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…
multimodal site born to a decolonial feminist / cultural analyst / and dub doctor, Ph.D.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
* Following recent provocative conversations, I have added some updates to this post since the original publishing date. They are indicated in green. ~Riddim Writer~ Just when I thought that…
About an hour ago or so, I saw four officers of Jamaica’s Constabulary Force poised with weapons in hand. Three of these officers held semi-automatic rifles, while the fourth maintained…
From negro, to nigger, to black, to enslaved property — but still negro. To Other, to colored, back to black, to African-American, to nigga, to African American without a hyphen,…