With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing it seems the U.S. is careening back to the rates of infections we saw in March. What really is worse is the federal government disregarded the use of masks until Mid-May. Vietnam, on the other hand has had far fewer coronavirus cases as a result of many different public health … Continue reading Can Music PSA’s Do More Than Government Initiatives?
RIP Stepa J. Groggs
Stepa J Groggs at Made in America 2018 Injury Reserve had been one of my favorite groups to listen to over the last couple of years. The loss of Stepa J. Groggs this past week is shocking and saddening as the group just dropped their major debut album last year, and had been releasing new … Continue reading RIP Stepa J. Groggs
Soul Train Doc
Credit: Goodreads It’s been a minute. Things have been uneasy with facing a pandemic, and facing racial injustice,. More on that later. I recently finished a book on Soul Train by music critic Nelson George. I grew up on the Soul Train of Shemar Moore of the early 2000s, not quite the same feel of … Continue reading Soul Train Doc
‘Owbum’ to Maturity
Chance's newest album represents how artistic growth and creativity is a laborious and fraught process.
Boxed In: Lil Nas X and Inclusion in Country Music
African-Americans have had checkered Representation in Country Music Before Old Town Road Photo Credit: Teen Vogue The summer anthem “Old Town Road,” by Lil Nas X had become the longest song to sit at number one on the Billboard Top 100 at around 19 weeks starting from April and ending in August. The country-rap song … Continue reading Boxed In: Lil Nas X and Inclusion in Country Music
The Typecaster 