Music Education (Alison Crockett)
Music educator thoughts: As I am writing lesson plans for my song workshops for children…
FP – Commentary/Analysis
Analysis: Going to the Outer Limits With Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson’s music has had a big influence on my life. The songs he has written are something that I have analyzed to death, over and over again, every which way from Sunday. Just ask anyone who knows me….lol
Review – One Night In Miami
Prime Video under the auspices of ABKCO Films (more about them later), written by Kemp…
Black History – Revisionist History – Rod Stewart – Soulbook
WHO OWNS HISTORY? It is often said that one should never pick a fight with…
PART 2 ACRES AND MULES ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION: WHAT BLACK SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY MUST LOOK LIKE AFTER 2020
A Critique in (Originally Three, Now) Four Parts Part 1 Link: PART 2 This is…
Let’s Make The Sound of Young America Great Again
I can remember being captivated by the music as earlier as seven or eight. It…
Trump is our Chernobyl Disaster
Back in 2019, before the dark times, I watched the HBO special on the Chernobyl…
Joe Vincent and Black American Standard Music
From Joe Vincent’s Obituary…. Yiskla Adiakia-Hanna, aka Joe Vincent, was born February 17, 1942. As he…
WHAT BLACK SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY MUST LOOK LIKE AFTER 2020 (Part 1)
a general overview of the issue of exploitation of Black music and Black artists
RIP Stanley Crouch
Editor’s Note: I disagreed with him much of the time. However there is little doubt…