Angélika
@kulturedchild.bsky.social
writer + music nerd. host + producer of 🎶milestones🎶 podcast (wbgo). dj, moderator, host, knicks fanatic, south bronx native, jazz kid. ✍🏾: TIDAL, NPR, NYT (guest contributor), huffpo, downbeat, JALC, etc. liners on a few GRAMMY-winning albums + more.
September 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Wow… another legend has gone off to glory. Thank you to the one and only Eddie Palmieri. Rest in peace. 🕯️🤍 #BlackSky #JazzSky #EddiePalmieri #LatinJazz #BronxNYC #Salsa
August 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Wow… another legend has gone off to glory. Thank you to the one and only Eddie Palmieri. Rest in peace. 🕯️🤍 #BlackSky #JazzSky #EddiePalmieri #LatinJazz #BronxNYC #Salsa
June 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I was so happy to vote for this brother as soon as I possibly could, on the first day of early voting in NYC. #zoharmamdani #nycmayor
June 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I was so happy to vote for this brother as soon as I possibly could, on the first day of early voting in NYC. #zoharmamdani #nycmayor
What a week for music. 💔
Rest well, Brian Wilson. 🙏🏾💚
#brianwilson #petsounds #blacksky #musicsky #jazzsky #thebeachboys
Rest well, Brian Wilson. 🙏🏾💚
#brianwilson #petsounds #blacksky #musicsky #jazzsky #thebeachboys
June 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
What a week for music. 💔
Rest well, Brian Wilson. 🙏🏾💚
#brianwilson #petsounds #blacksky #musicsky #jazzsky #thebeachboys
Rest well, Brian Wilson. 🙏🏾💚
#brianwilson #petsounds #blacksky #musicsky #jazzsky #thebeachboys
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 15, 1929 — ♾️
January 15, 1929 — ♾️
April 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 15, 1929 — ♾️
January 15, 1929 — ♾️
Happy Jazz Appreciation Month. ☮️✨🎶❤️🖤💚 #jazzappreciationmonth #jazzsky #blacksky
Pictured: Charles Mingus, Roy Haynes, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk
📸: Bob Parent
Pictured: Charles Mingus, Roy Haynes, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk
📸: Bob Parent
April 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Happy Jazz Appreciation Month. ☮️✨🎶❤️🖤💚 #jazzappreciationmonth #jazzsky #blacksky
Pictured: Charles Mingus, Roy Haynes, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk
📸: Bob Parent
Pictured: Charles Mingus, Roy Haynes, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk
📸: Bob Parent
Was reminded of this passage from thee Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Talents (1998). Apropos AF. #blacksky #blackbookssky #bookssky #octaviabutler
March 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Was reminded of this passage from thee Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Talents (1998). Apropos AF. #blacksky #blackbookssky #bookssky #octaviabutler
Happy Birthday to the Queen. 👑 Aretha Franklin at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in 1972, recording the greatest live gospel album of all time. #aretha #blacksky #jazzsky #amazinggrace #70s #blackmusic
March 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Happy Birthday to the Queen. 👑 Aretha Franklin at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in 1972, recording the greatest live gospel album of all time. #aretha #blacksky #jazzsky #amazinggrace #70s #blackmusic
March 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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February 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On this 12th day of Black History Month, this album is on deck #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky #JazzSky #LarryYoung #WoodyShaw #JoeHenderson #ElvinJones #BlueNote #Unity ♥️🖤💚
February 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
On this 12th day of Black History Month, this album is on deck #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky #JazzSky #LarryYoung #WoodyShaw #JoeHenderson #ElvinJones #BlueNote #Unity ♥️🖤💚
BHM Day 11 | The great Toni Morrison’s words in the context of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance are everything. “Even the INQUIRY… comes from a position of being in the center. And being used to being in the center.”
♥️🖤💚 #KendrickLamar #SuperBowl #ToniMorrison #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
♥️🖤💚 #KendrickLamar #SuperBowl #ToniMorrison #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
February 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
BHM Day 11 | The great Toni Morrison’s words in the context of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance are everything. “Even the INQUIRY… comes from a position of being in the center. And being used to being in the center.”
