'Kid Funk': Musical Rarities from the 1970s

NPR | By Jennifer Sharpe

Published December 5, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Writer and designer Jennifer Sharpe collects musical oddities. This time, Sharpe shares some selections from an unusual genre she calls "kid funk," including 6-year-old Angela Simpson's 1970s rendition of Langston Hughes poetry.

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