From Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, named after the street where Solange and Beyoncé recorded songs as kids, to filming her “Cranes in the Sky” video at Houston’s historic Alley Theatre, Solange has always been an idiosyncratic sound in the black music landscape—and one grounded in her hometown. In her music, Solange speaks to the experiences of a black Southern woman raised in Houston.In her latest album, When I Get Home (March 1), she expands beyond that: she moves past the black sanctuary of Houston to speak to the experience of being a black woman from rural Texas. Solange gives black country folks, especially women, a space to recognize themselves, by acknowledging our deep cultural traditions outside of a city with black affluence and artistic…
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