Peggy Scott Adams' “Bill” shook up the blues world in the late ’90s, tackling themes of queerness, infidelity, and Black family life rarely spotlighted at the time. On our latest episode, we dig into the song’s legacy—the ways it reflected (and sometimes mishandled) the anxieties of the “DL” era and the harmful stereotypes about Black masculinity and queerness.
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Revisiting Peggy Scott Adams' 'Bill': Black…
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Peggy Scott Adams' “Bill” shook up the blues world in the late ’90s, tackling themes of queerness, infidelity, and Black family life rarely spotlighted at the time. On our latest episode, we dig into the song’s legacy—the ways it reflected (and sometimes mishandled) the anxieties of the “DL” era and the harmful stereotypes about Black masculinity and queerness.