Bloggingwiththeimmortalqueen🇿🇦

Let’s be honest, if you look at your playlist and the consumption pattern of soul music, hip-hop, and alternative R&B, it’s probably majority American or European music… just guessing here. It's not a bad thing. I love global music; it influences us all.  But I’m always open to connecting with local music, those songs made from a real African energy and essence. When they land, no, they actually don’t just land… they actually settle in your body, mind, and spirit. They live in you in a different way.  It takes a lot of energy, intention, and rewriting to create a song that truly resonates with the Black community in today’s world (this is just me being silly and imagining this; I have no idea what it takes to write songs). That alone shows how hard we have to fight to consistently reconnect with our roots in a capitalist society. But somehow, these artists make me feel like I’m more in touch with an authentic part of myself.  Zoe Modiga image: Instagram  Her musi...