MUSIC Sheila E. & The E-Train – January 7-8: Guided by the forces of family, faith, and music, Sheila E. has made a name for herself as one of the most talented musical icons over the decades. With a fearless nature and a passion for sharing her gifts...
Director Stan Lathan is known for helming pioneering TV series that paved the way for Black entertainment, including The Steve Harvey Show, Martin, Roc, Moesha, The Parkers, Amen, among others. He was a director for three seasons of the award-winning,...
When it comes to Prince protégé bands there’s The Time, Vanity 6 (also Apollonia 6), The Family, and then there’s the great purple one’s often overlooked funk rock new wave project known as Mazarati. With The Revolution’s bassist Brownmark...
If you are in my presence and mention Prince, I will guarantee I will hold you hostage and tell you all about how I love Duane Tudahl’s book Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions (1983–1984). This book is an opus of sorts, serving us a detailed...
Since the news of MTV downsizing its music channels and basically phasing out the foundation on which it was based, I’ve been thinking about all of us who were raised on the cable channel and the cultural impact it has had. From the moment MTV aired the music video...
The almighty algorithm put this video of legends Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt singing Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush” on The Late Show with David Letterman on March 24, 1999: It’s one of Young’s best songs...
🎶 The radio plays our favorite song 🎶 And it’s what keeps me holding on 🎵 Baby, do you miss me 🎵 Now that I’m gone 🎶 Picture it: you’re at the club in the ’90s and this song comes on. You rush to the dance floor in your halter top and...
When the late, great musician D’Angelo (aka Michael Eugene Archer) entered the scene, he shook things up when he brought old school R&B and soul to the masses with an inimitable down and dirty grit and masculine sensitivity that ushered in the neo-soul...
Chappell Roan is having quite the moment. The singer is on this wild meteoric pop cultural rise as she graced the red carpet of the MTV VMAs dressed in Joan of Arc regalia and and lit the stage on fire in a performance of “Good Luck, Babe!” while donned in a suit...
