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Grace Jones is an ongoing topic of conversation and research inquiry for me. On Saturday April 21st, I had the opportunity to talk about her various public stage, film, runway, and interview personas on a panel with performance artist Lady Shadow and international scholar Dr. Anta Merritt at San Diego Comic Fest's 6th annual romp. Delores Fisher, Dr. Anta Merritt, and Lady Shadow Vampyre Fashionista Here's my discussion focus: A multi-genre performance artist whose intriguing visual representations span from late twentieth century to present, Grace Jones continues to embrace innovative "full body masks" as she inhabits spaces with “graphic novel edgy camp” to "alien futuristic cyborg" evoking an essence of Jamaican Junkanoo Festival. We will explore several of Grace Jone’s "Junkanooesque" embodiments. Dr. Merritt is a colleague from the academic world, a faculty member of the San Diego State Africana Studies Department   https://africana....

Hello everyone. Especially to you new readers in Indonesia. Welcome!                                     Delores Fisher pianist/blogger/lecturer I have several summer music engagements  in the works and that means more time at the keyboard when not teaching,  grading papers, lecturing, appearing on panel discussions. Ah yes . . . It's April already. So much is going on here in the USA that I wanted to write about a few music events. The Center for World Music is sponsoring several world music concerts. Musicians from all over the world share their artistry with San Diegans and tourists each year as guest performers and as artists in residence. https://centerforworldmusic.org/about-us/   One major concert is by South African singer Nomsa Burkhardt. https://centerforworldmusic.org/event/zulu-burkhardt/   She performed for the Africana Studies Department at SDSU during...