Archive for February 16th, 2012
Whitney Houston: the burden of crossing over
Posted by John, February 16th, 2012 - under Whitney Houston.
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There is something more than a little eerie about Houston’s death coming so close to that of Etta James and Don Cornelius. In a roundabout way, each represent three sequential phases in soul and R&B–their ascent in the wake of civil rights, their apex at the height of Black Power, and, with Houston, their re-appropriation by an industry whose concern for artists comes well after its monetary bottom line.