‘Easy Rider’: A music blogger’s short tribute to Peter Fonda (1940-2019)
(August 17, 2019). Legendary actor Peter Fonda died Friday of respiratory failure in Los Angeles. He was 79. The actor will be forever remembered for roles he played in films…
In Memoriam: Don’t forget about Toni Morrison, the Librettist
(August 7, 2019). Few people – male or female – have captured the African experience in America through their art better than the late Toni Morrison. And certainly even fewer…
Movie Review: Aretha’s ‘Amazing Grace’ – How Sweet The Sight
By January 1972, Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin had firmly established herself as the First Lady of Music, with no other being her equal. In just five short years with…
R.I.P. Nipsey Hussle (1985 – 2019); the Prophecy of an Immortality We Weren’t Expecting…
We’ve had a week to mourn entrepreneur and rapper Nipsey Hussle’s untimely and tragic death – a week to process how someone whose spirit seemed so right and who stood…
Marvin Gaye – Eight for 80: His 8 Most Iconic Hits!
Had he lived, legendary Motown crooner Marvin Gaye would have turned 80 on Tuesday, April 2. Sadly, on April 1, 1984, Gaye was tragically gunned down by his father Marvin,…