REGISTER HERE! In 2000, when Saul Williams wrote the liner notes for D’Angelo’s Voodoo, he characterized the artist not simply as a musician, but as a “conjur man.” By situating D'Angelo's music in the tradition of Hoodoo/Conjure/Rootwork, Williams shows how a deeply-rooted “sonic past” is transmuted into new frequencies. Fast forward to 2026: writer, archivist and artist Harmony Holiday watches the Grammy’s tribute to D’Angelo expecting a resurrection of the departed. Instead, she finds herself trapped in the “purgatory” of a performance devoid of its roots; a “limp” presentation she calls “…
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