Carol Kaye may be the most widely heard musician ever!

Like some Pavlovian dog, if I played just these four bass notes, duh Duh DUH DUN, you would all respond with two snaps of your fingers. Guaranteed!

Song Writing/Talent

Legit!: The Unicorn-esq Talent of Taylor Swift.

Pop music has…

Black Music History/Sound Engineering

Roger and Zapp: The importance of good live sound.

There’s a Song For That!

African Music/Travel

Soul Makoosa: I Guarantee You Know this West African Song.

Music/Inspiration

The Genre of No Genre, Jeet Kune Do and Music.

It is like a finger…

American History/Black History

Was Dr. King Too Good an Orator?

Beyond the Speech.

Black History/Women’s History/Hip Hop

Conscious Hip Hop’s First Advocate: Sylvia Robinson’s Message.

New Music

Singer, Songwriter, writer, Aliah Sheffield: One to Watch.

Mental Health/Music

Mental health and the arts.

Is an artist’s great talent despite their illness or because of it? Vol. 1

Rock/Style

Simple Cool: A lesson from ZZ Top

Apparently, girls are crazy about plainly…