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.

Blankets and Wine; Nairobi, Kenya

Luke James on Valentine’s Day in New Orleans

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and Anders Osborne

Jazz Fest NOLA Bounce Performers

B&W

Jazz Fest NOLA Bounce dancer

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

Brass’ing it up in New Orleans

The Wailers

Lauryn Hill, New Orleans Jazz Fest

Music is Life

Fred of Cowboy Mouth, Pensacola FL

Sign says it all…

Gramps Morgan, Humboldt CA ROTR

Treme Brass Band

Blankets and Wine; Nairobi, Kenya.

Treme Brass Band New Orleans

Kymani Marley ROTR Humboldt, CA

Bounce Artist New Orleans

Chief Boudreaux and Anders Osborne; JF NOLA

JBoog’s crew, ROTR Humboldt, CA

Duane Stephenson

Treme Brass Band