Dust Tracks On a Road

Kermit Ruffins - "When the Saints Go Marching In" (stream) (PopMatters Premiere)

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:48:34 -0500

Kermit Ruffins - "When the Saints Go Marching In" (stream) (PopMatters Premiere):

ou may recognize Ruffins from his recurring role on HBO’s Treme, but you should really know him first for his trumpet. Ruffins plays the brassy, sing-songey, “play it from the bottom of your heart” style that is the trademark of NOLA’s great trumpeters, including most obviously Louis Armstrong and Louis Prima. And like the many great New Orleans musicians before him, Ruffins celebrates the city’s heritage in every note he blows and word he sings. We Partyin’ Traditional Style releases next Tuesday, 28 May, via Basin Street Records, and features a plethora of NOLA faves, including “Careless Love”, “Jeepers Creepers”, the Armstrong classic “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South”, and of course, this track “When the Saints Go Marching In” that we proudly premiere for you today.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:44 -0500

surrealappeal: Diego Rivera, Nude with Sunflowers, 1946.

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:19 -0500

surrealappeal:

Diego Rivera, Nude with Sunflowers, 1946.

rootsnbluesfestival: Robert Johnson and Johnny Shines

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:58:23 -0500

rootsnbluesfestival:

Robert Johnson and Johnny Shines

aconversationoncool: Buddy Guy, Paris, 1965.

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:26 -0500

aconversationoncool:

Buddy Guy, Paris, 1965.

guernicamag: Young playwrights are usurped by theaters so...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:13:43 -0500

guernicamag:

Young playwrights are usurped by theaters so quickly they don’t have time to develop a voice. When you’re so quickly absorbed, you don’t feel that tension, that struggle to define and assert one’s voice, and that ultimately shapes what we see on stage.

via History of Omission - Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics

"We do not become healers. We came as healers. We are! Some of us are still catching up to what we..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:48:23 -0500

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We do not become healers. We came as healers. We are!
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become storytellers. We came as carriers of the stories we and our ancestors actually lived. We are.
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become artists. We came as artists. We are.
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become writers, dancers, musicians, helpers, peacemakers. We came as such. We are!
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not learn to Love in this sense. We came as Love. We are Love! ♥ Some of us are still catching up to who we truly are.

”

- Clarissa Pinkola Estes (via nezua)

JUST SO YOU KNOW: EMELI SANDE, A WOMAN OF COLOR, RECENTLY BROKE THE BEATLES' RECORD IN THE U.K.

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:21 -0500

JUST SO YOU KNOW: EMELI SANDE, A WOMAN OF COLOR, RECENTLY BROKE THE BEATLES' RECORD IN THE U.K. :

deliciouskaek:

pussyharvest:

MOST CONSECUTIVE WEEKS SPENT IN THE TOP TEN U.K.’S OFFICIAL ALBUM CHART

YAAAAAASSS, i love emeli sande! congrats girl!

The Oral History of Freaknik

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:36:17 -0500

The Oral History of Freaknik:

latinegrasexologist:

The story of ATL’s wildest street party, as told by those who lived it.

the title of this article had me thinking “oral history” meant something totally different b/c i know about freaknik…..so yeah….

blackcontemporaryart: Tracey Rose, Ciao Bella Venus Baartman,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:12:19 -0500

blackcontemporaryart:

Tracey Rose, Ciao Bella Venus Baartman, 2001

so-treu: peachtreekeen: Killer Mike: You got to look at it...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:48:10 -0500

so-treu:

peachtreekeen:

Killer Mike: You got to look at it like you black, you looking at other black people everybody partying. But if you don’t realize like, ‘I’m in the middle of the projects,’ I’m in the middle of Capitol Homes, you not going to realize, ‘I’m in the middle of the projects at 11:30 at night, I’m a little drunk, I’m trying to holler at this girl and get out of here,’ but you’re not making it out of there. This is the City of God right now, a lot of dudes got their heads knocked off. They got their shit took, they got sent home naked if they were lucky enough to make it.

Adina Howard: For us, who actually had the honor of experiencing it—because it was an honor—Freaknik was about freedom. It was about just doing you and not being judged at all. Because at the end of the day, we were all just a big clique. We were all freaky, we were all “nasty.” We were all promiscuous and just getting it. Not to say that’s a good thing, but that definitely helped define our youth. Words honestly can’t even begin to express what Freaknik was unless you were in the thick of it. Freaknik was just the freedom to be, do, and have as we chose. To me, that’s the legacy—no ifs, ands, buts or maybes.

Derrick Boazman: When you call something Freaknik what do you expect for it to be? It wasn’t a picnic. What can we say positive? It shows the power of the black buck. It showed you the power of black networking. Now just think if we would have been able to convert that into “Black Power Weekend”—if 400,000 students showed up for “Social Justice Weekend,” or a “Free Mumia Weekend.” Or to reinstate all aspects of the Voting Rights Act. It showed you the potential but what it also showed you is… We can organize 400,000 people for a party but we can’t organize 400,000 people for Trayvon Martin or something. So it shows you the power of the people, but has to be more power than just the party. My whole fascination with Freaknik is I’m waiting to see that many people show up in Atlanta on something that’s meaningful to lives, to the salvation and liberation of black people.

The Oral History of Freaknik

OMFG A ORAL HISTORY OF FREAKNIK I’M WEEPING YES THANK YOU

misterand: Aretha Franklin

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:24:10 -0500

misterand:

Aretha Franklin

rootsnbluesfestival: Tina

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:36:31 -0500

rootsnbluesfestival:

Tina

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Sun, 19 May 2013 15:12:30 -0500

blackwomeninrock: funkgumbo: SONG OF THE DAY: Divinity Roxx -...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:24:14 -0500

blackwomeninrock:

funkgumbo:

SONG OF THE DAY: Divinity Roxx - “Black Betty”

Hear it on FUNK GUMBO RADIO: www.live365.com/stations/sirhobson

Purchase it from Amazon or iTunes

Divinity Roxx: www.divinityroxx.com

So true story.

My boyfriend went to school with this chick, and apparently everyone thought she was crazy for wanting to learn to play bass.

This is a KEY EXAMPLE of why you shouldn’t listen to naysayers. EVER.

sexhaver: blacktemple: theniggaskaramazov: Crank That Soulja...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:36:51 -0500

sexhaver:

blacktemple:

theniggaskaramazov:

Crank That Soulja Boy (by Soulja Boy)

0:53

these are the moments I’m truly proud to be black

this is art

musicbabes: Shea Rose “Music allows us to express our whole...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:12:22 -0500

musicbabes:

Shea Rose

“Music allows us to express our whole self-the light and the dark. That’s the feeling that we all hunger for. It’s freedom. It’s what unifies us and moves our souls.” (Shea Rose)

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Sat, 18 May 2013 13:48:18 -0500

glowgirl: Johnny Guitar Watson - Wait A Minute, Baby

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:24:19 -0500

glowgirl:

Johnny Guitar Watson - Wait A Minute, Baby

Mary Lou Williams, jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:36:06 -0500

Mary Lou Williams, jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.