Empowering People thru Intense Movement- Add yourself to my SpinGasm page. Click the banner below!THERE IS A SHORT TIME WINDOW TO BE YOUNG AND THOUGHTLESS. LUCKLY, I AM OLD ENOUGH NOW TO HAVE ALREADY GRIEVED OVER THIS TIME PASSED.
will meet my destiny I love surprises!
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Obviously this list cannot contain all of the incredible artists that have had an impact on my life and yours but here is a sample:Billy Holiday, Angelique Kidjo, Gil Scott-Heron,Michael Franti,Cody ChestnuTT, Maria McKee, Pee Frois,Bob James, Miles Davis,Public Enemy,Gil Scott Heron, Marvin Gaye, Saul Williams, Al Green, Boston, Louis Armstrong,MC Lyte, Foreigner, Sade, Donny Hathaway,Cheb Khaled,Journey, Diane Reeves, Bob Marley,Talib Kweli, Rush, Tupac,Earth Wind and Fire,Etta James, Fourplay, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Fiona Apple, Eva Casiddy, Eric B & Rakim,Nora Jones, Marvin Gaye, Shuggie Otis, Nusrat Fali Ali Khan, Fela Kuti, Tangerine Dream, Teddy Pendergrass, James Brown, Kansas, Queen, Bill Withers, Baaba Maal, Youssou N'Dour, Biggie Smalls, Buena Vista Social Club, War, Lil Kim, Cruz, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Mary J Blidge, Barbra Streisand, Bjork, Kurtis Blow, Gino Vinelli, Styx, Common, Mos Def, India Arie, Miles Davis, Sting, Afrika Bambaataa, Alicia Keys, Kansas, Stevie Wonder, Led Zepplin, Fleetwood Mac,Charlie Parker, Billy Holiday, Foreigner, Journey,Tribe Called Quest, Tina Turner, Ohio Players, Jay Z, Commodores, Tito Puente, Prince, Dead Prez, Sly and The Family Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers,Cold Crush Brothers, Jill Scott,The Gap Band, RUN DMC, Angie Stone, Jackie Wilson, Sheila Chandra, Taste of Honey (get down Boogie Oogie Oogie), Snap, Black Box,Queen Latifah, Cassandra Wilson, Sara Vaughn, Ismael Lo, Salif Keita, Sade, Papa Wemba, Punjabi MC, Peter Gabriel, Orchestra Baobab,Raag Basant, Elton John, Chaka Khan, Ali Farke Toure, Toure Kunda, Talvin Singh,Eryka Badu, Ravi Shankar, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, and the beat goes on............
I can take it or leave it (if I must, The Dog Whisperer especially the marathons, PBS, DISCOVERY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, OPRAH, okay and American Idol so sue a singer, lol and thank God for So you Think you Can Dance to touch me deeply each week- my dance spirit is fed.
The Prophet, Black Like Me, Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Poisonwood Bible, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, Autobiography of a Yogi, S/he, Like Water for Chocolate, Siddhartha. Everything written by Maya Angelou, and on and on.
CHAN DARA, my daughter who always teaches me.