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Doing It My Way

Jacob Whitesides For many of you who regularly read the Weekly Music Commentary, you might remember three weeks ago I spoke about the negative thoughts my friend expressed regarding young singers today. At the time I did not try to change his thinking. One reason was I did not feel any evidence would really makeRead More

The Happy Horn Will Be Missed

Clark Terry Last week, as I logged into my computer I saw the headline that caught my attention: Legendary Jazz artist Clark Terry dies at 94. As I read the news item, it seemed almost surreal. Clark Terry lived so long I began to believe I would never see such a headline. Nevertheless, we areRead More

Second Coming

D’Angelo The past couple of months have been eventful for neo-soul singer/songwriter D’Angelo and his fans. He finally dropped his third studio album mid-December titled Black Messiah, which is his first solo album in almost fifteen years. A few weeks ago he appeared as musical guest on Saturday Night Live and gave what many callRead More

Inspiration

Usher Most of you reading this weeks’ blog post are doing so during or after the 57th Grammy Awards. This year has offered some controversial nominations and therefore, will bring about some controversial winners. Throughout the years I have had conversations with musicians and music lovers about the merits of Grammy award nominations and wins.Read More