This painting of Snoh Aalegra is made using an Acrylic Silver Screen style on Birch Wood, the original size is 12x16 inches. The portrait was completed on December 15, 2015. If I have a clear memory of it, I first discovered Snoh Aalegra in 2015 through the Okay Players website. The first song I heard from her was Emotional produced by, none other than the legendary RZA from Wu-Tang Clan. Growing up in the '90s with hardcore sounds on heavy boom-bap drumming, this song is

Haile Selassie I's Visit To Canada - Expo 67 Journey to Expo 67 A little more than half a century ago, the H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I was the first to be present in Canada's 100th-anniversary celebration. He was the first among 60 heads of state to participate in the celebration. He arrived in Vancouver on April 26th, 1967. Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was here to welcome him for what was the emperor's third visit to Canada. The meeting was brief, yet discussions con

Mckinley Morganfield, better known as Muddy Waters is an American musician, one of the main historical figures of the Chicago blues...

One of the notable figures of the musical "British Invasion", she is considered one of Britain’s finest and most elegant voices. A singer performer, and record producer, expressing herself through a variety of genres, from pop/rock to jazz, to disco, to R&B, to the blue-eyed soul. Part of her legacy was greatly influenced by American music such as singer Peggy Lee, and the Motown sound. Her true love for music came from her father, Gerard Anthony O’Brien, who was a pianist. H