November 2010

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Like many Black women of my and the generation before mine, Ntozake Shange's classic work For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the RainbowIs Enuf changed my life as a young girl. I was captivated by the book and wowed by the stage adaptation of the choreopoem. I had never heard poetry performed that way on stage before. Seeing girls and ladies who looked and sounded like the ones in my family, and indeed, like me, complete with wrapped heads and flowing skirts rocked my world. [caption id="attachment_855" align="aligncenter" width="80" caption="Read this if you haven't already. "][/caption] Fast forward to the...

08 November, 2010 /

  When I met singer-songwriter and producer Abby Dobson, she was working on her debut album—and determined to finish it on her own terms. Her passion was palpable. I knew I wanted to learn more about her, and this led to me conduct an interview with her for Put Your Dreams First. Well, it’s several years later. The album is complete. And it is pure sonic bliss; warm and soft like cashmere, but at its foundation lies an insistent, undeniable power. As she prepares for the birth of her CD, I am elated to bring you closer to Abby Dobson in another...

04 November, 2010 /