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Where Have All the People Gone 1 min read

• Health/Wellness
• Media

Where Have All the People Gone

Sandhi Smalls Santini 6 years ago 2

WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE GONE?    ... Read More

Pee Wee Ellis My jazz soul influences me 7 min read

• Music

Pee Wee Ellis My jazz soul influences me

Luitgard Koch 7 years ago

The legendary “Godfather of Soul” James Brown was ecstatic when saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis blew his horn. But, perhaps just as important, without this 77-year-old... Read More

Happy Feelings

2 min read

• Music

Happy Feelings

Ronald Bunn 7 years ago

It’s been a long time since I posted on the website. However, over the past days I’ve discovered the lyrics of Frankie Beverly and Maze.... Read More

Write for Us 1 min read

• Publisher's Page

Write for Us

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago 7

ROUTES is looking for new writers. Are you proud, positive, provocative, inspirational and interested in writing about some aspect of Pan African culture?... Read More

Here’s to Life

1 min read

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Here’s to Life

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago 5

I‘ve received so many warm wishes for the coming year, I’ve been tirelessly trying to come up with my way of responding. Shirley Horn’s rendition of Here’s to Life seems to summarize my response to all of my well wishers. I hope you'll enjoy my response, and, if you like Shirley Horn’s sensual delivery, you’ll love her album Here’s to Life.... Read More

Jessye Norman

1 min read

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Jessye Norman

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

Opera and Classical music singers hardly receive coverage or recognition in our contemporary environment. As I exercised today at the gym while listening to my iTunes playlist, suddenly "The Holy City", sung by living legend Jessye Norman began to play— I was mesmerized by the rendition from the beginning until it ended. Hopefully you'll enjoy this beautiful voice as much as I do.... Read More

For Valerie Simpson Love Never Dies

11 min read

• Music

For Valerie Simpson Love Never Dies

Sandhi Smalls Santini 8 years ago 2

Valerie Simpson-songwriter-producer-singer-musician-performer. And, with her husband, lifetime partner, and soulmate—the late Nickolas Ashford--she is also one half of the dynamic duo known as Ashford & Simpson—perhaps the music world’s most applauded husband-and-wife team ever. With an unrivaled track record, this iconic couple has earned the respect of their peers in the music industry, as well as immeasurable adoration from generation after generation of loyal fans.... Read More

FREIGHT The Five Incarnations of Abel Green

4 min read

• Archived Events
• Theater Review
• Theatre

FREIGHT The Five Incarnations of Abel Green

Sabura Rashid 8 years ago

I have seen many wonderful plays in the past several weeks, but none have been staged as imaginatively as FREIGHT! Kudos to Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre in association with Castillo Theatre!... Read More