Monthly Archives: June 2023

I worked at a Juneteenth festival today in LA’s Leimert Park that was meant to be headlined by Jazmine Sullivan. Unfortunately, her set was abruptly cancelled after a couple stampedes caused by unclear circumstances. Various stories went around, from a gun being pulled to a fence being knocked over and bottles broken. Fortunately, it doesn’tContinue reading “#1132 – Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan”

While I realize that I listened to a recording of Gustav Holst’s The Planets not too long ago, I came across this unique version and had to pass it along. This one is an all-electronic reimagining of the classic piece by a legendary composer and prolific electronic musician.

I was listening to the livestream of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival last night and Bela Fleck brought out Basseku Kouyate for a couple songs, calling him the Bela Fleck of Mali. Which conversely makes Bela Fleck the Basseku Kouyate of America. That’s how that works, right?

I really love to listen to new albums on the day that they are released, especially when they are by one of my favorite artists who haven’t put out a studio album in about 10 years. Very excited for this one.