The “Problem” with Chance The Rapper’s Problem with Bill Maher’s N-Word Gaffe…
The n-word. Eminem – the biggest-selling rapper in history, and a white man from Detroit – can’t use it in his raps. Drake – a half-black/ half-white Jewish Canadian –…
Kenny G & George Benson Play Chicago…The Glaring Omission and The Encore That Never Happened
In addition to serving as career-defining album titles from decades past, “Breathless” and “Breezin'” both literally and figuratively described the show put on by the two musicians who recorded those…
The Best Bond? A Tribute to Roger Moore (1927 – 2017) – Ranking the Bond Theme Songs from Worst to First
(May 29, 2017). The sad news of Sir Roger Moore’s passing on May 23 at the age of 89 brought to mind his most popular role as the British secret…
That Time the “Midnight Rider” Gregg Allman Did Disco…The Hard Way?
I’m a big fan of southern rock legend, Gregg Allman of Allman Brothers Band fame, who died Saturday, May 27, 2017, in Savannah, GA. He was 69. I’m an even…
Raheem DeVaughn and Wes Felton – as The CrossRhodes – Still Carrying a Torch for Real Hip-Hop/Soul
As far as mainstream consumption goes, good ol’ soul music hasn’t been a major factor since the mid-to-late 2000s, and even that assessment depends on one’s perspective on what’s considered…