This is the first in-depth story I did with one of the baddest singers, songwriters and performers to EVER hail out of Dallas TX, N’Dambi (circa 2009): if you consider yourself a soul music lover and STILL don’t know about her sinuous and smoky pipes, get familiar via picking up her latest CD, 2009’s Pink… Continue reading N’Dambi: The Sound, The Style & Her Funktabulous “Pink Elephant”
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Alice Smith’s “She,” ST CD Review/Preview Link
When you have influences as wide-ranging as alternative, afro-punk and bluesy-tinged pop, oscillated between homes in Georgia and Washington DC and have a vocal range that recalls a Fiona Apple rather than a Ledisi, it’s practically a given that you are not a cookie-cutter R&B artist. And over the past seven years too many listeners… Continue reading Alice Smith’s “She,” ST CD Review/Preview Link
Defaming Her Name: Quvenzhane Wallis, Twitter & An Unravelled Onion
She wasn’t dripping in diamonds or strolling the red carpet with man-candy on her arm, but that didn’t keep nine-year-old Quvenzhane Willis from earning some well-deserved shine for becoming the youngest-ever nominee for Best Actress at the recent 85th Academy Awards. A child prodigy that enraptured critics and filmgoers as the headstrong Hushpuppy in last… Continue reading Defaming Her Name: Quvenzhane Wallis, Twitter & An Unravelled Onion
Emmett Till, Lil Wayne & the “Karate Chop” To Civil Rights
When it comes to recalling the events and the activists that pioneered the Civil Rights Movement, the most common examples given include protest marches, public sit-ins, school desegregation and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. But there was one that symbolized the heinous injustices and inequities plaguing African-Americans, especially those presiding in the Deep South. It belonged… Continue reading Emmett Till, Lil Wayne & the “Karate Chop” To Civil Rights
Beverly Jenkins’ “Destiny’s Embrace” MOC/Knowshi.com Book Review/Preview Link
Although the genre is ridiculed as a trivial non-factor, fictional romance books remain the most popular category in the US, accounting for over 50% of book sales and spawning millions of devoted readers. Those focusing on non-Caucasian characters and storylines, also known as multicultural romance, have exploded in popularity since the 1990s and in that… Continue reading Beverly Jenkins’ “Destiny’s Embrace” MOC/Knowshi.com Book Review/Preview Link