When Dehconte is not creating, he is teaching the students of
Baltimore City.  A Special Educator, the multi-talented artist
earned degrees in Piano Performance and Special Education from
Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Texas Woman's
University in Denton Texas, respectively.

Dehconte's first CD, "Do You Feel Me?" met a need. Fans found,
in the very veins of Dehconte's music, nourishment. Hungry for
a good grove, they could look to the beat and be comforted. 
Starved of passion, they could turn to the lyrics and rest in
their honesty.

Dehconte's latest work, "Liberian Libation," is the consequence of a
personal, inward search focused on exposing his musical core.  And
from these roots, a presentation of history and emotion grow.  The
CD parades classics like "You Are My Sunshine" and "Shake, Shake,
Shake, Senora" but expands their traditional rhythms to include a
moving, contemporary air. Essentially, Dehconte "africanizes" them.
This mix of conventionality and innovation, of domesticity and the
exotic, is welcomed and wraps the listener in a warm, rhythmic shawl.
The anthem "Ponytail Princess" seeks the singer's lover, whose thick,
dark lips and big hips have captured his adoration and endeared him
to her.  "Sinful Passion" is aptly titled since its musical arrangement
reminds the listener of deep purples and love making.  "Wata Police,"
though, validates the musician's inventiveness; it discourages the
listener from ever letting go of the CD; it leads music fans to believe
in Dehconte's longevity.  Hypnotizing to say the least, the song's
instrumental background, lyrics, and pure ambiance lull the listener
to Heaven.  Collectively, all twelve songs call for volume—they beg to
be turned up loudly and danced to.  They beg for listeners who are
interested in depth and celebration.  No music collection is complete
without "Liberian Libation."