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December 23rd at the Prophet Bar is a Toys For Tots event with I Am Warbird, Daylight Industries, and Sayonara too! Bring a toy for free admission! if you like bands like the Mars Volta, Death from Above 1979, and Brand new, you’ll love it!
Archive for the ‘Erykah Badu’ Category
Foster The People, Eisley and This Week’s Show Announcements
Posted: 25th December 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: popular music, sealion
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Doc an unfiltered look at ‘Black Power’
Posted: 18th December 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: cinematic history, present day
Right up front, “The Black Power Mixtape 1967-75″ lets us knowthe film isn’t meant to be a definitive cinematic history of theblack power movement. the footage for this documentary was shot bySwedish filmmakers during that turbulent period, then lost fordecades until it was discovered in the vaults of a televisionstudio.
Five Finger Death Punch fights way through hype
Posted: 10th December 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: gold albums, jeremy spencer, mainstream success, rock bands
CORPUS CHRISTI —The members of five Finger Death Punch have made no secret that they’re shooting for major mainstream success. Having scored gold albums with both of the band’s first two releases (“The Way of the Fist” and “War is the Answer”), there is considerable buzz surrounding the group’s new CD, “American Capitalist,” and its chances to break five Finger Death Punch into the ranks of million-selling rock bands.
Singer draws on dark experiences
Posted: 30th November 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: cally, shy
MANASSAS, Va. —
Snow and squirrels. two things that jumped out at Minh Chau upon moving to the United States from Vietnam at age 9.
Eminem, Lil Wayne, Raekwon, and Erykah Badu Featured in GQ’s 2011 Music Issue
Posted: 3rd November 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: awe, fascination, hiatus, music industry, poor reception, writing music
Post by Ian Wilkins, Oct 20, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Eminem and Lil Wayne are among the 46 artists that have been selected for GQ’s 2011 Music Issue which is titled ‘The Survivors‘ and looks at some of the music industry’s most resilient figures. the magazine will hit news stands on October 25th and will feature articles on Raekwon, the Dungeon Family, and Erykah Badu, while excerpts from the interviews with Lil Wayne and Eminem are already up on GQ’s website.
‘Black Power Mixtape’ mixes clips, perspective – Omaha.com
Posted: 30th October 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: huey newton, radicalization, robin kelley
“Black Power Mixtape,” a remarkable Swedish documentary, chronicles the radicalization of the civil rights movement in the United States in 1967-75 with a striking overview.
Vintage video includes interviews with many of black power’s primary movers and shakers, including Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Huey Newton, Eldridge Cleaver and Louis Farrakhan.
It is hard enough to emerge coming from a country that has such an abundance of world-class musicians like Mali. the challenge becomes even greater when tradition is used as an obstacle to prevent women in your society from pursuing their love for music.
Skrillex News: Doors Collabo, OWSLA Acts Take Off
Posted: 29th October 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: drummer john, jazz number, organ player, ralph stanley, ray manzarek, skrillex
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Skrillex keeps churning out new projects at a pace that matches his endorphin-rush beats. The 23-year-old producer is in the thick of a 51-city North American tour, and he recently kicked off his own OWSLA label, when he wasn’t remixing a video game theme song or premiering a gravity-defying new video. And he isn’t slowing down.
Jazz in Name Only – if That – at CMJ
Posted: 28th October 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: acoustic trio, blue note, lalah hathaway, taylor mcferrin
The line outside Le Poisson Rouge wrapped around the block on Tuesday night for a CMJ Music Marathon showcase with the header “Future Now.” The question this seemed to invite was, could “jazz” actually be making an impression at this year’s CMJ?
‘Erykah Badu & Friends’, espectculo de maana en el Teatro Circo Price
Posted: 28th October 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: hip hop jazz, ola, red bull music academy, turno
La Red Bull Music Academy Madrid 2011 sigue su ruta de conciertos y espectculos. Es el turno de la figura del neo-soul Erykah Badu, que tendr como objetivo hacer vibrar al pblico del Teatro Circo Price en el da de maana.
Su primer proyecto, ‘Badzuim’, la lanz a la xito.
Three days of jazz
Posted: 22nd October 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: concerts, drummer, Erykah Badu
The 14th Tbilisi International Jazz Festival begins
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Let’s hear it for the girls this summer
Posted: 21st October 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: black seeds, Erykah Badu, mt manganui, waihi beach
As the summer gig season continues to pick up, it’s the ladies who are hitting the road en masse. Leading the charge is hip-hop and reggae-soul sister Ladi6, who plays a string of Christmas and new Year dates including Mangawhai Tavern with the Black Seeds on Dec 29, the Waihi Beach Hotel on Jan 2 and Brewers Field in Mt Manganui on Jan 3 with Kora.
PHOTOS: Black Girls Rock! 2011 With Mary J. Blige, Estelle, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu & More!
Posted: 17th October 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: black girls, girls rock, Mary J. Blige, paradise theater, rock awards, young women
Some of the most important women in showbiz turned out for the Black Girls Rock! Awards 2011 co-hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and Regina King.
The star-studded show took place at the Paradise Theater in the Bronx and will air on BET on November 6th.
Soul balladeer Will Downing craves new artistic expression
Posted: 14th October 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: lament, shopping list
It’s become a familiar refrain — a hater complaint or a righteous lament, depending on which side of the fence you’re on — that today’s R&B, soul and hip-hop is vastly inferior to what’s come before.
PHOTOS: Common Launches ‘One Day It’ll All Make Sense’ Book With Signing Session
Posted: 13th October 2011 by Staff in Erykah BaduTags: Erykah Badu, macy s store, photos, twitter
Common has celebrated the release of his latest book One Day It’ll All make Sense by treating fans to a signing session in Macy’s.