

JE: LIVE kicks off another year!
Hello folks! I know you all won't read this until late January but I am writing this at "oh-dark-thirty" New Year's Eve morning and the...


A festive night with JE: LIVE
Folks, we're rounding out the year with our hearts deep into a season which some celebrate, and each in their own way. We continue in our...


TONIGHT....JE: LIVE is set to jam the night away!
Hello, folks! Yeah...you can say it. I'm late, VERY late, in getting this out. And while I could pull a "me" and cleverly over-explain...


From Open Mic, To Slam, To Features: Learning When To Ascend Pt.1- Featuring.
So. this could easily start with open mics; but I felt that we could wrap up this series with that at the end (only because of the...


From Open Mic, To Slam, To Features: Learning When To Ascend Introduction
For most writers who stumble across an open mic in their city, it becomes a great escape if you will. An area where you are not judged...
The Mystic & The Magician
Tones carry themselves as vibration Healing us, an ancient lost elixir Dropped like honey or some psychedelic The world is moving on its...
No Place But Home
I am granted no Response to the madness norn From a distance I’m so much further From the places that I know Fresh trails still blazing A...
The Light of Growth
The beauty of those “pain” songs The beauty of those B.B. King blues songs Wasn’t living in the moment of sadness Rather appreciating the...


Java Expressions: LIVE is back June 18th
Neil Ray likes to remind everyone that Fayetteville, NC is a "city of stars" and fewer statements have been more true. At the end of 2013...


Stepping Into Slam
Whether you were introduced to slam poetry (competitive poetry) by watching YouTube videos or, like me, you were exposed to the art by...