Kultured Child

"In celebration of the Spring Equinox and the astrological new year, here are 5 spring-inspired songs that I LOVE. "

5 Songs to Celebrate Springtime

"Duke Ellington had a request for a young, budding Quincy Jones: "I want you to be one of the people to de-categorize American music." It's something that Jones took to heart and to say that he delivered on his promise would be an understatement."

Quincy Jones at 90: Five Albums You Must Know (and more!)

"Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph. This is triumphant music. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."

10 Songs You Should Listen to On MLK’s Birthday

"Twenty years later, recounting her life and departure to my son, the way the lives and departures of Otis Redding and Tammi Terrell were recounted to me, reminds me that none of us get to escape the experience of bearing witness to the premature fade-to-black of our best and brightest."

More Than a Woman: Reflecting On Aaliyah 20 Years Later