Multiverse

Innovators? Imitators?

Hail fellows! Well met.

Blowing kisses and doffing my cap to someone hard to reach.

Hats off to Desmond Tutu

You want to do what your instincts tell you?

About lockdown scammers.

That’s what time can do.

How do you keep out of destiny’s way?

What does the African Diaspora know about Afri-Descendants in South America?

All about Palmares and ‘Pledging to the promise’.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So it should also be, regarding stories and the ways they are told.

Choice is awesome

What do humanising and dehumanising attitudes do within a culture?

Someone has to do the flunky’s job

Whose tales are getting the attention?

Everyone should have the right to express dreams and visions of the nations they wish to belong to

One upmanship anyone?

Musical data and timbres are not always the same thing

About mavericks, oddballs and misfits

Reflecting about what might have happened.

Do you want to avoid putting in the hours?

About boundaries

How would you like to be remembered?

Where is the ‘attitude’ nowadays?

Is there any need for alarm?

What does a maypole signify to you?

What do you do with agency?!

How old are you now?

Listening to the heart

What makes a person influential?

Careful what you wish for ……

Sparing a thought for those we want to see.

Where does the buck stop for you?

What do highwaymen and rogue herdsmen share in common?

Riffing about feeling easy in one’s own space.

All about an old friend

Nothing remains the same

What are you willing to give up for validation?

Remembering Milva

All about change

About unconscious learning

How do you know what you’re here to do?

Who gets to decide what is authentic and what isn’t?

Juwon riffs about straitjackets and reminds you to visit www.juwonogungbe.bandcamp.com to hear and buy his new EP - ‘Glisten and Burn’.

Everyone brings personal baggage to interpret images.

How trustworthy are chinless wonders?

Info about Juwon’s new single and EP

Does any cultural contribution remain fixed in its energy?

Is being ‘woke’ the new version of being ‘right on’?

Where are the time honoured social skills when we need them?

News about Juwon’s ‘Glisten and Burn’ EP - to be released soon.

All about triggers

What do you see when you look at anything?

Stuff happens and we go with the flow...

A mash up of Italian verismo opera and Yoruba folk opera, anyone?

Sophisticated boom boom...

Yuletide is cool for looking within.

All about cool Yule events

About expression and change

Juwon pays tribute to a Practicioner of the Metamorphic Technique.

Who is human?

Check out www.juwonogungbe.bandcamp.com/music

What does the term ‘home grown’ mean to you?

Plummy accents and colourful vocabularies are not automatic indicators of depth or wisdom.

Is it too much hard work to look after time honoured artefacts and buildings? Juwon reflects about this.

Each generation has its own cross to bear. How can space be provided for inter generational understanding and cooperation?

Is there any point in being nostalgic about pre-COVID 19 times? Juwon doesn’t think so.

Juwon reflects about practising and rehearsing. He also sings a short song.

Juwon ruminates about trustworthy public figures

Juwon tells about colleagues conflating songs and sounds. He also sings a short song.

Juwon ponders on the flourishing of African art music.

Juwon pays tribute to a leading Nigerian scholar, of blessed memory, and sings a short song.

Juwon remembers a friend of blessed memory and sings a short song - My faux pas.

Juwon reflects about moments that seem as if they are preordained. And also sings a short song

Juwon reflects about a time when an event was saved by the bell. And also sings a short song.

Juwon reflects about listening to one’s inner voice.

Juwon warns about the charms of pedlars at Medicine Shows.

Juwon reflects about his long journey as an artist, adding a short song as a sweetener.

Juwon reflects about the growing African art music movement and sings a new short song- ‘Who am I? Who are you?’

Juwon talks about African art and superstition. He also sings a new song - Reminders of our roots

Juwon reflects about multiple identities amongst folks of African descent and sings a new song called ‘Perspectives’

Juwon reflects about stalking on social media and sings a new song - ‘Shakedown’

Juwon talks about access and illusions. The new song is ‘What are you looking for here?’

Juwon reflects about lifestyle changes brought about by the Covid-19 lockdown and sings a new song - ‘Move along’

Juwon riffs about shared heritages and intellectual property. He also sings a new song - Finding Truth.

Juwon reflects about the impact of inspiring images and sings a new short song - Hip or square.

Juwon reflects about the grass being greener elsewhere, and sings a new song- “Testing the Waters”

Juwon muses about the “easing up” of the lock down restrictions and sings a new short song ‘Reaching Out’.

Juwon Ogungbe talks about change, inspired by a blog article he posted on his website - www.juwonogungbe.com . This episode is dedicated to Little Richard - a great source of inspiration.

Juwon Ogungbe talks about ancestral spirits and memories. He also sings a new song - ‘Right Time, Right Place’.

Juwon Ogungbe riffs on yet another of his blog articles, which can be found on his website at www.juwonogungbe.com This episode features a new song entitled ‘Magpies’.

Juwon Ogungbe riffs on a blog article posted last week on his website - www.juwonogungbe.com - about hybrid cultures and the lengths some people go to, in order to feel like they belong. He also sings a new song called ‘Medicine’.

Juwon Ogungbe presents the third episode of his new podcast series and also sings a new song - “Never Brown in Town.

Juwon Ogungbe riffs on his blog article - Playfulness and going gaga. Juwon writes and posts a blog article everyday on his website at www.juwonogungbe.com

Juwon Ogungbe’s new podcast series begins with a expansion of one of his blog articles from last week, to be found at www.juwonogungbe.com