JOHNNY OSBOURNE • Truths And Rights • 1979

Pure🔥-- CRUCIAL historical document & one of THE BEST roots reggae albums E V E R !

BOB MARLEY and the WAILERS • Iron, Lion, Zion • ORIGINAL JAMAICAN VERSION • 1973

🔥Most assuredly ~ the iriest version...🔥

DUKE ELLINGTON • CHARLES MINGUS • MAX ROACH • Solitude • 1962

I've had this song deeply in my soul for over 25 years... one of THE very finest pieces of music ever recorded by mankind... and indeed -- over time, I've found it good and wise to take some time each day for a little solitude -- to refresh the heart and mind...

The RANCE ALLEN GROUP • Thank You • 1973

🦃Hope everyone is having a happy and safe holiday! God bless you all!🕊

ARETHA FRANKLIN • LIVE in Canada • 1978

THE QUEEN! So far, the realest thing I could find this evening. This was uploaded for years on YouTube but taken down a little over a year ago last time I wanted to post it ~ but I just noticed someone re-uploaded it a few months ago ~ one of my absolute favorite artists and performances - LIVE - at her best!

Hope everyone is safe and well if you're traveling on this Thanksgiving Eve ~ and prayers UP for whatever y'all are doing... that no matter what... it's the real thing...

Trailblazing Explorer Barbara Hillary, First Black Woman to Reach North and South Poles, Dies at 88

Tanasia Kenney | ATLANTA BLACK STAR

Barbara Hillary, the trailblazing adventurer who made history as the first African-American woman to reach the North and South Poles, has died. She was 88 years old.

THE CHOSEN FEW • In The Rain • 1976

It just started to rain here in the SF Bay for the first time this fall... very grateful for this much needed precipitation to finally calm down the fire season which most people know has been getting pretty extreme in recent years...

MAX ROACH with the J.C. WHITE SINGERS • Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? • 1971

Were you there?

THOMAS WHITFIELD • Lord, You Are My Everything • 1978

BOB MARLEY and the WAILERS • Jah Live • 1976

JAH live, children ~ YEAAAH!

🔥LEE PERRY and THE UPSETTERS ft. LEO GRAHAM • Doctor Demon (Demand) / Black Bat • 1974🔥

"You could send black bat likkle more, Doctor Demon ~ you cannot hurt I ~ NO..."

BARRY BROWN and PRINCE JAMMY • (No Wicked Shall) Enter the Kingdom of Zion / Fittest Dub • 1977

🔥CLASSIC! Massive old school crucial roots irie chune... sounds best with bass & volume ~ UP!👍 ...

JOE HENDERSON • Canyon Lady • 1979

Longtime favorite old school jam...

The BREATH of LIFE QUARTET • Ghetto Child • 1979

☆☆☆☆☆ Full album... incredibly exquisite compositions... madly underappreciated group... one of my favorite records from my favorite decade of music... yo ~ just let the whole holy thing roll... such a magnificent Comfort to the soul... ☆☆☆☆☆

MILDRED CLARK and the MELODY-AIRES • I'll Keep Trying To Hold On • 1980

And never let go...

BUNNY WAILER • Who Feels It • 1977

First heard this over 30 years ago... I still can listen to it everyday and not get tired of it in the least... bless all y'all who feels it and knows it too...

MARVIN GAYE • Yesterday • 1970

A very lovely arrangement of the classic Lennon-McCartney tune...

Russians Add Digital Warfare to Their ‘Back-to-Africa’ Efforts

David Love | ATLANTA BLACK STAR

With the inaugural Russia-Africa summit that Russian President Vladimir Putin held in Sochi this past week, the former Soviet nation seems poised to reassert its presence in Africa as in past decades, before the fall of the Soviet Union. At issue is what Russia plans to accomplish in Africa this time around, its strategy, and its motivations for once again becoming a player on the mother continent.

Another Honor for Our ‘Hidden Figures’: Congressional Gold Medals Given to the Black Women Behind the Space Race

Maiysha Kai | THE GLOW UP

America’s “Hidden Figures”—the black women behind NASA’s success in the “Space Race,” continue to be celebrated 50 years after their calculations helped man walk on the moon.

Thanks to the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act, NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, computer programmer Dorothy Vaughan, and engineers Mary Jackson and Christine Darden are being awarded Congressional Gold Medals, the highest civilian award in the United States. The bipartisan bill (pdf), introduced by Senator and presidential hopeful Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), among others, was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Friday.

1976 • THE INSPIRATIONAL GOSPEL SINGERS • The Same Thing It Took

"The same thing it took to get the Holy Ghost -- it's going to take the same thing -- to keep it..."

MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWELL & The Hunter's Chapel Singers • Just A Little More Faith • 1969

An good ole longtime favorite... bless everybody on today...

RIP VAUGHN BENJAMIN of MIDNITE and AKAE BEKA • 1969-2019

REGGAEVILLE

Vaughn Benjamin | August 13, 1969 - November 4, 2019

A light has left our world!

While every death causes consternation and sadness among loved ones, some are more of a shock to us than others. Especially when it comes as unexpected as the passing of Vaughn Benjamin, legendary singer and songwriter of Midnite, who adopted the new name Akae Beka in 2015.

PATTI LaBELLE • Aint No Way • LIVE @ the Essence Awards • 1993

🔥Ms. Patti on fire again here... even with the Queen right there in the audience ~ she gets a standing-O! Lol... Aretha like: 'Yeah? Dayum. Well aight then... git it girl!' 🔥

Suspicious vandals target high-tech water machine made by black U.S. army vet

SMDH! And after less than a week of helping the poor folks of Flint MI! Listen as he describes how they clearly knew what they were doing in an intricate manner...☝️

MATTIE MOSS & TWINKIE CLARK (ft. BETTE RANSOM NELSON) • All Is Well (Because In Christ I Dwell) • 1980

The one and only Mattie Moss and her daughter Twinkie on a good ole favorite of mine... I hope and pray everybody is having a blessed day ~ and most of all... LOVING ONE ANOTHER as you follow The Way!💓

"All is well ~ because in Christ I dwell..."

THE WAILERS • Dreamland • 1970

This is another wonderful song that never gets skipped when it comes on my shuffler...