Evolution of Morgan Freeman

Good Bye Michael Jackson

Most of us grew up on MJ music and can’t imagine life without his many gifts.  Wierdness aside, MJ was something truly special and he will be missed.

Unlike his life his music and influence will last  forever

All that Jazz

I caught Joe Sample at Yoshi’s in Oakland on Sunday, Last month I saw BB King at the Fox. It is simple amazing to watch these Jazz and Blues giants well in their 70′s and King 80 still at the top of their game I even twittered it 

Joe had some interesting things to say about George Benson.  I believed the word was “Sneaky”

 

BB has more talent in his little toe than all his competion combined

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The Mastery of Malcolm

In this vintage clip Malcolm holds his own, what amazes me is how he so comfortably responds to the barrage of questions without letting them get under his skin

the epitome of cool

Still I rise, again

Posro Media CEO Roland Laird appears on CW Philly’s Speak up to talk about “Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African Americans” by Roland Laird, Taneshia Nash Laird and illustrated by Elihu Bey. “Still I Rise” covers African American history from 1619 to the historic Presidential election of Barack Hussein Obama.

Kerry James Marshall

Kerry James Marshall discusses two recent paintings, both Untitled (2008), during the installation of his exhibition Black Romantic at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Kerry James Marshall’s work is based on a broad range of art-historical references, from Renaissance painting to folk art. A striking aspect of his paintings is the emphatically black skin tone of his figures, a development the artist says emerged from an investigation into the invisibility of blacks in America and the unnecessarily negative connotations associated with darkness.

I Got your Afro Classics Right Here!

I can’t stress enough how important it is for the hip hop generation to embrace other forms of music

One of the coolest sites on the internets AfriClassical.com  has made embracing classical music it more interesting

There you will meet 52 composers, conductors and instrumental performers – Africans, African Americans and Afro-Europeans.  Many are alive today, but one lived 500 years ago!

Check out there blog here

 

Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) was an Afro-French composer who was also France’s best fencer. During the French Revolution he was Colonel of a legion of Black volunteers, and fought heroically. His works were seldom played after 1803, when Napoleon reinstituted slavery in France’s colonies.  The music of Saint-Georges was played with increasing frequency in the late 20th century, and much of it has been recorded since the 1970s.

Little Wing, Big Step

Guess blogger Venus

Hendrix wrote this song for his mother who passed when he was 15. 
I just felt the need to post this today. 
It’s still my favorite song (and favorite version).

stay green.

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Philip G. Freelon Housing Culture

San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora MOAD is a very special place, its even more special beacause it was designed by one of the best architect in the world who happens to be a brother

The Freelon Group is a sixty member architectural firm located in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.  Founded in 1990 by Philip G. Freelon, FAIA, the firm offers specialized design expertise in the areas of Museum/Cultural Center, Higher Education and Science/Technology facilities

The  firm  recently delivered successful museum projects on both coasts including the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture in Baltimore.  We are currently working on cultural facilities in Washington, DC and Charlotte, NC.  Education, science and technology clients include Yale University and the multiple campuses in the University of North Carolina system.

San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD)

Click here for a virtual tour of MOAD

Black Enterprise featured a segment on Freelon

Cornel West on AlJazeera

Just before the election Dr. West was interviewed on the popular website

http://www.cornelwest.com