I’m tired of hearing that rock stars and rappers are poets. They’re nothing of the sort. A couple weeks I go I offered up part one in a series on poetry vs. […]
Poetry and lyrics are not the same thing: Hegemony, part 2
Music lyrics, even great ones, are not poetry: Hegemony, part 1
How often have you heard someone call a rock musician or a rapper a poet? As a poet and a lyricist, let me assure you that they’re not the same thing. Reach […]
TunesDay: welcome to Pop Underground
We write about music here from time to time and I know that a lot of our readers look forward to posts about tuneage. If you love music and want to hear […]
Left behind: black music by white musicians
“Why did so many white rock bands retreat from the ecstatic singing and intense, voicelike guitar tones of the blues, the heavy African downbeat, and the elaborate showmanship that characterized black music […]
