s called Sunday night slow jams. And I like in CO 😅
@@kamrenwalker i can see some places renaming it slow jamz. Some ppkaces did that in the mid to late 90s. But we still understood it was the quiet storm... Are u a 90s baby or younger? Asking cause u didnt know it was called the quiet storm at one time
@@ertfgghhhh I was born in 99’ so 🥴 not really a 90’s baby 😂 but I’m 21 rn
Brenda Russell's "Piano in the dark" is one of my favorite slow jams.
Love that song
Yessss
As a person with insomnia, slow james from the 80s and 90s always make me fall asleep! Thankfully i’ve also discovered vaporwave!
I love the 70s nostalgia in this video. The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history
Growing up, I often listened to Quiet Storm while riding in the back of a family member's car. Having such intimate music playing while riding somewhere at night left a strong impression on me. I'm glad to see (hear?) that the format is still going strong. I'm glad Earworm is back: weaving in the historical context with the creation of the music is why I love this show.
Quiet storm was the ASMR Lofi Chill Hop of the 70's
"Just My Imagination" by the Temptations is among my favorites, so...I thank my dad for introducing me to the good stuff
I love the 70s nostalgia in this video. The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history
Love late 80’s and early 90s slow jams
The research in this video is impeccable! How do they get newspaper clippings and Howard university recordings from 40 years ago?! 👏🏼
I love the 70s nostalgia in this video. The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history
I enjoy this video a lot, esp for the music. I took an English paper and for an essay I looked at African-American influences on music in the English language and how songs/stories are told as social commentaries which is a theme mentioned in this video. From Auckland, New Zealand in the quiet storm hours
I love the 70s nostalgia in this video. The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history
I grew up listening to WBLS Quiet Storm in New York.
_Soft and warm, a quiet storm._
Same in Chicago 🙋🏾♀️
Me too!
Vaughn Harper on 107.5 WBLS was an institution in NYC.
Im 17 and it’s the soundtrack of my youth lol. Helps me connect to my parents
I grew up listening to 93.7 WBLK The Quiet Storm with AL Wood, what a time that was...
I grew up in the 90s and some of my earliest memories are of falling asleep to the Quiet Storm in the backseat of my dad's old Nissan as soft Philadelphia rain pattered outside -- Luther, Sade, Marvin, Smokey, Anita, Isley Bruhs, Patti, and so many more. Always put me at peace. And as a current D.C. resident it's cool to know that my new home played a part in that experience -- great work!
I used to listen to quiet storm before i go to sleep back in the late 2000s.
Me too! Mid-2000s for me.
The Quiet Storm was my whole child on road trips. It’s a part of the community, it’s the culture. And to think this whole time I never knew where it started is amazing. Good ish…
This radio format was actually copied by other Black radio stations outside of America like South Africa for instance. Great video as usual. Thank you Vox
This was one of the most incredibly important segments ever. Bravo, VOX. This has inspired me deeply.
What's your favorite slow jam? I've channeled my inner Quiet Storm DJ and made a playlist of my favorites - past and present. You can find it right here: open.spotify.com/playlist/6cgyKA4A75Agpv6CRfBprS?si=82e72e6d293e448e
- Estelle
There are too many to mention but you could add a few songs to the playlist;
Luther Vandross - If Only For One Night
Anita Baker - Good Love
Anita Baker - Whatever It Takes
The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets...
I think I could write a book. I loved the video and love the Earworm series!
Literally came to the comments hoping someone would do just this. Thank you. P.S. vox video production design is mind blowing, keep up the series!
Cruisin’ D’angelo version
Teach u a Lesson Robin Thicke
Nothing even matters Lauryn Hill
Lovely Brent Faiyaz
Thank you for making this video especially showing Chicago’s WGCI and WVAZ:
Stacy Lattisaw - Let Me Be Your Angel
Scott Jarrett - The Image of You
Luther Vandross - This House is Not a Home
Lenny Williams - Cause I Love You
This Isley Brothers - Voyage to Atlantis
Roy ayers "No stranger to love"
Guy "let chill"
Kenny G "Sade"
Sade "kiss of life
Herb Alpert "Making love"
Quiet Storm my high school lullaby...sung me to sleep every night 🥰
I used to listen to a lot of 1970s R&B when I was up in the middle of the night working livestock barns. My dad loved this music when he came over here to the States from Communism. This music, for a Croatian American farm kid, felt more like home and happy memories than the country that I should be listening to. BIPOC were the ones who took my dad under their wing when he came here and he felt that this music was the sound of freedom.
