Lalah HathawayThe AnthemFriday, August 29, 2025 Lalah Hathaway wants everything vantablack — blacker than black, the blackest black, a black that reveals Hathaway’s genealogical relationship to sound, traceable to her father Donny Hathaway’s performance of “Be Real Black For Me.” Yet, being really Black is not the narrowness of negation, it is also a recognition…
Friday, September 19
ELife Restaurant – Capitol Heights
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Among musicians, Joe Ford was a household name. Although the mainstream media never quite caught on to the saxophonist’s musical prowess, Ford’s passing on May 25 has led to a cascade of reflections from friends, contemporaries and musical successors, highlighting his humility, generosity, authenticity and originality. Ford’s expansive career spanned over 50 years. He first…
