Voracious DPC

Category: Music

  • “My thing, what I hope to do all the time is to be so completely myself, that my audiences and even people who meet me are confronted. They’re confronted with what I am inside and out, as honest as I can be. In this way they have to see things about themselves immediately.” -Nina Simone

  • Are Four Artists Enough For a Lifetime of Listening Pleasure?

    Could you really listen to only four musical artists for the rest of your life? Of course not, but it’s fun to think about. Everyday is a new opportunity to fall in musical love. A single song is all it takes. I fell for Carmen McRae, Nina Simone, and Grace Jones one song at a…

  • Five Songs For The End of The Week

    “Music is a container that comes to us empty. The person that fills it is you.” -Buika

  • Five Songs For The End of The Week

    Cheers. We made it through another week. Relax. Celebrate. Whatever you do, be kind to yourself.

  • Links For The Voracious

    NPR’s Audie Cornish breaks down getting over imposter syndrome and knowing when to stop and take care of yourself. Photographer Tommy Kha on making the work you want to create and not succumbing to the limits of other people’s imaginations. What Black critics have to say is essential for expanding our understanding of the arts.…

  • Five Songs For The End of The Week

    The one and only Grace Beverly Jones celebrated her birthday on Thursday, May 19. She shares that birthdate with Malcolm X, Lorraine Hansberry, and Yuri Kochiyama. May 19 looks to be an auspicious day to bring people into the world who will grow up to be brave. Ms. Jones’ singular body of self-expression is guided…

  • Five Songs For The End of The Week

    President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan COVID-19 relief bill and all adults are to be eligible for vaccines by May 1. There is still a lot more to be done, but we’re off to a promising start. What a week. We made it! Enjoy.

  • Five Songs For The End of The Week

    Smooth as silk. Sweet like honey. Made for the moonlight. Brighter than sunshine. There is no voice like Ms. Dionne Warwick’s. If you haven’t already dipped into her catalogue of hits, it’s time to get into it. Here are five of my favorites for the end of the week.

  • Five Songs For The End of The Week

    This has been a tough week. Find what you need where you can. The tragedy seems never-ending. One day we’ll be able to look back at all of this. There are a lot of politicians singing this song right now. We can only hope. Sometimes you have to know what you’re about. There’s no better…

  • Five Songs For The End of The Week and The Beginning of The New Year

    Easing into 2021 with gorgeous vocals and hope for better days ahead. The Queen of Soul live and lush. Has there really ever been a better version of “California Dreamin’” than this? Curtis Mayfield remains the smoothest to ever do it. Timeless. Koko Taylor never fails to blow you away.