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Nevertheless, New Orleans Persists
October 2018. A friend of 5 years had been planning an evening at Brooklyn Steel to witness a double header featuring Big Freedia and the headliner, Tank and the Bangas. I was beside myself. It was an immediate, resounding yes.
By Marquis D. Gibson5 years ago in Beat
“How Will I Know” if it’s Healthy or Toxic Love? Whitney Houston Lyrics Answer This Question
Whitney Houston Photo credits goes to this Flickr user. The heart and background image are added. Next year, Feburary 11, 2022, will mark the 10th anniversary of Whitney Houston's death. In year nine since her passing, I'm celebrating her as a human being who loved and desired to be loved in return.
By Julie "US Writer" Anne 5 years ago in Beat
Things She Imagined
Black women make life better and add so much depth to everything they touch. Whether it be sonically, or with the way their bodies flow in tune with the Earth. When you think about how music shapes culture and how culture shapes music Black women created it all. The music industry is a male dominated space and we can thank patriarchy for that yet, ask yourself to ruminate on any significant period of music throughout history. A Black woman would more than likely be your first thought. The time, care and precision that a Black woman puts into her existence is what sets them apart and makes for much more of a breathtaking body of work. There are so many inspirational Black women in my life that this essay could be an entire book, but when I think about whose music made the most impact on me in my early adulthood, all the praise goes to Solange Knowles.
By Juan Davis5 years ago in Beat
I Put My Thing Down, Flip It, And Reverse It
"I want to say one thing to the writers, to the upcoming writers, 'Do not give up.' We all go through writer's block. Sometimes you [..]have to walk away from a record and come back to it. But don't give up because I'm standing here. And this is big for hip-hop, too."-2019 Songwriters Hall of Fame
By teisha leshea5 years ago in Beat
Rocketship Records Presents: Sunday Stroll (Part 1)
Part 1: Meeting the Band Sunday Stroll: With 'Thoroughbred since 1948' This is the ‘Stoned Queen’ district in the far back corners of the upper portion in that tiny township nearest you, USA. Original stomping grounds of the band, ‘Thoroughbred since 1948’, where the group has made music within these city limits for the last twelve years together is where this eclectic bunch of musicians found the ‘sauce’ of their sound. We get the inside scoop into their history, their formulation, funny stories, thrilling adventures, and their not-so-proud moments with the band, right here, on the “Sunday Stroll”.
By Rocketship Records5 years ago in Beat
"Big Wheels Keep on Turning"
“And we’re rollin’, ohhhh, rollin’ yea.” The slow and steady, tsss, tsss, tsss from the drum hat and the strum up and down across the strings of the guitar. In the middle of the 90s, in the middle of my living room, there I was blaring Proud Mary on my mothers Sony shelf style stereo system, while “What’s love got to do with it” (Touchstone Pictures 1993) played on the T.V. in the background. Most nights I spent doing this, at all hours of the night. Re-enacting scenes from the movie and performing for my 4-year-old sister, newborn brother and my entire collection of stuffed animals. Sifting through my mothers’ exotic wardrobe and costumes, I would find the outfit that would match as close to what she was wearing on the covers of her albums or herself portrayed in the movie. A red pants suit and black heels, stumbling into the living room/ stage, “They call it Nutbush, Nutbush city limits, owwwweeeee, Nutbush city limits.” I would tie sheets together to make the white dress with slits up the sides. “Rivvveerr deeeep, mountain higgggghhhhh.” I would shake it like a tail feather until my siblings and stuffed animals were finally asleep. Being careful to put my newborn brother in his crib and under the light that made him glow in the dark. I would climb into the big chair in the living room and listen to Tina until I eventually fell asleep. My mother worked a 9-5 during the day and she would come home make us dinner and tuck us in and leave again for her other job at night.
By Tarah Townsell5 years ago in Beat
