Needle Drop Record

Nina Simone once said, “Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.” And more than one person has said the same about hip-hop which is surely one of the primary reasons they go so well together.

Miriam Makeba once said, "African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West." This week's Needle Drop Record by Fatoumata Diawara certainly fits that bill for me. And I'm guessing it will for you, too.

Author Oliver Cadam once said, “To would-be writers, don't worry about imagination; real-life and human nature will provide you with more shocks and surprises than you could ever conjure in your head. Just look around and observe.”