empowerment & inner transformation…
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https://youtu.be/ze4xcmBFvaE?si=jTw7VXaOSXdbXPtN Burst of Joy — Wait for It Some performances don’t just begin. They arrive. Jon Batiste’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert is one of those rare musical moments that feels like someone opened the windows, let the sunlight in, and reminded everybody in the room that music can still make people feel fully alive. From... Continue Reading →
“The Green Cabinet will not arrive because it is fashionable; it will arrive because reality will leave us no other choice.” - Tito The Green Cabinet Is Coming… It will arrive by necessity. There was a time when climate leadership could be treated like a niche issue, something for specialists, activists, or people who cared... Continue Reading →
Found this gem in an old 1996 CD and I've been trying to find out who is the artist or group that produced this beautiful expression. Let me know if you recognize. Source
Salsa music is a general term referring to a genre that is essentially Cuban and Puerto Rican popular dance music. The term salsa was initially promoted and marketed in New York City during the 1970s. Salsa comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachachá, mambo, and to a certain extent bolero. Salsa... Continue Reading →
“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different... Continue Reading →
Life is the blossoming of flowers in the spring, the ripening of fruit in the fall, the rhythm of the earth and of nature. Life is the cry of cicadas signaling the end of summer, migratory birds winging south in a transparent autumn sky, fish frolicking in a stream. Life is the joy beautiful music... Continue Reading →
"The preservation of one's own culture is such a natural thing. It is a matter of respecting oneself and one's own family and nation. It is a way of saying to your own people, as the Zulus do, "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu." That is, "I am who I am because of you." Having said that, no... Continue Reading →
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything; It is the essence of order and lends to all that is good, just, and beautiful.” - Plato *** Happy Holidays to all who take some time... Continue Reading →
"I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality." ~ H.A. Overstreet “If a man does not keep pace with his... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 