The Mother Kitty’s Blog
The Mother Kitty’s blog is a historical repository of Melissa’s Kitties blog, which published consistently from 2006 to 2022. (May 2026: The blog may be revived and continued in the near future.)
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2018 in Review: Bowie Days, Part 2
I can never hear enough about this guy or this exhibit.
2018 in Review: Bowie Days, Part 1
David Bowie is… so many things to all of us. Here’s a adventure into his world at the Brooklyn Art Museum.
2016 Rainforest Fund Benefit Concert
The 2016 Rainforest Benefit brought in the holidays with Sting, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Darlene Love and More! Here’s the play by play.
2016 in Review: Turn it up!
Music ruled in 2016: I saw Belly, a David Bowie tribute, Duran Duran with Nile Rodgers and Chic, Go-Gos, Sting and Peter Gabriel, Esperanza Spalding, Jason Moran and Charles Lloyd, Buster Williams, Lucy Wainwright Roche and Suzzy Roche with Patty Larkin, Yasiin Bey, a George Gershwin concert and a House of Cards concert. Phew! Here’s how good they all were.
2015 in Review: Let the Music Play!
In 2015, music filled the air. Here are my reviews for Roy Ayers, Jason Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Ginger Baker, Terence Blanchard, Justin Kauflin, Roy Hargrove, Min Xiao-Fen, Kendrick Lamar, Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer, and Jody Watley and Shalamar Reloaded.
Golden Years with David Bowie
The Kitties and I will always love David Bowie most of all. Here’s why.
