U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken embraced the creative soul of Muddy Waters to help elevate music as a diplomatic tool, picking up a guitar Wednesday and singing the American blues legend's iconic 'Hoochie Coochie Man' at the state department.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken embraced the creative soul of Muddy Waters on Wednesday to help launch a global initiative to elevate music as a diplomatic tool, picking up a guitar and singing the American blues legend’s iconic ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’ at the state department.
The Global Music Diplomacy Initiative aims to support the U.S.’ broader foreign policy goals, noted aThe plan also aims to leverage public-private partnerships to create a music ecosystem that expands “economic equity and the creative economy, ensures societal opportunity and inclusion, and increases access to education.”U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performs onstage during the launch of the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative at the U.S.
Playing rhythm guitar to a house band and turning his usually soft-spoken voice to a lower-set warble, Blinken offered his rendition to cheering subordinates at the department. “I couldn’t pass up tonight’s opportunity to combine music and diplomacy. Was a pleasure to launch @StateDept’s new Global Music Diplomacy Initiative,” the singing diplomat wrote on ‘X’ formerly Twitter on Thursday.I couldn’t pass up tonight’s opportunity to combine music and diplomacy. Was a pleasure to launch
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