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Kenya Barris on 'grown-ish'; Linda Perhacs' new album
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Episode 17628
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Kenya Barris on 'grown-ish'; Linda Perhacs' new album

Writer/producer Kenya Barris just launched “grown-ish,” a spinoff of “black-ish” that centers around that show’s oldest child; Linda Perhacs left her music career behind when her 1970 debut album failed to catch on with audiences. Now her career is revived, with two new albums in the past few years.

Kenya Barris speaks onstage at The 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on May 21, 2016 in New York City. =
Kenya Barris speaks onstage at The 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on May 21, 2016 in New York City. =
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Writer/producer Kenya Barris just launched “grown-ish,” a spinoff of “black-ish” that centers around that show’s oldest child; singer/songwriter Linda Perhacs left her music career behind when her 1970 debut album, “Parallelograms,” failed to catch on with audiences. Now her career is revived, with two new albums in the past few years.

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Through her music and her work as a dental hygienist, Linda Perhacs sees herself as a healer. Now, over 40 years after an unlikely break into the music business, she's back.
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The writer/producer just launched "grown-ish." It's a spinoff of “black-ish” that's partly inspired by his own experience sending his daughter off to college.