Music plays a big role in everyday life. Before my 12 hour night shifts at the ER, I would get ready to some thumping reggae, afrobeat, pop or reggaeton music. I have reminisced about my youth to the tune of those golden oldies. Some songs remind me of my Papa when they play, and others remind me of sweet times growing up abroad, others remind me of sad moments but, all in all, music has been a central character in this play that is my life, a welcome veritable soundtrack that, with each song genre, some particular song, paints a vivid memory for me of my life at particular times.

Kymani Marley ROTR Humboldt, CA

Treme Brass Band

JBoog’s crew, ROTR Humboldt, CA

Sign says it all…

Blankets and Wine; Nairobi, Kenya

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

Chief Boudreaux and Anders Osborne; JF NOLA

Jazz Fest NOLA Bounce dancer

B&W

Gramps Morgan, Humboldt CA ROTR

Treme Brass Band New Orleans

Bounce Artist New Orleans

Fred of Cowboy Mouth, Pensacola FL

The Wailers

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and Anders Osborne

Music is Life

Lauryn Hill, New Orleans Jazz Fest

Duane Stephenson

Blankets and Wine; Nairobi, Kenya.

Brass’ing it up in New Orleans

Luke James on Valentine’s Day in New Orleans

Jazz Fest NOLA Bounce Performers

Treme Brass Band