Category Archives: Music

Green Day: An Rx for exhaustion over American politics

Posted on by March 15, 2017

Living in Norway and watching the political unrest at home in America gets disheartening.

The 24 million or so people who could soon lose their health care, the horrible environmental ramifications to come under the defunding of the EPA, the assault on The Fourth Estate, the strengthening of hate groups, the list goes on and on.

At Oslo Spektrum.

A lot of us have had to take a timeout from these conflicts. This allows us to take a moment to recharge and then plug back … Read more ...

#Prince: I Can’t Believe He’s Gone

Posted on by April 22, 2016

Prince was a revolution. It was in his creativity, which gave life to genre-spanning, soul-funkifying music. It was in his political activism, from HIV/AIDS awareness, Hurricane Katrina aftermath, and Black Lives Matter. It also was in his fight for artists’ rights.

I can’t believe he’s gone.

We turned on the TV to check what was happening in the States and were shocked at the headline. #RIPPrince

We turned on the TV to check what was happening in the States and were shocked at the headline. #RIPPrince

Prince. The guy with the yellow assless pants. The guy who changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol. The … Read more ...

‘They Will Have To Kill Us First’ doc shows Malian music can’t be stopped

Posted on by March 5, 2016

Music was as essential as air for those living in the west African country of Mali. Then the Islamist militants flooded in and banned music, choking off an integral part of Mali’s culture.

Instruments were burned, radio stations were ripped apart and musicians were tortured. The feature-length documentary, “They Will Have to Kill Us First: Malian Music in Exile” shows what life was like when jihadists tried to stop the music. It opens this weekend in New York at the Village East Cinema … Read more ...

Getting onstage with Queen Latifah at BlogHer

Posted on by July 26, 2013

Guess who is going to share the stage today with Queen Latifah? Oh yeeeaaahhh baby. Me.

I am so excited, it’s ridiculous. It’s for the BlogHer13 conference where I was chosen as one of the Voices of the Year. My piece was picked as one that will be read at the evening keynote.

To say I’m nervous is an understatement. Actually I was fine about reading in front of the large audience, but when I found out that Queen Latifah was hosting the event … Read more ...

Surprise Date Night: Rihanna’s Concert in Chicago

Posted on by March 25, 2013

We were driving to the city for our date night and I had no idea where we were going. Hubby knows how much I love surprises, so many date nights are like this.

Though I knew this date was different since I asked him earlier in the day whether I should wear heels. He advised against it. Hmmmm. That usually means I’ll be dancing.

We were west of Chicago’s Loop and I started to get excited. The United Center is over here, are we going … Read more ...