Sound Expertise returns next week for Season 2! Here’s a trailer:

Stay tuned for a new round of weekly episodes –– hosted by Will Robin and produced by D. Edward Davis –– in which music scholars talk about their research, and why it matters. We’ll talk about the role of Handel in the slave trade, how to teach music history, Black women musicians in the Civil Rights movement, the virality of Rebecca Black’s “Friday,” the role of music in d/Deaf culture, and a lot more! Season 2, Episode 1 drops next Tuesday: a conversation with the great Susan McClary.