Two Late Season Christmas Surprises, If You Can Handle A Little More Christmas Right Now

By Michael P Coleman Yes, I said Christmas and I know it’s New Year’s Eve. I will confess to watching the 1964 stop-motion classic Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer all throughout the year and most certainly every July, and to having a framed shot of Rudolph and his elf buddy Hermie — you remember him. He …

COVID CONVOS — Despite The Virus, Christmas Came Just The Same

By Michael P Coleman The coronavirus isn’t so novel anymore. It was new when it hit us early last year. If you were like me, you thought we’d follow the CDC’s guidance and hunker down, wear our masks, keep our distance, wash our hands, and have that puppy behind us by Memorial Day. Instead, we’re …

Weeping May Endure For A Night, But Joe Comes In The Morning, and He’s Bringing a Strong Cuppa Kamala With Him

By Michael P Coleman Civil unrest. Unwarranted aggression from law enforcement directed towards black men. COVID-19. With all of that going on, it seems odd to write that things are looking up…but they are. I’ll paraphrase scripture to drive my point home: weeping may endure for a night, but Joe comes in the morning! And …

Charley Pride Showed Me What Others Tried To Tell Me

The freelance writer bids farewell to a pioneer who gave him an example of limitless possibility.

EXCLUSIVE! A Christmas Visit with Mom Winans

Winans talks about her faith, raising her musical children, her famous family’s holiday pandemic plans, and the pending arrival of her 13th great-grandchild!

Catch Andrea Bocelli’s Virtual Christmas Concert

By Michael P Coleman Eleven years ago, classical music phenomenon Andrea Bocelli blessed the world with My Christmas, his first holiday album. Even if classical music isn’t your “thing,” Bocelli’s album, with guests Mary J. Blige, Natalie Coleman, Reba McIntyre, Katherine Jenkins, and The Muppets — they sing “Jingle Bells” with him! — is guaranteed …

EXCLUSIVE! You Can’t Take Jazz Away from Freda Payne and Johnny Mathis

The “Band Of Gold” legend discusses her new duet with The Voice Of Romance, her upcoming, long-awaited memoirs, her recent knee replacement surgery, and her thoughts about the next president of the United States. The 78 year old also shares her love for hip hop group Outkast! By Michael P Coleman R & B star …

‘Twas The Day After Thanksgiving…and the Lives Of Three Sacramento Boys Were Taken From Us, At The Mall

We have got to get guns out of the hands of our children. By Michael P Coleman ‘Twas the day after Thanksgiving, and all through the mall. Many people were stirring — there was stuff to buy, y’all! The shoppers were bustling all around in the stores. While bargains for Christmas kept them walking those …