I got a call a couple of weeks back from my friend Remember Jones, telling me that he was doing a special edition of his virtual concert series "Cocktail Hour with Remember Jones".  For this special show he performing some…

Yoooo! I was a guest on my first podcast ever and I loooooved it. The Real Gentlemen of Queens is a music podcast that's like sports radio for pop music nerds. Hosted by Julian Velard aka "Big Julie", and Brian…

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These young women organized the protest that surrounded Trump in the White House. Now planning the next step against racism. 

WASHINGTON.— After weeks of mass protests across the country…

Folks, 

I am eternally grateful for the United States Congress for their swift bi-partisan action in creating this first relief package and I am even more grateful to all of the advocacy groups including SAG -AFTRA who made sure that…

I’m calling on all the former presidents of the United States of America, who are physically able, to break with the time-honored tradition of remaining silent on presidential policy once they have left office. I am asking you on behalf…

The world is struggling as one with COVID-19.  You re struggling and so am I.  It is one of the great equalizers of our time.  If anyone ever doubted how dependent all human kind is upon each other, COVID-19 has…

NOTE:  The new video for "This Feeling" Hey Tú, featuring Freedom Bremner,  premiered Friday September 13th on Youtube, VEVO, Facebook, and Houseofreedom.com at 7:00 pm EST.  The response to "This Feeling" has been tremendous!  Truly.  More on that later. Thank…

Will Kreth, Yusuke Yamamoto, and I met for the first time in 2011, in a tiny, gritty, control room at BPM Studios in Williamsburg Brooklyn.  it was one of the most economical uses of space I had ever seen. There…

So, I live for these moments when I’m introduced to an artist or group that has their own special sauce. There’s a lot of “instant music - just add water”  out there these days.  We all know it.  So…

Last June, I sashayed on down NJPAC in downtown Newark to see one of my favorite artists, John Leguizamo.  A whole generation of folks know him as the voice of Sid, the prehistoric sloth and co-star of the Ice…

I love it when one of my friends calls me up and asks if I would like to sing on something they wrote.  About six months ago my friend Howard Alper, who I've known for over 20 years, gave…

It's a busy-ass news day, but let me say this. I support Colin Kaepernick and Nike on this one, and in a big way.  I'm seeing videos of people burning their Nike products... really???  Really??? That's how racist and…

I was not the first singer to front Screaming Headless Torsos and I’m sure that I won’t be the last.  
Last week, I let my partners know that it was time for me to move on to new…

I found this kind of fascinating. I've been paying attention to the way President Trump speaks since long before the election. I always found his use of language to reveal something that I saw as sneaky, slick, and dishonest. He…

Okay, I love Tracey Morgan's characters, even though with the exception of Brian Fellows, they're basically all slight veariations of the persona he's created as a comedian. I still love Tracey Morgan's work and I always have.  His performances…

SEVEN SECONDS 

So, I had the chance to binge watch the new Netflix series Seven Seconds.  I had been patiently waiting for the premiere all year for a few reasons. Number one, the show stars Regina King, (…

I'm an optimist. It's part of my hard wiring, but it's also a result of my habits.   I meet people, a lot of people,  I engage folks, and I try to read up, watch, and study things that are happening…

A presidential portrait as refreshing and transformative as the man it depicts. Happy Black History Month.

The official portrait of President Barack Obama, painted by artist, Kehinde Wiley.