It has been a whole year since I last spoke with you in this place. That hot summer, motherhood was on my mind, as it is again now,...

Have you ever had a hard time giving back a library book, because you've bookmarked half a dozen pages you need to read over again? This...

“The gunfire around us makes it hard to hear. But the human voice is different from other sounds. It can be heard over noises that bury...

Music is so easy to love. As Bob Marley sang in Trenchtown Rock: "One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain. So hit me...

I think so. Research indicates there are certain genes which correlate with certain types of music ability. But, as is always the case in...

"How much like my brothers, do my brothers wanna be? Does a broken home become another broken family? Or will we be there for each other,...

It is almost newsletter time and I've been slacking on my blog, but not for lack of deep and warm musical thoughts. This quarter at...

One of the songs on my dance playlist is iNi Kamoze's Here Comes the Hotstepper. Hearing this as a child growing up, I thought hotstepper...

Most days I find myself sitting on a proverbial fence. I blame it on my birthdate, which is right on the cusp between the crab and the...

What is this thing with words and me? Three days ago I 'lost' for the first time at Wordle. I was surprised how the loss affected me,...

There's no doubt that I am a little bit obsessed with the newish word game now owned by The Times and blandly named Wordle. I've even...

As I continue reviewing and reflecting on my work, I see patterns emerging. Movement and change are regular themes in my music. Just look...

My Jamaican friends will recognize this as the title of a Bob Marley song. It's also the title of a poetry compilation published in 2010...

Welcome to my brand new Blog/Newsletter! Whether you know me well, or only slightly, or not at all, I am excited to connect with you in...