Hip-hop’s 50th anniversary celebration at The Grammys was 🔥🔥🔥, but these omissions were glaring (and telling)
(February 6, 2023). The Grammys’ romp through 50 years of hip-hop excellence was easily the highlight of Sunday night’s 2023 ceremony, with everyone from Grandmaster Flash and Run-DMC to Method…
Girl, You Can Do Better! A musical parallel to the book ‘The Truth About The Lies’ by Sharon M. Fortune, and why women stay with cheating men
(February 1, 2023). When the legendary Diana Ross (while still a Supreme) sang the title line “Stop! in the name of love, before you break my heart,” in that 1965…
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My generation ‘doesn’t get’ superstar SZA, (pronounced SIZ-zuh), but she’s smashing records and redefining R&B (and we should pay attention)
(January 31, 2023). When I mention that I’ve been following popular music for roughly five decades, it doesn’t take a math wizard to know that I’m much closer to being…
Aretha’s ‘(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman’—the latest Internet hoax exposing our sensitivity and vulnerability
(January 27, 2023). One friend sent it to a group text. Pandemonium nearly ensued. Another posted it on his Facebook page: the NY Post—a conservative tabloid paper owned by the…
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The blog’s tribute to late Earth Wind & Fire drummer Fred White (1955-2023), including these covers of his best EWF jam!
(January 25, 2023). When news of the passing of longtime Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White hit the world earlier this month, it immediately evoked memories of the venerable…