Sunday Rally for Trayvon Martin, July 14th 2013 Love Park, Philadelphia Pa.

Everyone has their opinion, everyone has a viewpoint, but one thing is certain, no one, from either side of this tragedy will ever live their lives the same again. Amid all of the protesting and the chanting from both sides, we are once again polarized.  Truth, justice, and the american way, is that attainable? Let's hope so.

A Weekend of Wawa Welcome America Festivities

Arguably the biggest summer musical, fun fest in the region, the Wawa Welcome America week-long line up of events, concluded this past Sunday. Every event was massive in attendance, and the signature "Party on the Parkway",  virtually consumed all of the Ben Franklin Parkway. The big name stars performed on the big stage, on the fourth, but as always, the "Real Show" takes place at the "Questlove Stage", named after the man himself, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, of the world famous Roots crew, Philly's musical sons. The "Questlove Stage" is set up to be a venue for "Who's Next", to represent Philadelphia on the world musical stage, and also a showcase for up and coming talent across the country, and this did not disappoint. On the back end of the 4th of July parkway event, the "Taste Of Philadelphia" portion of the Welcome America event, was a combination food fest, with vendors from all over the region, and more musical acts from around the region. Saturday night's headliner at the Penn's Landing food fest, was R&B/Soul singer, Marsha Ambrosius. Folks didn't seem to mind the soaring heat, which at times hit the mid 90's, to much fun stuff going on to worry about it.

The Questlove Stage:
 Jasmine V
An Interscope recording artist, whose collaborations include Nick Jonas, and Justin Bieber.

 Gliss
Local Hip-Hop Artist, whose from the area.

GoGo Morrow
R&B Singer/Entertainer

Jake Troth
Pop/Folk Singer

.....at the "Taste of Philadelphia" stage at Penn's Landing
CMD Hitters
Musical Group from Camden N.J.

Sharla K.
R&B Singer from Camden NJ

Twin Ghost
Rock Band

Headliner R&B Singer/Songwriter Marsha Ambrosius

I'd like to thank the Media/PR folks at Wawa, and Penn's Landing,..you guys were super! Shoutout to Jamie and Jackie, Special thanks to Lauren Cox, and Thanks to Randy!

The DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Fest June 22 2013

First off folks, I must apologize for the lack of imagery, I guess concerning the city of Wilmington, Delaware, where the event was held, I didn't make the cut for media credentialization,I would have loved to have shared more content with you. Maybe I need to get a iPhone and ditch my gear, since I saw more credentialed iPhone, and canon rebel shooters in the shooter's pit, than working professionals,..but, So be it. High Five to the very nice Wilmington Police Sargent, who allowed me to briefly enter the shooters pit, to capture some imagery of The Pedrito Martinez Group. Much appreciated, she was very nice. The event is named after Jazz trumpeter, Clifford Brown, native to Wilmington, and in his very robust 4 years of recorded music, he has left his mark as one of the most influential jazz trumpet artist of our time. his alliances include, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarroand  Max Roach. Tragically, on June 26, 1956, he lost his life in a car accident. The festival is a fitting honor for this Wilmington Native, and Jazz great. The festival is a week long series of musical events, culminating in the big concert on Saturday in Rodney Square. The Talent featured Saturday:

The W.E.S. Group  Classic jazz stylings, a mix of r&b, and surprisingly some hip-hop, the WES group is the total package.

This gentleman from uganda I believe, won  one of the raffles held during the intermission on saturday.

...An Impromtu talent show in between acts,...she was pretty good actually.


The Pedrito Martinez Group
An Afro-Cuban Jazz group out of New York, via Havana, Cuba.

Headliner: Lalah Hathaway

.....and sadly, these are all the photographs from the headliner, Lalah Hathaway. couldn't find my friendly wilmington police sargent, and of course, as I said earlier, the city of wilmington didn't feel the need to credentialize me for better access,..I'll fix you city of Wilmington,..I'll have bigger focal lengths with me next  year!