By Rhea Riley This pandemic has caused many people to lose work opportunities or major forms of income. According to the BBC, the unemployment rate has increased 4.5% leaving 2.7 million Americans unemployed between the months of June and August this year. Young people and artists are amongst those hit hardest. As a 23-year-old Black […]
Contemporary Dance Confronts Love and Liberation in Marley’s Music and Homophobia in Jamaican/West Indian Culture
Choreographers Chris Walker and Kevin Ormsby will tour “FACING Home: Love & Redemption,” a contemporary dance concert that investigates the global impact of Bob Marley’s music—its expression of humanity’s struggle and inspiration toward love, redemption and hope—and the active, deep-rooted homophobia in Jamaican/West Indian Culture. The tour opens in Wisconsin at the Margaret H’Doubler Performance […]
Joan Armatrading to Perform Solo October 6 at Wisconsin Union Theater
No matter how long an artist performs, they never truly stop; it is part of who they are. This could not be truer for Joan Armatrading, who is performing in her last major tour. Self-taught singer, guitarist and pianist Armatrading began writing and playing music at age 14. Her incredible career made her a woman […]