In 1991 I recorded my own cassette album (yes, cassette) featuring seven songs I wrote under the name Karen Metcalf.  The title was Don’t Let it Show.  A disc jockey at Louisville radio station WLOU, then secular, was gracious enough to play one of my songs (I’m the One) on the air for me.  He [...]

There’s a reason why the lyrics to the “queen of soul’s” (Aretha Franklin) song Think has been pulled up 52,516 times.  Apparently, we still need to hear them.  The Chris Brown/Rihanna beat down story couldn’t make the point more clear.  By now I’m sure you’ve heard some version of the alleged fight between the hip hop [...]