DJROBBLOG – A Progress Report…in Baby Steps
Or better yet, a report of progress. This week, djrobblog is celebrating its half-year anniversary. I published my first article on January 24, 2015, after being encouraged by friends who’d…
Grateful Dead – They’re (Likely) Not Who You Thought They Were
(Disclaimer: To any real Deadheads out there, this article has some shameless references to song lyrics and other Grateful Dead items by an admitted non-member of your club. But, in…
Black Music Renaissance is Happening Now – But Without the Women
Earlier this year, in fact in my very first article, I lamented about how black musicians were experiencing a lull in popularity – particularly on the Billboard charts. That article…
Why “No Sleeep”…slept.
Janet Jackson is imploring us to “keep the conversation going” with the recently launched marketing campaign (hashtag: #ConversationsInACafe) for the upcoming album and its first new single, “No Sleeep.” The…
Black History: 100 Greatest Black Musicians – Part IV
We’ve just completed Black Music Month, 2015, and with that comes the last of my special four-part series of the 100 Greatest Black Musicians of All Time. To recap, we…