Podcaster Obehi Ewanfoh, an African producer based in Verona, Italy, recently invited me to appear on his podcast series. Here’s the result – and enjoy the conversation.
June is busting out all over – and so is music! Celebrate Black Music Month – a designation initiated in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter – by checking out the following article from the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, DC. You’ll want to break out the records (remember them?), tapes…
I can’t wait to share information and connect with new and returning readers as 2016 progresses. So please stay tuned for upcoming new posts…and I wish you all the best in this new year!
Once again, it’s time to dance, sing-a-long and savor black music. And you’ll have a whole month to do it. Dating back to the late 1970s, music industry insiders Kenny Gamble, Ed Wright and Dyana Williams came up with the idea to set aside one month to honor the cultural importance and influence of black…
With great sadness, I wanted to write about the profound senselessness, heart-wrenching tragedy, and frightening injustice of the events of the evening of June 17, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina. On that night, members of the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church were exercising their right, their freedom, to come together to worship God. The…
Well, it’s begun. We’re in the second month of a new year that has slapped many of us in the face with its obvious challenges and almost unbelievable developments. The key word however is almost, since many of the events of the past few weeks will continue to percolate and reverberate throughout America and the…
Some 25 or so years ago – when I was a mere babe (I wish) – I had the pleasure of working as one of three writer/producers on what would become a multi-award winning (including duPont- Columbia, Gracie and Peabody Awards) radio series. With Grammy Award winning singer/artist Lou Rawls as our Golden-voiced host, the…