Whether it’s just for a quick wash-n-snip or a full-on day of head-to-toe beauty, a trip to the salon does more than freshen up highlights and revitalize that faded pedicure: the practice of pampering ourselves affirms our beauty in an estrogen-filled oasis of serenity and sisterhood. It’s typically a win-win situation: we emerge feeling relaxed… Continue reading Mind Your Business Or Lose MY Business: Take Your Pick
When Keeping The Ring Goes Wrong
Just 27 years old with a small toddler and a tall child that I was married to, all I could see for my future with this man were more fights and more lies. Did he honestly think I was that stupid? Was this the best he could offer me? Was this the best I could do for myself, and for our son? I decided that it was no longer enough. The following year I filed for divorce. I struggled with becoming yet another tired statistic—that of a ‘black single mother’—but to spare my sanity, I had no other choice. I had a life to live and a child to raise.
Lalah Hathaway: “Where It All Begins” For The First Daughter of Soul
My 2011 chat with one of music’s most revered voices, the incomparable Lalah Hathaway, LOVE this lady…. With a groomed-in-the-gospel mother and a soul icon as a father, there was practically no other option for Lalah Hathaway except music. And the release of her latest CD, Where It All Begins,only cements the righteousness of that… Continue reading Lalah Hathaway: “Where It All Begins” For The First Daughter of Soul
Johnathan Butler: What Keeps His Longevity “So Strong”
His roots are in Cape Town, South Africa, but singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist Jonathan Butler’s musical talents have taken him around the world, wowing fans on multiple continents with his intuitive guitar playing, elastic buttery tenor and his ability to move seamlessly from contemporary or classically styled jazz and gospel to pop and traditional… Continue reading Johnathan Butler: What Keeps His Longevity “So Strong”
David Sanborn & Brian Culbertson, Dallas TX Concert Review
http://www.soultracks.com/concert-review-culbertson-sanborn By Melody Charles After years of mutual admiration, path-crossing and parallel gigs, Brian Culbertson and David Sanborn enraptured thousands of jazz fans when they appeared together in Dallas’ AT&T Performing Arts Center for stellar performances in front of an enthusiastic full house on Thursday night. Performing for the first time together as co-headliners… Continue reading David Sanborn & Brian Culbertson, Dallas TX Concert Review