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Taayoo Murray

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  1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · TAAYOO MURRAY

    Dreaming Soca: Why Granville Straker was a Brooklyn music legend and a connection to home for so many (opens the original)

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    It could be 3 or 4 in the morning in Brooklyn, and Granville Straker was still listening. His daughters, Suzanne and Lavern, sometimes accompanied their father to recording sessions, where the hours stretched long past the point when the girls wanted anything more than to go home. Straker, who did not play an instrument himself, would listen closely as a track played back, directing adjustments to the bass or other elements of the recording and working alongside arranger Frankie McIntosh until t

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