Archive for the ‘ Music ’ Category
Dessa
Does the following statement describe you: “Values resilience, loyalty, and creative expression in everyday life.”
It’s a great statement, but it wasn’t offered up as a description for parents. Those words are how Dessa describes a basic tenet of the hip hop community, and Dessa knows what she’s talking about. She not only teaches “The Language of Rap and the Spoken Word” at a college of music, but she’s also a successful rapper/lyricist/singer/author - a rising star in the world of hip hop. I'm mad - good mad, as in wild about - her sound. I could probably add 6 more words to try to describe her sound and it still wouldn't capture it, so take a listen here and throughout the interview[ READ MORE ]
Sounds of Blackness
Grammy-winning music group
Though they have won 3 Grammys for their Gospel music, it’s not accurate to call Sounds of Blackness a gospel group. What Sounds of Blackness does is sing music that represents – as their website states – “sounds of blackness: Jazz, Blues, Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Reggae, Ragtime, Spirtuals, Work [ READ MORE ]
Ellis
Winner of Best Female Singer Songwriter Album of 2009, Ellis shares with Mom Culture how she writes, how she's inspired and why taking the harder road proved to be the right path. [ READ MORE ]
Christopher Janney
Christopher Janney has created with everyone from Mikhail Baryshnikov to Michael Graves. The
artist/composer/architect shares with Mom Culture an intimate perspective on his innovative creations and thoughtful insights about parenting. [ READ MORE ]
