19February 2021
Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi has always been interested in the spaces between cultures and sounds. Growing up, the London-based artist would walk through New Cross on her way to school, passing Goldsmiths, where Blur’s “Parklife” would be blasting out the student’s union, before crossing the road to hear muffled dub bass vibrations coming from the local Cumin Up. “I guess I’ve always grown up sandwiched between British culture and African and Caribbean Black culture,” she explains.
One half of electronic duo NULA, which she formed in 2017 along with friend and fellow Goldsmiths graduate Luke Osbourne, Adu-Gyamfi channels the classic sounds of her gospel and soul forebears, as well as the warm, velvety tones of R&B and the electronic alchemy of 90s groups like Portishead and Massive Attack. The music oozes with quiet lust and introspection. On “Moon Chasing”, Adu-Gyamfi’s voice is like velvet as she sings, “
By Steve Flowers
MONTGOMERY The 2021 Regular Legislative Session begins next week. Over the years I have observed some outstanding classes of freshman legislators. Some stand out more than others and occasionally you have a very stellar class. My observation is that this freshman class of state senators is a class to remember and watch.
There are two Democrats and 10 Republicans in the freshman class of state senators, who were elected and sworn into office in November of 2018. The ten-member class of Republican state senators is a sterling group and includes Sam Givhan of Huntsville, Will Barfoot of Pike Road/Montgomery, Dan Roberts of Mountain Brook/Jefferson/Shelby, Andrew Jones of Cherokee/Etowah, Garlan Gudger of Cullman, Chris Elliott of Baldwin, David Sessions and Jack Williams both of Mobile, and Randy Price of Opelika, along with veteran state senator Tom Butler who has returned as a freshman after a decade hiatus from politics.
The Tuscaloosa News
The 2021 regular legislative session begins next week. Over the years, I have observed some outstanding classes of freshman legislators. Some stand out more than others and, occasionally, you have a very stellar class. My observation is that this freshman class of state senators is a class to remember and watch.
There are two Democrats and 10 Republicans in the freshman class of state senators, who were elected and sworn into office in November 2018. The 10-member class of Republican state senators is a sterling group and includes Sam Givhan of Huntsville, Will Barfoot of Pike Road/Montgomery, Dan Roberts of Mountain Brook/Jefferson/Shelby, Andrew Jones of Cherokee/Etowah, Garlan Gudger of Cullman, Chris Elliott of Baldwin, David Sessions and Jack Williams, both of Mobile, and Randy Price of Opelika, along with veteran state senator Tom Butler, who has returned as a freshman after a decade-long hiatus from politics.