Black Music and Black Muses
Black Music and Black Muses
Abbey Lincoln in her own voice
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Abbey Lincoln in her own voice

Circa 1996, Speaking on the many phases of her career

This 8 minute excerpt from my personal Abbey Lincoln archives captures her ideal blend of bluntness and tact. We learn more about her time as a painter, and actress, and her disdain for celebrity and anything inauthentic. Her jazz diva peers respected her because she turned down Hollywood to sing a music that ultimately found her blacklisted and margina…

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Black Music and Black Muses
Black Music and Black Muses
Music writing that is not restricted by the demands, wishes, and timelines of the music industry. Writing, not advertising. Love, not a battle of the brands.
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