Oh boy this week’s meme really had me in a pickle and my brain is already fried as it is. I’m going to hope the meme creators don’t mean the person who left had to be a totally different band because then I quit!! Help me out here folks who would fit the bill AND [...]
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I think with the passing of Michael Jackson that black music is official dead, but I posed it as a question because I’d like to get lots of feedback on this. Of course there will continue to be black artists releasing music. Many of those we consider legends are still with us. There are quite [...] Since the white-oriented corporate media has decided that today is bash Michael Jackson in death (as they did when he was alive) I have decided this is CELEBRATE MJ Day. I’m still in utter shock and may shed a tear or two but that’s okay. He may have been an entertainer but he fully [...] After a lot of speculation and disbelief it has been confirmed that Michael Jackson has indeed passed today from cardiac arrest. 50 years old is too young to die! My heart is heavy because of the cultural and musical impact that Michael Jackson had on the record industry and in particular the hearts of Black [...] For those of us who don’t have a cable package that carries TV One (and for my readers outside the US) here are excerpts from this excellent series highlighting music legends who’ve come and gone. I’m off to go track down the Phyllis Hyman episode. Minnie’s biggest hit would be “Loving You” but some of [...] I’m continuing the conversation from last week where I evaluated the use of Black gospel choirs to elevate the songs of non-Black artists. I haven’t decided whether it’s an all-out appropriation, some appreciation or callous apathy on their part but I suspect it’s a tradition that will continue. It will continue because some of [...] This is a preview of the must-see interview with Prince that airs Monday & Tuesday on the Tavis Smiley Show. Yeah we have issues with Mr. Smiley and his penchant for lashing out at Black female journalists who critique his State of the Black Union, but it is what it is. Prince as always rocks [...] I almost forgot to do a post about the artist born Eleanora Fagan! Surely I can’t be that stricken with a cold to forget about one of our most important musicians in the history of womankind? When I get fed up with the struggles of the modern chica, the added burden reserved for us Black [...] First of all he was a tremendous talent and his musical legacy is even more amazing compared to the lack of musicality/pornography being touted as great music today. I have a particular fondness for his duets with Tammi Terrell. Since most were written by real-life powerhouse songsmiths Ashford & Simpson the songs they recorded would [...] |
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