
There are many reasons to like JJC’s “We Are Africans”; a positive, inclusive and unhesitatingly pan-Africanist message, contributions from several rappers, including women rappers and a music video for the remix featuring the wonderful Femi Kuti.
March 9, 2010 | Posted in
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Our grandparents had Ruby and Ossie. Our parents had Ashford and Simpson. Our generation…Well, we have Will and Jada, Beyonce and Jay Z, Aja and Fatin. Aja and Fatin you may ask? Outside of Philadelphia, they are better known as Kindred the Family Soul.
March 9, 2010 | Posted in
Music |
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MISTY IN ROOTS’ status in the canon of British Reggae is unparalleled; not just because of the band’s longevity (still going strong) but also because they have stuck to their original brief of playing spiritual, rootsy, African fusion reggae.
January 19, 2010 | Posted in
Reggae |
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Voted the 3rd Best Classical Moment of 2003 by the New York Times, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is by no means your average classical musician and composer.
October 6, 2009 | Posted in
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Louis Armstrong and The Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One (October 14, 1957, Los Angeles, CA). Armstrong, Louis (Vocal); Peterson, Oscar (Piano); Ellis, Herb (Guitar); Brown, Ray (Bass); Bellson, Louis (Drums); Herman Leonard (photography).
October 2, 2009 | Posted in
Jazz |
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My ‘brothers’ in England will tell you that Hip-hop and Rap music have legitimized use of the term “Nigger” among large sways of Black and non-Black people in America, and that we, too, in England should get with the program and throw off our shackles from the past.
October 2, 2009 | Posted in
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