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Pop culture critic, The Virginian-Pilot. Author of Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl (Beacon Press).

Virginia Beach, VA
Joined July 2009

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    For , whenever was on, order seemed restored. Her majestic voice grounded him and his family, especially his mother.

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    "I understand now what my mother heard in the voice of , a sense of validation." ― Adapted from Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues, & Coming of Age Through Vinyl by Rashod Ollison ()

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  10. Anita Baker is saying 'farewell' at Chrysler Hall, but her sound will never go away

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  11. Rashod Ollison 24 mins · The literature of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison told me early on that I wasn't trash, that I had no reason to be ashamed of or to sentimentalize any part of who I am, because what's real is really real. That's more than enough.

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    2 Aug 2018

    That time when wrote abt the painful irony of 's home in France being developed into sleek apartments for the well-to-do. The irony is *so* cringe-worthy.

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  16. More than a "little place for coloreds." Locals remember the fun and frustration of the area's old segregated beaches.

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  17. RASHOD OLLISON – Music and culture critic. Author of "Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues, and Coming of Age Through Vinyl" via

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