Music

From En Vogue to MMC to…Mom?

In an effort to find something to post about tonight, I somehow fell down a YouTube rabbit hole. I still am not sure how it happened. All I know is I wound up watching this...

Akilah!

Today I learned there's a song named "Akilah" from an album titled Akilah! by jazz artist Melvin Sparks. First of all, that exclamation point is everything, and I am here for...

J is for Jesus Be a Fence #AtoZChallenge

Okay, I crowdsourced this one on Facebook because I was stumped. I had one idea (jokes) and a suggestion from my daughter (job), but I wasn't super excited about either one....

W is for Whitney Houston

Let's have a chat about Whitney Houston. I was reminded of how much I used to love her when I was teaching a poetry unit, and one of the poems we discussed was "Battle Hymn of...

U is for Usher

True story: I had no idea what I was going to write about for U until someone on Facebook suggested I write about Usher, and then I remembered I have very strong feelings...