Sometimes it’s work, sometimes it’s music writing. I cut way back on TV watching in 2020, and the last hour or two of my night is now typically spent at my desk instead of the couch. You know you’re excited for an album to be announced when you literally can’t and don’t wait for the announcement to go out. How high? So high that my very first act after gaining consciousness on Tuesday morning was checking the Black Mesa Records site to see if the preorder was available. This is another one where anticipation runs high. The musicians who managed to hold onto that feeling-to go on believing in the essential decency of humankind and the various ways in which art can elevate us-kept me afloat through some strange days. I’ve always believed that some amount of optimism, conscious or unconscious, is inherent to the art-making impulse-that to dedicate oneself to something as difficult and thankless as creative work, one has to believe that the world is still good enough and open enough to be transformed, even briefly, by beauty. I’ll close with an excerpt from the intro to Amanda Petrusich’s year-end list, which communicated this specific sense of gratitude so beautifully: And I know I’ve said it elsewhere, but if you made one of the albums below, thank you for making a difficult year significantly better. If you’ve been following along, I hope you’ve found something new to put in your ears, or a perspective that opened up new avenues of enjoyment. That makes 87 blurbs and 13,083 words across eight posts. I’m not a big Baskin Robbins person or anything that’s just the number I ended up with after shuffling between lists and writing as much as I could over the last few months to pay tribute to the music that mattered to me this year. The last list in this series - 31 uncategorized favorites from 2020. Holmes the opportunity to share her gifts and love for community in a place that she truly calls Home.Here we are. With ancestral roots in Beaufort County and surrounding areas, Black Moses Freedom Festival gives Ms. Holmes has been an active member of the Atlanta community for over 20 years, a poet and spoken word artist whose work centers on the plight of being African, American, Black, Negro, and woman, all at once. Started in 2018 as an official business, the owner of SSEY LLC, Eboni Holmes has been studying yoga for over 20 years. Through breathing techniques, Postures, Visualization, and ‘Sacred Sojourn’ retreats, participants are able to slow down, enjoy the breath, and connect with the higher self. Sacred Space Egyptian Yoga LLC, is a yoga practice centered on assisting the multicultural community with tools to connect with health, wealth, and prosperity. Our goal is to provide opportunities for emerging professionals and entrepreneurs to expand their professional networks and increase their personal wealth. Have been denied access to capital in traditional finance markets. The individuals and businesses served are federally recognized as disadvantaged business enterprises and/or The Beaufort County Black Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution dedicated to the economic empowerment of underserved communities and small businesses.įounded in 1999 BCBCC offers products, services, and educational programming for multi-culturalīusiness-owners and professionals within Beaufort and neighboring communities. Now we come together to learn how to maintain our Freedom through Health, Wealth, and Art. No other State, City, or County can boast such a significant victory as one of the most famous successful missions of her legacy. She freed over 750, right here in our Beautiful Beaufort County.Īs a community we should be educated about this proud history, and Harriet ‘Araminta’ Tubman should be celebrated as one of our local and personal heroes. Keeping the spirit of Harriet Tubman alive in Beaufort County is of utmost importance because of the hundreds of enslaved captives freed by her hands. Our Black Moses Freedom Festival has been curated as a Heritage, Health, and Wellness Festival celebrating the Spirit, Ingenuity, and Liberation of African Americans and people of color around the globe.

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