Brandi, who called me from myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is an inquisitive person adopted in to a family with a history of scholars, which is rare for a black family in the south.

DNA led Brandi to a cousin who was determined to help her figure out their biological connection and which of two men were her birth father.

Coincidentally Brandi studied the music of a uniquely east coast southern diaspora of African people, only to learn she was studying the music of her own roots.

This is Brandi's journey.