That’s beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
This video filled me with such a sense of pride 🤎
I'm so happy Earworm is back! I love music and music history, but what makes this show even better is the way you really give the viewer a feel for the culture that the music was IN at whatever time, and the things that shaped both the music and the culture that way. :) It's fascinating to me, and that's also why I like to make big chronological playlists--so the listener can _hear_ the times changin' in the songs as you go though it.
This makes me so nostalgic for the late 80s/early 90s...
I love the 70s nostalgia in this video. The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history
Quiet Storm is one of the few times on the radio these days that gets away from the formatting and standard playlists. You can hear a mix of old and new stuff. I remember Incognito Deep Waters was a big Quiet Storm tune on WHUR back in the day. You probably couldn't hear that on the radio anywhere else. I also heard Jamiroquai You are My Love on Quiet Storm.
Awesome... getting to the roots of African American.... blackness, post-1965! Blues, Jazz defined an era pre- 1965 civil right act... pre- 1969 man on the moon, so that 70’s decade carved its own music of blackness reflected here ... that expanded to the 80’s decade of rap music!
Thank you for getting to that 70’s soul of a new dawn... some 50 odd years in the rear mirror!
I remember being like 5 and 6 picking my grandma up late from work and hearing the late night slow jams. Such a vibe omg
I love the 70s nostalgia in this video. The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history
This was truly amazing! You did a great job on this. I know I'm late to the party (this was in 2021) But I watched this video twice and now I'm about to check out the extended interview. As a music producer this helped out a lot. Peace, Love, and Blessings!
I’m only 29 but been listening to The Quiet Storm my whole life. Riding through the city streets with the windows open on a summer night listening to the QS is life
Awesome. Thanks for taking me back to my days in the dorm at Howard University while listening to the great Melvin Lindsey killing it with Quiet Storm. It feels like it was yesterday when I was barely scratching 20 years of age.
Thank you for highlighting this history in black radio. Most don’t know the origins of the quiet storm format that still exists til this day.
Can someone do the rise and fall of 93.7?
That radio station is such a staple in the Black community
What city is it in?
@@DCMarvelMultiverse New York I think
@@DCMarvelMultiverse Buffalo, NY
In NYC it was 98.7 Kiss FM. I wouldn’t know the oldies so well if it wasn’t for that station.
You can do it.
Estelle, the way you structure stories, the visuals, the animation, it’s just SO GOOD
This was so sweet and great to watch! Thanks for doing this video. Remember Vaughn Harper on WBLS in NYC. I also remember on Sunday nights on 98.7 Kiss FM them closing every show with The Isley Brothers’ Don’t Say Goodnight. 💕💕
I still listen to The Quiet Storm! It brings me peace, joy and loads of nostalgia. WBLK was a major staple in my household growing up as a Toronto kid in the 80s. Back then that was the only radio station where our music could be heard. Thank you for this beautiful dedication and sharing a piece of the culture. Lots of love 🖤🖤🖤
Without slow jams the music and radio industry, would be boring.
This really is the real talk
I grew up listening to WBLS here in NYC! The quiet storm was how I went to sleep as a child.
Vaughn Harpor
I love when earworm makes me appreciate the music I already love makes it feel more special. Thanks you guys
The Quiet Storm STILL plays in DFW today! I remember listening to it as a kid and being mesmerized. Thank you for this video I truly enjoyed it and going though my peoples musical history.
I still listened to Anita Baker everyday.
You have good taste.
I bask on her sound every sunday.
Tony Brown’s “Quiet Storm” (WDAS FM Philadelphia Pa) had to be the best! May he RiP.
Congrats to Vox, for highlighting the talented Fredara Hadley (my friend since childhood). The commentary on R&B muisc, black radio, and the quite storm was more then a joy to hear. It took me back to my childhood listening to Freddie Cruz on Hot 105. Great Job!
thank you, dear friend!
As a white boy, I grew up in the 60's to the sounds of Motown. In the 70's, it was "The Sound Of Philadelphia" and disco ( I always hated that term disco. I prefer dance music And most dance music stems from early soul). The 80's, it was The Quiet Storm. What gorgeous music! I was so lucky growing up in those years. And even luckier to have most of this music on vinyl and still listening to my own Quiet Storm.
