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…1 min read·Dec 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…·3 min read·Oct 28, 2021--3--3
Nelson GeorgeinThe RiffREMEMBERING NYC’S LOFT JAZZ SCENEA 1977 piece takes me back to an avant-garde jazz moment·3 min read·Oct 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.·2 min read·Jul 21, 2021----
Nelson GeorgeinThe RiffOTIS BLACKWELL: Songwriter for Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and James Taylor#BLACKMUSICMONTH Memory·2 min read·Jun 13, 2021--1--1
Nelson GeorgeJUNE IS BLACK MUSIC MONTHA few of my books that’ll help you celebrate the music and culture that inspires it.·1 min read·Jun 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…·2 min read·May 13, 2021--1--1
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…·3 min read·May 3, 2021----
Nelson GeorgeLife After Death in the Time of Covid-19Three men who helped shape my life died during the dark spring of 2020·3 min read·Apr 21, 2021----