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This morning I awoke to a DM from @darrenkeith a Twitter friend who reminded me his weekly podcast was ready. What a blast from the past to see  Toni Childs & Brothers Johnson on the list. Just seeing their names made me have visions of LPs & 8Tracks that I wore out in my high school and college years.

Now after years of flute, clarinet & piano lessons, I am still not an accomplished musician but have had some long lasting affairs with music. My kids tease that they started out liking a certain song or artist until I played them repeatedly for looooong periods of time. I doubt they’ll ever listen to Amy Grant again, but if they did I’m sure they’d recall every word to all of her songs. (secular music was a no no for them growing up) Every morning Amy’s angels accompanied us on the ride to school).

I attach to artists that speak to my spirit and express for me either where I am or where I’d like to be. As an only child and therefore comfortable with my own company, those two places often collide. Not specifically loyal to any particular genre per se, my dalliances include music from around the world. In my library you may find anything from Gospel to New Age and Punk to Country. I do however have a speacial affinity towards World Music. For the past several years Susheela Raman & Joy Denalane reigned supreme in that category. Lately, though I’ve had a roving eye and have begun hanging out with some new friends I’ve gotten quite comfortable with. As my good friend Grace sings “…I be jamming on the road yes, I do…..cuz music is a wonderful thing….”