what if it’s written in the wrong key?
Some may think that the manuscript paper, the vinyl, the tape, the cds, or even the digital mp3s will be what preserve the music of yesteryear so that future generations…
surely, there is a telephone to heaven
Let it go on the record that I do not care that we live in the immediate and global now. Being notified of a beloved’s passing via any medium other…
#MondayMusicMix vol 3
We meet again for another Monday Music Mix. Volume 3 already? It’s been a busy seven days. I’ve been in and out of places and in and out of different…
#MondayMusicMix vol 2
Welcome to another week. Reggae Sumfest 2019 was a musical explosion out of Montego Bay, Jamaica! I’ll post about all that a little later this week because music needs space…
#MondayMusicMix
The weekend is over and the work week is in full swing. What better way to swing than with music? Because the question “what are you listening to?” pops…
in jamaica we have lawnmowers
I was all set to write a response to the extreme sport of snowplow parenting — you know the term that swept U.S. and world news in March of this…
that’s a no-no, oh-oh oh-oh
Dancehall artiste Shenseea posted a pair of pictures (see below) to her IG account on May 17. The speculation is that the pictures are teasers from the filming of an…
oya, oba, oshun: shango
In the previous post I explored Shango for his masculine energies. Why? Well, because as the Yoruba god of thunder, Shango is male strength. But what I did not mention…
