by Ngaio Anyia | Jan 8, 2017 | Inclusion & Diversity, Journal
I wasn’t sure whether to write about what happened last night. Partly because I’ve been spending most of the day trying to forget it happened, but mostly because there’s a knot of shame in my stomach that I don’t really understand…...
by Ngaio Anyia | Sep 16, 2016 | Inclusion & Diversity
Oh wow, I feel like so much has happened since I wrote my last blog post. I’ve been meaning to write another one for months now but have been totally slammed with work/life/music/work/work/work/work/work but now I have my morning coffee break to get some...
by Ngaio Anyia | Jul 24, 2016 | Music, Music Reviews
The blues, a genre born from songs sung on slave ships to release pain and spark hope, is one that is deeply embedded in the black community. Maturing in Mississippi Delta, just upriver from New Orleans (the birthplace of jazz) the two have been closely linked...
by Ngaio Anyia | Jun 28, 2016 | Inclusion & Diversity
I’ve been quiet for a while, mostly because life has steam rolled ahead and I haven’t had time to sit down and write anything but now… Brexit. A campaign based entirely on prejudice and greed. I tried my best to forget about it whilst at Glastonbury...
by Ngaio Anyia | Apr 28, 2016 | Music Reviews, Opinion
Pray You Catch Me The album opens with Beyoncé looking down with graffiti in the background, presented in fur and corn rows. A vulnerable admission of infidelity begins: ‘I’m praying to catch you whispering, I pray you catch me...