♥️🖤💚 #KendrickLamar #SuperBowl #ToniMorrison #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
♥️🖤💚 #KendrickLamar #SuperBowl #ToniMorrison #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky
BHM Day 7 | And on the seventh day of Black History Month the Lord made James Dewitt Yancey. Happy Birthday to one of the GOAT. Happy Dilla Day and Happy Black History Month. ♥️🖤💚
Collage by: asdfghjared
#Blacksky #JazzSky #BlackHistoryMonth #JDilla #BlackMusic #BlackSkyOver40
Collage by: asdfghjared
#Blacksky #JazzSky #BlackHistoryMonth #JDilla #BlackMusic #BlackSkyOver40
February 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
BHM Day 7 | And on the seventh day of Black History Month the Lord made James Dewitt Yancey. Happy Birthday to one of the GOAT. Happy Dilla Day and Happy Black History Month. ♥️🖤💚
Collage by: asdfghjared
#Blacksky #JazzSky #BlackHistoryMonth #JDilla #BlackMusic #BlackSkyOver40
Collage by: asdfghjared
#Blacksky #JazzSky #BlackHistoryMonth #JDilla #BlackMusic #BlackSkyOver40
BHM Day 5 | Take 6
This debut album from Take 6 absolutely changed the game. Iconic album. #blacksky #jazzsky #blackhistorymonth
This debut album from Take 6 absolutely changed the game. Iconic album. #blacksky #jazzsky #blackhistorymonth
February 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
BHM Day 5 | Take 6
This debut album from Take 6 absolutely changed the game. Iconic album. #blacksky #jazzsky #blackhistorymonth
This debut album from Take 6 absolutely changed the game. Iconic album. #blacksky #jazzsky #blackhistorymonth
BHM Day 4 | Quincy Jones’ Walking In Space
One of my favorites in the canon of Q. Big band meets soul, funk, gospel, blues. The musicality, the tunes, the ARRANGEMENTS, the lineup. Who could bring such vastness together but Quincy? Happy BHM! ♥️🖤💚 #blacksky #jazzsky youtu.be/DLzfOIpah6s?...
One of my favorites in the canon of Q. Big band meets soul, funk, gospel, blues. The musicality, the tunes, the ARRANGEMENTS, the lineup. Who could bring such vastness together but Quincy? Happy BHM! ♥️🖤💚 #blacksky #jazzsky youtu.be/DLzfOIpah6s?...
February 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
BHM Day 4 | Quincy Jones’ Walking In Space
One of my favorites in the canon of Q. Big band meets soul, funk, gospel, blues. The musicality, the tunes, the ARRANGEMENTS, the lineup. Who could bring such vastness together but Quincy? Happy BHM! ♥️🖤💚 #blacksky #jazzsky youtu.be/DLzfOIpah6s?...
One of my favorites in the canon of Q. Big band meets soul, funk, gospel, blues. The musicality, the tunes, the ARRANGEMENTS, the lineup. Who could bring such vastness together but Quincy? Happy BHM! ♥️🖤💚 #blacksky #jazzsky youtu.be/DLzfOIpah6s?...
BHM Day 2 | Lee Morgan and his group perform “Angela” on SOUL! in 1972 in honor of our beloved Angela Davis. ♥️🖤💚
Lee Morgan (tp), Billy Harper (ts), Harold Mabern (p), Jymie Merritt (b), Freddie Waits (d)
Black History Month all year long.
#blackhistorymonth #blacksky #jazzsky
Lee Morgan (tp), Billy Harper (ts), Harold Mabern (p), Jymie Merritt (b), Freddie Waits (d)
Black History Month all year long.
#blackhistorymonth #blacksky #jazzsky
February 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
BHM Day 2 | Lee Morgan and his group perform “Angela” on SOUL! in 1972 in honor of our beloved Angela Davis. ♥️🖤💚
Lee Morgan (tp), Billy Harper (ts), Harold Mabern (p), Jymie Merritt (b), Freddie Waits (d)
Black History Month all year long.
#blackhistorymonth #blacksky #jazzsky
Lee Morgan (tp), Billy Harper (ts), Harold Mabern (p), Jymie Merritt (b), Freddie Waits (d)
Black History Month all year long.
#blackhistorymonth #blacksky #jazzsky
February 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
one thing we don't talk about enough is dr. king's literary canon. here are some books written by #MLK that we should all have in our libraries. and cuz i am ever the music head, i had to add one that dealt with the artistic activism around the holiday. #blacksky #jazzsky #bookssky #geriallen
January 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
one thing we don't talk about enough is dr. king's literary canon. here are some books written by #MLK that we should all have in our libraries. and cuz i am ever the music head, i had to add one that dealt with the artistic activism around the holiday. #blacksky #jazzsky #bookssky #geriallen