Episode 4: The Power of Music: Stefon Harris & Jason Moran on Practice, Blues, Community + Harmony Cloud (Live at Express Newark)

February 28th, 2026  |  Season 6  |  41 mins 41 secs

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A Black History Month fireside conversation with Jason Moran and Stefon Harris on the Everything’s Political Podcast, recorded at Express Newark (Rutgers University–Newark) in Newark, New Jersey. Host Junius Williams explores the power of Black music—the blues, Black church traditions, and jazz—and how practice, listening, and community shape creativity and life. Includes live musical demonstrations, an accessible breakdown of the 12-bar blues, 1–4–5 progression, and dominant seventh chords, plus Stefon Harris’s new music education app, Harmony Cloud.