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.

Duane Stephenson

Blankets and Wine; Nairobi, Kenya.

Jazz Fest NOLA Bounce Performers

Jazz Fest NOLA Bounce dancer

Gramps Morgan, Humboldt CA ROTR

Fred of Cowboy Mouth, Pensacola FL

The Wailers

Chief Boudreaux and Anders Osborne; JF NOLA

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and Anders Osborne

Luke James on Valentine’s Day in New Orleans

Blankets and Wine; Nairobi, Kenya

Brass’ing it up in New Orleans

Treme Brass Band

Music is Life

B&W

Treme Brass Band

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

JBoog’s crew, ROTR Humboldt, CA

Kymani Marley ROTR Humboldt, CA

Treme Brass Band New Orleans

Lauryn Hill, New Orleans Jazz Fest

Sign says it all…

Bounce Artist New Orleans