George Floydâs brother joins protest anthem album project
Set for release a year after Floydâs death, the project follows a long history of racial justice messages and protest slogans crossing over into American music.
(Frank Franklin II | The Associated Press) Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd, plays the drums with other artists during a recording session for an album of protest songs with the Rev. Kevin McCall Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, in New York. A full album of songs is set for release in May, one year after George Floydâs death at the hands of police in Minneapolis. Billed as the first album of its kind, the project follows a long history of racial justice messages and protest slogans crossing over into popular music and culture.
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George Floyd kin joins protest anthem album project
By AARON MORRISONMarch 1, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) Before a late night rehearsal in December, Terrence Floyd couldn’t remember the last time he squatted on a drum throne, sticks in hand and ready to perform.
Surely, he said, it had not happened since his brother, George Floyd, died at the hands of police in Minneapolis last May, sparking a global reckoning over systemic racism and police brutality.
Now, Terrence is lending a talent he honed as a youngster in a church band to help produce and promote a forthcoming album of protest anthems inspired by the Black Lives Matter demonstrations prompted in part by his brother’s death.