This week's sporkful

Last year I finally finished reviewing every rapper mentioned in the Tom Barnes Mic article , I thought. Then I realized that in addition to...

Lido Pimienta is a singer and songwriter from Colombia but in Canada, and with Afro-Colmbian and Waayu roots. With that mix of elements, y...

I did not complete the Turkey Trot. I barely started it. I am okay with that. I know between 2400 and 2500 people were signed up, and ther...

I'd said that my tendency to use technology as long as possible was partly a matter of personality and partly a matter of economic situa...

Maybe there is not really anything strange in how gratitude comes about anyway, but something unexpected hit me, and it was a good thing. ...

Tanya Tagaq has multiple creative outlets, but I was listening to her as a musician. From Nunavut, Tagaq uses throat singing to create her...

Reclaimed is not a band; it is a weekly CBC Radio series hosted by Jarrett Martineau and focusing on contemporary indigenous music. It was a...

A few people reached out to me after the "breakdown" - most of whom I didn't reply to, though I still want to. Actually, one...

Okay, one of those things is a joke, but there is some pertinent information there too. Actually my love language is physical touch. While...

Yes, I'm still around. I had a really bad week, though it was really more the week before last, when I was still keeping up with the b...

The next three reviews were inspired by 150 Acts of Reconciliation, specifically step 44: http://activehistory.ca/2017/08/150-acts-of-reco...

Jeremy Dutcher is a singer from Toronto, Canada. I became aware of him through Digital Drum. There are two things that are especially impo...

Last year one of my favorite reviews in November was RedCloud , but I saw at the time that he was doing more with LightingCloud, his project...

Good Morning Hellen is the project of Samantha Hill, a singer/songwriter with roots in New York and Florida and is a member of the Mohawk Na...

Six years ago I expressed frustration with The Bold and the Beautiful : https://sporkful.blogspot.com/2012/08/this-is-not-beautiful.html ...

Yes, I do have political thoughts, but they are too roiled up right now, and they may change as results come in. Instead, I would like to co...

At least for Oregon, most of us who are voting turned in the ballots a while ago. I'd like to think that if enough of us turned in our b...

Snotty Nose Rez Kids is a rap duo comprised of Young D and Yung Trybez, both from the Haisla nation in Vancouver. They were literally rez ki...

Snot Goblin is composed of Thomas Kanewakeron Gray and Lloyd Skanahwati Gray, brothers from New Mexico (originally New York). I became awa...

I follow a fairly common tradition of updating my Twitter profile with a Halloween-themed name and picture for October. My plan for my cos...