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Posted on March 29, 2020March 29, 2020

not a review, this is an annotation

In my field of literary study, we catalog texts by first close reading, then assessing, then writing. And when the music requires it — because the music is just too…

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Posted on August 10, 2019July 1, 2020

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…

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Posted on July 29, 2019July 30, 2019

#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…

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Posted on January 13, 2019January 13, 2019

r kelly ruins everything

With the recent and old allegations against R Kelly front and center in 2019, for me, song lyrics are taking on new meaning. So just like the TruTV show Adam Ruins Everything “turns life…

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Posted on November 15, 2017December 4, 2017

#dearjamaicans, we’re better than we know

Usually, preaching to the converted is a sign of redundancy, but in the case of Netflix’s Dear White People series, I’m not so sure.  How many opportunities do black American college students…

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Posted on February 24, 2016November 22, 2019

finding the caribbean in rihanna’s jamaican work song

Published in 2007, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Dominican-American novelist and activist Junot Diaz remains my top pick for masculine, contemporary, aggressive, historical, feminist, political, Caribbean, border fiction.  Yes, it lives up…

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Posted on December 10, 2015January 29, 2016

rabbit hole of bass

I decided to follow a rabbit down… deep down… taking the path of deep bass.  Started with lsaac Hayes’ “Walk on by.”  Hayes led me to Portisheads’ “All Mine.”  Tried to come up for…

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  • S2/ Ep8: Daylight Come for Environmental Activism with Diana McCaulay December 18, 2020
    After working the land all night, home is where one wants to be when daylight come. But, what if your Caribbean home is deadly hot because of climate change or the depletion of natural, protective resources? What would happen if daylight kills? This episode features Diana McCaulay, the author of Daylight Come (2020) and four other amazing novels that explore […]
  • S2/ Ep7: Getting Bright, Free, and 'Facety' with Tygapaw December 1, 2020
    Sometimes we have to sink into the depths so that we can eventually GET FREE. So, if you’re ready to give yourself over to word and sound power, then listen in on this conversation with my guest, the DJ-producer, Jamaican-raised, Brooklyn-dwelling, soundscape-maker, and body-controller Dion McKenzie, better known as Tygapaw.  We discuss marronage, trauma, mu […]
  • S2/ Ep6: Riddim Writer Meets Protoje in Literary Dub October 29, 2020
    In the fresh mountain air of the Habitat studio, Protoje and I had a reflective conversation about how a French novel was able to "dub" its way into his latest music project, In Search of Lost Time.  This episode digs into the influence of Marcel Proust, hip hop, and classic Jamaican dub on Protoje. And this episode also explores the risk of labels […]

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