Author Archive for: Norman

´I feel that music has taught me self-acceptance, kindness, and the “okay-ness” of taking chances and making mistakes,

Guy struck me as a hard task master not given to lightly suffering fools, though he seemed demanding, too, even in self- appraisal.

Denice Johnson helped popularize the Manchester-inspired ´Madchester´ sound.

´a song as potently stirring and timelessly resonant as Strange Fruit´ should have been performed often and without hesitation, as that’s exactly what Holiday did throughout her unduly short yet greatly impactful career.