I'm so glad earworm is back!!!
I love the 70s nostalgia in this video. The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history
Earworm, we missed you dearly! 🖤
Here in in Indonesia, we have it as well! My dad had always played it since I was really young
Wow Quiet Storm is international!
Kudos for sharing this history. Modern day artists borrow so much from black artists and black culture but don't pay just due. Many of these artists from the 70's and 80's are broke now, don't get royalties from their music (Anita Baker) and their families don't benefit much from their influence that is so prevalent in today's music. We have to honor the past and pay them for their contributions. That's why we go so hard against Bruno Mars, he borrows but doesn't pay due to the artists who came before. And I'm not talking about a verbal thank you, I'm talking about a CHECK
It honestly makes me mad how people have gotten over on black artists back in the day
It’s the labels job to pay royalties to people who own the publishing and masters and not the artist. The music who doesn’t benefit from the records are due to the contract. You can’t blame Bruno Mars.
This was one of the most incredibly important segment. Bravo, VOX. This has inspired me deeply.
Little brother also paid a lot of homage to the quiet storm radio era on their earlier albums
Yup. The Listening is a classic.
The Drake beat at the end is from 9th Wonder as well.
Thank you so much for this series. It's the best content on UA-cam.
I was born in 1981 to my parents right up the street from Howard U in Maryland....yeah Im 99.99% sure Im here because of The Original Quiet Storm 🤣
When I was a kid I listened to John Garabedian’s “Open House Party” on Saturday and Sunday nights. To close the show on Sunday they had “Long Distance Nighty-Nights” which was totally inspired by Quiet Storm. The segment was highlighted by the song “Two Occasions” by Babyface’s group “The Deele.” I still love that song. Great video as always.
I believe the original "soft and warm, the quiet storm" radio format was KBLX in the SF Bay Area (1979). I grew up listening to the station which was very popular in the Bay Area. I believe its success led to other "quiet storm" radio formats around the country.
"...And We're Back " is a sentiment that is not only synonymous with The Quiet Storm, but illustrates the point of Estelle Caswell and her well thought, researched and executed content under the Earworm banner.
I love the 70s nostalgia in this video. The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history
It’s not about who commented the best. It’s about who commented first. That’s what life’s all about.
Period.
Remind me so much of Tony Brown in Philly! Two songs in particular he closes with
Brazilian Wedding Song - Quincy Jones
Overture - Average White Band
Rest In Peace
Earworm is my FAVORITE content series on all of UA-cam! You guys deserve some kind of award. Thank you for your detailed and engaging coverage of so many facets of American music. I grew up listening to quiet storm radio but never thought about the history of it. Excellent work! 💕
Vox, don’t give up on this series. I absolutely love it, thanks for bringing it back.
I really appreciate the level of research that goes behind Earworm videos, i especially love how they usually start from like a small sample from a modern song to take us to this amazing journey through music history. You do an amazing job and i also thank you for always either introducing me to music i have never heard before or reintroducing me to tracks my mum used to play around the house when i was younger. Cannot wait until the next deep dive.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for doing this episode. I've always loved slower R&B jams and as a child would go to sleep with the quiet storm station on. So soothing. More people need to know how Black American Music has many subgenres and how it has influenced the the sonic palate. From '70s to present Quiet Storm staples are Freddie Jackson, Luther, Anita, Sade, Whitney, Maxwell, Jill Scott and more
I'm so happy this videos are back. I studied music and film, and as a video editor and musician your videos mean a lot to me. I love this channel and your work is amazing. Good job Vox!
I grew up with quiet storm in Ga. I never knew it was this significant. I can still hear the theme music This brings back great memories. Thank you.
I listen to A Quiet Storm by Smokey and Quincey’s Secret Garden almost every night via my Midnight Love playlist on Spotify. I adore slow love songs. Shout Out to Minneapolis’ KMOJ 90s Quiet Storm (wish y’all would bring it back).
Could you please give me an url to this playlist?
The movie Cadillac Records has lots of nostalgia and history. I love the 70s nostalgia in this video
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bruh i was devastated when this was taken down due to copyright, i put off watching it and added to watch later, so glad i can see this now
Im glad that now I know what Quiet Storm really is
@vox thank you for covering WHUR 96.3 Howard University in your piece I worked the original quiet storm with Kevin Slow Jamming James 1997-2015. I was always shocked when people didn't know it started at Howard University