“I remember Afropunk from back in the day.” That was the refrain from everyone I ran into during Afropunk weekend. The festival has definitely evolved from those days […]
EVENT PREVIEW: 2016 Summer Spirit Festival (August 6th & 7th)
The Summer Spirit Festival rolls into the DMV in early August for a two-day extravaganza at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD! To get you geared up, here’s a sampler platter […]
The Next Movement: The Roots' Things Fall Apart, Revisited
Things Fall Apart, the 1999 masterpiece from The Roots, opens with a clip of dialogue from Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, wherein a trumpet player (Denzel Washington) is […]
Album Review: Jill Scott – The Light of the Sun
I’ve been a Jill Scott fan from day one. I had the sampler of her 1st album “Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1” and played […]
BEST OF 2010: My Top 9 Remixes & Covers
This year, many of my favorite songs came in the form of a remix or cover. In many cases I actually preferred the remix or cover over the […]
In Case You Missed It: Jill Scott – Spring Summer Feeling (Ron Trent Mix)
Jill Scott – Spring Summer Feeling (Ron Trent Mix) [audio:http://www.thecouchsessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Jill-Scott-Spring-Summer-Feeling-Ron-Trent-Mix.mp3|titles=Jill Scott – Spring Summer Feeling (Ron Trent Mix)] If you are a fan of soul music then surely […]
New York People: See Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Estelle and others For FREE
Also….I hate you. The 26th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series convenes in Brooklyn’s Wingate Field and has a stellar lineup for FREE. In addition to Jill, […]