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Black Swans
On Nina Simone's elegant belligerence
Harmony Holiday
Feb 27
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Monk's Daughter Boo Boo Singing
I’m in a Monk mood, meticulously. Both his son and daughter became musicians, his son even served as the drummer in his father’s band during his final…
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Feb 8
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January 2023
Two Men Down
Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker in church after-hours
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Jan 22
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Parable of the Rapper's Daughter
The disturbing flippancy of North West's impersonations of Ye
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Jan 11
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December 2022
Amiri Reading "Dope"
White label
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Dec 27, 2022
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It Must Be the Devil
On Amiri Baraka's "Dope" and the poetics of the underdog who gets close to God
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Dec 26, 2022
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My Message and My Minstrels
On my taboo fantasy alter-egos in music
Harmony Holiday
Dec 16, 2022
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Please don't cut me off in the middle of this prayer.
On a prayer shared between Sun Ra and June Tyson circa 1976
Harmony Holiday
Dec 5, 2022
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November 2022
A New Theory Of The Entourage (Part I)
How did the shallowest version of a collective identity become a music industry standard?
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Nov 15, 2022
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"Miss Brown To You" Billie Holiday, 1935
Entering the black backstage
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Nov 4, 2022
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October 2022
The territory shall be the universe
A meditation on broken recording contracts and their fallout
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Oct 26, 2022
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Michael Backstage
Liner notes for an never-ending live performance
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Oct 18, 2022
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