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NOW PLAYING: THE RECORD THAT TAUGHT ME TO PRAY: HOW NINA SIMONE BECAME MY THANKSGIVING RELIGION

When I was a kid, Thanksgiving wasn’t about turkey or mashed potatoes. It wasn’t about the cranberry sauce or the football game on TV. Thanksgiving was about music. Every year, my aunt would pull out her worn copy of Nina Simone’s Pastel Blues, carefully lifting it from its sleeve, and before anyone had touched a fork, she’d set the needle down and let the record spin.
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