Death of Bessie Smith
On this date in 1937, singer Bessie Smith dies of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Bessie...
Month: September 2020
Review – Public Enemy – What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNUl8bAKdi4 Fight The Power: Remix 2020 PRESS RELEASE: Public Enemy will release their latest album What You Gonna Do When...
WHAT BLACK SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY MUST LOOK LIKE AFTER 2020 (Part 1)
PART 1 “It is entirely up to the American people and our representatives whether or not they are going to...
RIP Pamela Hutchinson/ Emotions Interview
https://youtu.be/unYCstZcSYI The Emotions is with Shann Slater and Joseph Odom. itYesteirdcSteproanisictory astSnerm 2d:u18 edPtgcM · Shared with:PublicOFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: In loving memory, we are saddened to announce the passing of...
Review – Jackie McLean on Mars
https://youtu.be/7ap1HJ8Cd4M I recently had the opportunity to watch a great documentary called Jackie McLean on Mars. It chronicles the man's...
RIP Stanley Crouch
Editor's Note: I disagreed with him much of the time. However there is little doubt that he was one of...
Bootsy Collins – Power of the ONE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoGoKe8z7Ok&fbclid=IwAR1myN-1B7CazjgyPrAL_FLTNVUlwiyBHRmhndFC2fO_pM7vTnu9bdGN4qI Bootsy Collins Single Release from his New Album "The Power Of The One"Featuring, Guitars: George BensonKeyboards: Brian CulbertsonSpacebass: Bootsy...
Executive Brass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teEWoYDGr_g Do you like Tower of Power?Do you actually know how to do the "Oakland Stroke?"Would you like to slide...
Many Moods of Mayfield: The Claudine Soundtrack’s Understated Greatness
As another luminary of Black Star Power walks through heaven's door, another link in my childhood chain is broken. Is becomes was. History's pulse...
Brighter Side Of Darkness. “LOVE JONES”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYWXyWkZDNw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2t2rOWR-IWrmQhIAFKXNM5aVPQaAd5ZIR3utmv-SW1uXOS3GxaiHFDDHw An epic three minutes and nineteen seconds of pure awesomeness, that still hasn't been matched as an expression of...
