NOTE: WCLK'S NICOLE SWEENEY AND THE STATE OF RADIO

on 2/08/2012

Since I was a youngin living my early teenage life in the A-Town (back when there really was a Freaknik), I do recall hearing the seductive voice of a Ms. Nicole Sweeney on Atlanta's critically-acclaimed Midday Jazz Swing. Yes, it's true, I'm a Jazz junkie, and it serves me right that I am becuase without this genre of American iconography, I wouldn't grow to appreciate the urban sounds I know and love. Nicole agreees with me, well according to her Rolling Out interview me and her would concur. In the brief interview the radio personality delves into what got her into the radio game, her take on the state of the industry and of course, her love for the music.

Heres some excerpts from the interview:

On her choice to work in radio
I listened to radio like it was my life. When I was growing up in New York I didn’t have a TV in my room, but I did have a radio. So when I was on punishment and my parents sent me to my room, I would turn on the radio and record shows for two hours-

On how radio has changed
It’s more about the music than the radio experience. Even now the music is so different. Back then music really spoke to you and it made you feel good. There is music now that makes you feel a little off and a little weird.

On the contradictions between Jazz and Contemporary Music
I interviewed a saxophone player out of New Orleans named Donald Harrison, Jr., who was a mentor to Biggie Smalls. He had Biggie listening to some of the greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Bill Evans. … Jazz has been the common denominator that connects us to many so many types of music.

Read more at RollingOut.com