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British-American tenor Joshua Blue considers “What is America?” in this week's songs. Content Warning: All of the songs in this week’s collection contain strong language, and even stronger themes regarding the state of our nation. Content spans topics including, but...
British-American tenor Joshua Blue considers “What is America?” in this week's songs. Content Warning: All of the songs in this week’s collection contain strong language, and even stronger themes regarding the state of our nation. Content spans topics including, but...
A week of songs inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement A remix of Beyonce, and Kendrick Lamar's "Freedom" this piece is filled with references to the Black Lives Matter movement as well as actual video content from many of the murders and assaults on people of...
A week of songs inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement Written under his "Blood Orange" moniker, Devonte Hynes wrote this piece as a collection of his thoughts, a delve into the life, and mind, of a person of color in the modern world. Racial profiling, murder,...
A week of songs inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement Finding himself deeply affected by the death of Freddie Gray (April 19, 2015 - Baltimore, Maryland), Prince wrote this tribute song. Mentioning both Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, the piece is a reflection...
A week of songs inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement Set to the tune of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music, "Black Rage" was a reprisal, brought back shortly after the shooting of Michael Brown (August 9, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri). The piece looks at...