by Blake Morneau | Oct 31, 2013 | Culture, Music
Sometimes our perceptions of where certain art comes from affect our ability to accept that same art coming from something or someone different than the picture we have in our head. I’ve had this argument numerous times over the years regarding race and music. My...
by Blake Morneau | Oct 17, 2013 | Culture, Music
It’s been 13 years. Thirteen years since the last sighting of hip hop’s great heroes, Deltron 3030. Hip hop has become a wasteland, and though glimmers of hope appear from time to time, it hasn’t been the same without Deltron Zero (aka Del the Funky Homosapien) and...
by Blake Morneau | Oct 3, 2013 | Culture, Music
The first time I saw violin-looping sorceress Hannah Epperson, I was in awe. Where did the girl making all this new, wonderful noise come from? Turns out she has been making ethereal sonic dreamscapes for a few years now. However, her path didn’t start with such lofty...
by Blake Morneau | Sep 19, 2013 | Culture, Events, Music
Easy Star All-Stars While the burgeoning North American festival scene prides itself on its diversity of genres, one thing is abundantly clear looking over the lineups for these musical parties: reggae doesn’t get nearly the respect it deserves. New York–based reggae...
by Blake Morneau | Sep 12, 2013 | Culture, Music
For Nathan Ambrose, known to many as the host of “Music of My Mind” on 101.9 CFUV, hip-hop was the key to opening up the rabbit hole of funk and soul he’s been caught in ever since. “What it leads back to is that I started off as a hip-hop DJ quite a long time ago in...