Consider the Liners

My notes for Stanley Cowell's 'Musa,' with a head nod

First things first: Mahalo nui loa for every kind response to Island Time.

I’m touched by the enthusiasm for an essay that came from such a personal place, especially at this politically exigent hour.

Timing is what prompts this latest dispatch, because I’ve just learned that first-round voting for the 2026 Grammy Awards ends sometime on Wednesday. I pro…