Classic Music Album, “Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” Being Entered into Library of Congress

The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of family…

Singer and songwriter, Lauryn Hill

Sara: Love!

Lauryn Hill’s Album ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill’ Is Being Entered Into the Library of Congress:
http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/03/lauryn-hill-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-library-of-congress/

Rayn: ❤

Fiona Apple’s Amazing Concert at Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New Jersey

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Fiona Apple, in concert

Fiona Apple Plays Intense, Inventive Set in Montclair
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/10/fiona_apple_plays_intense_inve.html

My Commentary: An amazing show!

Old School Hip-Hop, in Full Effect, with “The Alumni” Crew!

I originally posted the following photo and statement onto my Facebook wall…

A photo my sister took of me with Chubb Rock, Dana Dane, KWAMÈ, Monie Love, and Special Ed of "the Alumni"

A photo my sister took of me, with Chubb Rock, Dana Dane, KWAMÈ, Monie Love, and Special Ed of “the Alumni”

SKILLZ!!! I attended Monie Love’s SiriusXM-hosted “Ladies First” Show with my sister today, at McGraw Hill Financial, in NYC, and got to listen to Chubb Rock, Dana Dane, KWAMÈ, Da Real Monie Love, and Special Ed of  “The Alumni” all rock the mic, live! Afterwards, we got to meet them, and each take a photo with the crew! Old School Hip-Hop, to the fullest! 🙂

Give Fiona Apple’s Fourth Album, “The Idler Wheel…,” a First Listen

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

The ever-amazing Fiona Apple does it again!

The ever-amazing Fiona Apple does it again!

First Listen: Fiona Apple’s “The Idler Wheel…”:
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/10/154422085/first-listen-fiona-apple-the-idler-wheel

Emotions are so darn beautiful — that’s the message of music, much of the time. The giggling lilt of a melody, the ennobling swell of a crescendo: Popular songs, especially, often enhance our moods to lift us up, unbreak our hearts, drive us toward liberating confessions and cathartic climaxes. Courting the sublime so aggressively that it often gets ridiculous, pop music encourages listeners to imagine feeling in ways that make us bigger, better.

Fiona Apple‘s music does something different. A classically lovely woman whose gorgeous, sultry alto once led her toward alt-divadom, Apple has always dared herself to be and do something else: to say no to simple beauty and instead express the urges and insecurities that more accommodating artists tend to avoid.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Preview Fiona Apple‘s new album before pre-ordering it on Amazon.com!