Aretha Franklin, the Hammond B3 and Me

This past week, like most people in this country, I found myself revisiting the works of Aretha Franklin. The undisputed Queen of Soul passed after a lengthy illness of pancreatic cancer just this Thursday before last. I was at work when the news alert came across my phone. When I left my office, I got […]

“Sunday Best” Fails to Show the ‘Best’ In the Judges

Kierra Sheard, the newest judge on BET’s “Sunday Best” which debuted last night famously quipped “Where is the oil?” I ask that question to two of the judges: Donnie McClurkin and Kim Burrell. Now let me help out of some of my non-Pentecostal friends and give some context to the question “Where is the oil?” […]

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Aretha Franklin, the Hammond B3 and Me

“Sunday Best” Fails to Show the ‘Best’ In the Judges