In the late 1950s, Motown Records was nestled between a beauty shop and a funeral home on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit. Founded by one-time boxer and factory-worker, Berry Gordy Jr., the one-time residence known as ‘Hitsville USA’ was the catalyst responsible for discovering and nurturing talents that spawned era-defining classics and unforgettable stage and… Continue reading Motown: The Musical, Legends & Legacies
Category: DMN Briefing Columns
Weekly published columns that appear in Friday’s paper version of Briefing and online @dallasnews.com/local voices, make sure you check for the new ones on Saturdays to add your .02 :)
Happy Independence Day….Only For Some
On a day-to-day basis, more often than not, I consider myself to be a confident woman. I’m grateful for what I have, work with what I’ve got and usually look forward to where the adventure of life will take me next as a wife, mother and journalist. But Saturday’s Fourth of July will be tainted… Continue reading Happy Independence Day….Only For Some
CD Review: Tamia’s “Love Life”
….On her first major label CD in over a decade, to be blunt, Tamia steps lively and dishes out the sexy. Claude Kelly is joined this time around by Chuck Harmony, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, Shep Crawford, Tarius “The-Dream” Nash and Polow da Don, next-level board controllers that empower Tamia to create her most swerved-out and… Continue reading CD Review: Tamia’s “Love Life”
“I Am Charlie Wilson,” The Man, Music & Memoir
…..”I look that bad?” I asked, lucid enough to know that her tears were for me.”You’re going to die,” she said, shaking her head. “I just don’t want you to die. Look here, I work at this rehabilitation center. It’s north of Los Angeles. You have to come in. You have to come with me,… Continue reading “I Am Charlie Wilson,” The Man, Music & Memoir
Sam Irby Jr: Parenting, Grandparenting & Generation Next
He’s a quiet, meditative Baby Boomer who spent his formative years in Sandusky and Cleveland, Ohio. The son of a war veteran and the second-born of six children, Samuel Thomas Irby Jr. was a married father of three when he decided to move across the country and put his refrigeration and air-conditioning skills to use… Continue reading Sam Irby Jr: Parenting, Grandparenting & Generation Next