On Nina Simone's elegant belligerence
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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…

January 2023

Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker in church after-hours
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The disturbing flippancy of North West's impersonations of Ye
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December 2022

White label
On Amiri Baraka's "Dope" and the poetics of the underdog who gets close to God
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On my taboo fantasy alter-egos in music
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On a prayer shared between Sun Ra and June Tyson circa 1976

November 2022

How did the shallowest version of a collective identity become a music industry standard?
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Entering the black backstage
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October 2022

A meditation on broken recording contracts and their fallout
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Liner notes for an never-ending live performance