Nelson George2021 Films, Streaming, MusicFilms, television and music circa 2021 that were well made, emotional or entertaining. It’s not a best of or top ten. It’s just stuff that…Dec 14, 2021Dec 14, 2021
Nelson GeorgeinThe RiffGOING “POP” AS A BUSINESS DECISIONVery few true artists can think as clearly about business as they do art. Many believe they can, but very few do. It’s a delusion of this…Oct 28, 20213Oct 28, 20213
Nelson GeorgeinThe RiffREMEMBERING NYC’S LOFT JAZZ SCENEA 1977 piece takes me back to an avant-garde jazz momentOct 4, 2021Oct 4, 2021
Nelson GeorgeTWO OF MY VINTAGE MUSIC BOOKS NOW ON AUDIBLEI’ve partnered with Audibile Books to release many of non-fiction books as well as several of my novels as audio books.Jul 21, 2021Jul 21, 2021
Nelson GeorgeinThe RiffOTIS BLACKWELL: Songwriter for Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and James Taylor#BLACKMUSICMONTH MemoryJun 13, 20211Jun 13, 20211
Nelson GeorgeJUNE IS BLACK MUSIC MONTHA few of my books that’ll help you celebrate the music and culture that inspires it.Jun 1, 2021Jun 1, 2021
Nelson GeorgeinThe RiffJAMES BROWN ‘STAR TIME’ LINER NOTES: My contribution to the 1992 Grammy Award-winning notes on an…Last week, on May 7, was the 40th anniversary of the release of the James Brown ‘Star Time’ box. The package of seventy-two songs is the…May 13, 20211May 13, 20211
Nelson GeorgeDeclare Little Victories: A valuable technique for navigating a creative careerAt various points in my life I aspired to be authors Richard Wright and Ernest Hemingway, critic/historian Greil Marcus, filmmaker Frances…May 3, 2021May 3, 2021
Nelson GeorgeLife After Death in the Time of Covid-19Three men who helped shape my life died during the dark spring of 2020Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021