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Meditations on Black music & more by writer/photographer Craig Seymour

Author: Craig Seymour

June 14, 2002March 7, 2017

Beyoncé – “Work It Out” (review)

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June 11, 2002April 6, 2020

Raphael Saadiq & D’Angelo – “Be Here” (Review)

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June 4, 2002April 6, 2020

Donell Jones – Life Goes On (Review)

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May 28, 2002November 18, 2018

Spotlight shines on two men behind the hits: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (Interview)

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May 28, 2002November 18, 2018

Eminem – The Eminem Show (Review)

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May 24, 2002April 6, 2020

Lee Ann Womack – “Something Worth Leaving Behind” (Review)

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May 17, 2002April 6, 2020

On ‘Release,’ Pet Shop Boys show their grown-up side (Interview w/ Neil Tennant)

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May 16, 2002April 6, 2020

Jerzee Monét – “Most High” (Review)

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May 9, 2002November 18, 2018

Rapper Cee-Lo on his biggest possession obsession (Interview)

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Bio

Craig Seymour is an acclaimed journalist who has been writing about music—mostly black music—for more than two decades. He has written for The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Vibe, Paste, Spin, and other publications. He has also served as Pop Music Critic for The Buffalo News and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

He is the author of the biography Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross (HarperCollins, 2004), which was nominated for Best Biography by the Georgia Writers Association and Best Research in Recorded Rhythm & Blues, Soul or Gospel Music by the Association for Recorded Sound Research.

His journalistic research materials are housed as “The Craig Seymour Collection” at Indiana University's Archives of African American Music and Culture.

He wrote his first music review at age 13, while a correspondent for Newsbag, a children’s television show on WTTG in his hometown of Washington, D.C. The review was a rave of Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force’s “Planet Rock,” which is now acknowledged as an electro hip-hop classic. Unfortunately, producers would only let him play the instrumental on-air for fear that rapping would alienate the audience.

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