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“When the Saints Go Marching in” – Louis Armstrong
“Long Live New Orleans” – Godfathers of Groove
“Reaching One” – Wendy and Lisa
“Come Running to Me” – Herbie Hancock
“Estrella Del Mar” – Adonis Rose
“Grownup Boy” – Matthew Flowers
“The Moment” – Adama
“Recordame” – Josh Anderson
“Don’t Call Me Wally” – Orrin Evans
“Circle of Seasons” – Karen Young, Eric Auclair
“Down [...]
Just a note to catch my Twitter updates at @MandrakeAM while at the Creating Change conference. Connect!
Five years ago, when this podcast journey began on this site, I conducted my first interviews at an ice cream shop in the Bishop Arts District owned and operated by Rosa Lopez, called Suenos Sabrosos. While working at the ice cream shop and since its closure in 2007, she also serves at the executive director [...]
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“Feel Like Makin’ Love” – Izit
“Lagos Blues” – Antonio Ciacca
“New York Vibe” – Sean Nowell
“The Villain” – Birds & Batteries
“Wallflower Blues” – Somi
“I Got Your Back” – Rick Braun
“Summerheat” – Bill King
“Something More” – Erin Bode
“Bahian Smiles” – Raydience
“Beauty On a Grey Day” – Mike Lindup
“Que Sensacion” – Tito Puente
Shop for guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, [...]
Since Dallas is hosting the Creating Change event at the downtown Sheraton hotel, a lot of my energy has been focused on that here at the blog. However, John Meyer and the gang at Pegasus News grabbed some great trailers for this year’s Texas Black Film Festival screenings happening February 4 – 6 at [...]
Here’s a note from my friends in Equality March Texas:
The First Annual Holocaust Candelight March will be this January 27th, 2010 at 7:00pm. We will walk on the sidewalks from the Fountain at Oak Lawn/Armstrong to the Oak Lawn/Cedar Spring’s Memorial.
The event will then move inside the Melrose Hotel where free Hot [...]
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This week, I discuss past and present activism within the Dallas LGBT and African-American communities with Alpha Thomas. A long-time activist, mother, and breast cancer survivor, Alpha recalls her cross-coalition work towards HIV awareness and gay adoptions, as well as discussing her intent to re-start Umoja Hermanos, a poetry and support circle for lesbians [...]
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“You’ve Got it Bad Girl” – Gene Dunlap
“Too Close” – Pete Belasco
“Big Brother” – Larry Goldings
“Hold On” – Nathan Gaines
“Another Star” – Dee Daniels
“Blues For Isaiah” – James Vincent
“Visions” – Indigone Trio & Strings
“Parkdale” – Elizabeth Shepherd
“Berimbau-Consolacao” – Sergio Mendes
“High Pockets and a Fanny Pack” – Charlie Hunter
“Heaven is Ten Zillion Light Years Away” [...]
