MUSIC MONDAY: Desert Island Stevie Wonder – What 20 Songs Would You Bring? (LISTEN)
As Good Black News enters the last week in our month-long celebration of Stevie Wonder‘s 70th birthday via posts and playlists, we thought we’d kick it off with something a little different. In the past few weeks we’ve offered playlists of Wonder’s greatest hits,...
GBN’s MERRY MONTH OF STEVIE: Cover Songs In The Key Of Life (LISTEN)
by Jeff Meier (FB: Jeff.Meier.90) Ever since this writer was elementary school age and first becoming aware of music, I’ve been obsessed with the artistic connections created by “cover” versions (“remakes,” in layman’s terms). My father and I would routinely spend a...
GBN’s Merry Month of Stevie: Celebrating the Wonders of Stevie’s Harmonica (LISTEN)
by Jeff Meier (FB: Jeff.Meier.90) Stevie Wonder told us with his very first hit, ‘Fingertips,’ recorded when he was 12, that he was a harmonica master. Somehow, through all the genius songwriting, singing, production and keyboard innovation, we tend to forget about...
Colson Whitehead, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Jericho Brown and More Win Pulitzer Prizes in 2020
Jericho Brown, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Colson Whitehead (photos via commons.wikipedia.org and nikolehannahjones.com)by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) The Pulitzer Prize winners for 2020 were announced yesterday. Notable among them were Colson Whitehead for...Now Hear This
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