30 Apr 2024

Music feature: The music and legacy of Minnie Riperton

From Afternoons, 2:35 pm on 30 April 2024

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American soul singer Minnie Riperton is most famous for her number one single 'Lovin' You'. 

She died at just 31 years old but her influence on the sould genre has gone far beyond with Rolling Stone name her one of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.

Musicologist Josh Ellery is with Jesse to talk about Riperton's 1970 album, Come To My Garden for our Music Feature today. 

Minnie Riperton, 1974. Epic Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Epic Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons