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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.… Continue reading Links For The Voracious
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… Continue reading Five Songs For The End of The Week
Untitled, 2018. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. 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. https://youtu.be/TCSzL5-SPHM https://youtu.be/PZWH-WiHVOE https://youtu.be/0G383538qzQ… Continue reading Five Songs For The End of The Week
Grand Dame Queenie. Amy Sherald, 2012. 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.… Continue reading 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. https://youtu.be/mhf-x-52kHE One day we'll be able to look back at all of this. https://youtu.be/T7UQC1uctvA There are a lot of politicians singing this song right now. https://youtu.be/bwkltb0qbsA We can only hope. https://youtu.be/zUET6aN2sgs Sometimes you have to know what you’re… Continue reading Five Songs For The End of The Week
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It's Friday and the year is almost over. 2020 has been 2020. Find joy and peace where you can. Here are five songs to end your week on a high note. Grace Jones +Disco = Perfection. Add Iggy Pop, ASAP Rocky, and Tyler, The Creator in a video ad featuring Cerrone and Ms. Jones', Disco… Continue reading Five Songs For The End of The Week
Source: Guitar.com Yola’s “Walk Through Fire” is an album I can’t stop recommending to people. It is gorgeous and generous, entrancing from the first note to the last. Yola’s voice and guitar playing are tender, precise, and powerful. She commands her musical gifts with singular grace. Yola has the rare ability to create the simultaneous… Continue reading The One and Only Yola
The final member of the Rock N’ Roll triumvirate has passed. May Little Richard rest in peace and paradise with the ancestors and may the memories of those moved and transformed by his music be long. Little Richard was a righteously vainglorious genius. He was the blueprint for the energy, the showmanship, and the verve… Continue reading Little Richard is Gone
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