Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” – How One Song Impacted a Nation
(Originally published January 18, 2016). When you read this one, I want you to play Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” really loud. As we celebrate the Martin Luther King Day holiday…
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…
A Review of Stevie Wonder’s Live Concert Performance of “Songs In The Key Of Life” – the Album!
This is my review of Stevie Wonder’s live sold-out concert performance of “Songs In The Key Of Life” – the legendary 1976 album on Tamla/Motown records, which is still considered…
Ebony & Ivory – We Can Work It Out: A parallel history between the two greatest (and forever connected) single artists of all time!
In trying to come up with a topic for this week’s article, I kept thinking about the recent Grammy all-star tribute to Stevie Wonder, the musical genius whose career has…
A History of Black-Owned Record Labels – Part II
Last week, I wrote about how the FOX TV network drama “Empire,” a show about a fictional black-owned music company, has touched the collective nerve of a nation, particularly the…