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Black Music Month: Tribute to Michael Jackson on the 11th Anniversary of His Death

Black Music Month: Tribute to Michael Jackson on the 11th Anniversary of His Death

June 25, 2020August 1, 2020 Ashley

Michael Joseph Jackson. MJ (or MJJ, as I often refer to him as). The Gloved One. The King of Pop, Rock, and Soul (in the

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Black Music Month: Sampling and Summer Madness

Black Music Month: Sampling and Summer Madness

June 20, 2020August 1, 2020 Ashley

Crate digging. Interpreting. Sampling. Whatever you refer to it as, it is one of my absolute favorite things about music. I loved reading album liner

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Black Music Month: Juneteenth Soundtrack

Black Music Month: Juneteenth Soundtrack

June 19, 2020August 1, 2020 Ashley

Juneteenth, short for June 19th; the literal combination of “June” and “nineteenth”, is the date on which the last slaves were freed in 1865. It

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Black Music Month: Happy Birthday Tupac!

Black Music Month: Happy Birthday Tupac!

June 16, 2020July 30, 2020 Ashley

Born 49 years ago today as Lesane Parish Crooks, we all knew him as the first name in the following that his was later changed

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Black Music Month: Happy Birthday Prince!

Black Music Month: Happy Birthday Prince!

June 7, 2020April 21, 2021 Ashley

His Royal Badness. The Purple One. Innovator and Purveyor of the Minneapolis Sound. Prince Rogers Nelson…or as we all knew him, Prince. The legend would

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When You Just Wanna Holler and Scream

When You Just Wanna Holler and Scream

June 4, 2020August 1, 2020 Ashley

You may be looking at the title and trying to figure out where in the world this entry is going. Well, in case the image

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Black Music Month: Happy 41st Anniversary to My Parents

Black Music Month: Happy 41st Anniversary to My Parents

June 2, 2020June 1, 2021 Ashley

The last week has been heavy, to say the least. My previous entry reflects the current raw feelings and emotions of a lot of people.

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Sad Tomorrows: How The Music of Yesterday Relates to Today

Sad Tomorrows: How The Music of Yesterday Relates to Today

May 27, 2020August 1, 2020 Ashley

So…I wasn’t even planning to write this week. With six entries already posted, and this week being an extremely busy work week for me(with several

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A Decade Without Jamie

A Decade Without Jamie

May 19, 2020August 1, 2020 Ashley

How can I even introduce and describe Jamie? She was and will always be my “big sister”, though she was just five years older than

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Happy Birthday Janet Jackson!

Happy Birthday Janet Jackson!

May 16, 2020August 1, 2020 Ashley

The title speaks for itself! This entry is a celebration of Janet Jackson’s 54th birthday today. As I type this, I’m actually watching her Design

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