Aloe Blacc Occasionally I see or hear something that moves me to reminisce about past events in my life. This week induced a couple of memories as I worked to complete this weeks’ blog post. I was reading about this weeks’ featured artist Aloe Blacc and I saw some similarities to my childhood. Here isRead More
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Do We Discover or Find New Music?
Alyssa Reid Several people have asked me what it takes to write a music blog post every week. They want to know how I choose an artist, and then what part of their career to feature. It is not really too difficult because usually I look for the news item first, and then the artistRead More
Does Michael Jackson’s Music Need An Update?
Here we are! The date of May 11, 2014 has finally arrived after a long wait. Why is this date so important to me? It’s the date I chose to feature Michael Jackson and to discuss his posthumous album release Xscape May 13, 2014. Sure I knew about the planning for the album a fewRead More
It’s Been A While
Jazmine Sullivan Earlier in the week I was having a conversation with a colleague about modern day communication. We both are close in age, have had similar experiences and have also seen great technological changes over the same twenty year period. I got my start in the print media industry twenty years ago. The worldRead More
And Now For Our Encore…
Imagine Dragons It’s interesting how we tend to remember certain important events by our own activities at that same time. As you speak with others about something like the catastrophic terrorist attack September 11th, most people can tell you what they were doing at that particular time. There have been momentous musical events of theRead More
Living With Two Loves
Kelis Do any of you remember your first job? Most likely you recall that first part-time employment during school that earned you a little spending money? I remember during college working and going to school simultaneously with much grander job opportunities coming in the future. However, the reality of our day and age is thatRead More
A Long Way From Home
Iggy Azalea What are the odds that a teenager who loves hip-hop music will grow up to become a successful recording artist? 1 in a million? Or perhaps 1 in a billion? Most parents and friends of the youngster might offer what they feel is sager advice to develop a plan B, just in caseRead More