Month: August 2018
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IN TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN OF SOUL
I saw Aretha Franklin perform live only once. In June 1997, probably as my birthday present, my Dad somehow got tickets to the opening night of the JVC Jazz Festival, which was called “Aretha’s Gospel Crusade for AIDS.” In the course of the evening, there was speeching, preaching, and performances by Joshua Nelson and Bobby…
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RESIDENCY SET LIST: CONCERT #40 WITH CYNTHIA ERIVO & JIMMY GREENE 8/6
So Cynthia texted me to ask if we could get together while she was in town to make some music. So I thought she just meant to, like, come over to my house and sing. So it turns out, no, she wanted to do a concert. So, thing is, I wasn’t going to do an…