I’d like to make a book recommendation. If you have ever been to Lucifers, Leviticus, Justines, Brandi, Bogards in Manhattan, you will want to read it. If you have never been to those places, and you think that you know what Disco was, you should read this book so that you can learn the truth. The name of the book is After Dark: Birth of the Disco Dance Party.
Many of you, I am sure, are just learning about the massacre in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 31, 1921, one hundred years ago. Surely, a bloody day like that only happened once? Right? Think again:
The anger and pride is spoken by the last Texan black chef when he said that we [black people] are the innovators of most everything that is beautiful and in pop culture in America right now and it has been taken, monetized and whitewashed, and exported out TO THE WORLD. It is the same anger and pride I feel as I watch white music educators teach jazz, divorcing the drum and the cultural experience from the music while still being appreciative that the music is being passed down, but just not to us. Jazz is all about putting some grease in it, sing like you eatin’ some chicken.
In a time when society needs it most, independent singer/songwriter KEA (KEA MICHAELS) of Pittsburgh, PA has delivered a socially relevant and thought provoking single entitled “Holla If You Hear Me”.
Music educator thoughts: As I am writing lesson plans for my song workshops for children…
I was saddened earlier today when I learned of the passing of Shock G. Although…
This one really hurts… In the picture you see Mr. Lloyd Price with my late…
It’s crystal clear that our government is not going to do anything to stop the murder of Black men and boys by police officers. Killing a black male is a right of passage for some police officers who do so and then go off and join a white supremacy militia.
Brian Auger Interview + Oblivion Express Live Performance (w/Brian Auger, Karma Auger, Kevin Amos and Bob Davis) – I think this the most fun I have ever had on the Internet
This is a story with many chapters. Some of them nice. Some of them not…