BAM R&B Festival Summer Concert – The Fatback Band This seminal New York City funk and disco band, now in its fourth decade of performing, is responsible for driving hits like “Backstrokin’,” “Gotta Get... Read More
Month: June 2016
Fighter Laurence Holder, Back in the Ring – Part II For decades, Laurence Holder has been showing and strengthening his mettle with words on a page, working in the arena of character, meaning, and emotion,... Read More
BAM – Shining Star: A Tribute to Maurice White Seven-time Grammy Award winner Maurice White was the mastermind behind multi-platinum funk band Earth, Wind & Fire. BAMcinématek pays tribute to the late bandleader with two phenomenal vintage shows from the height of their powers: a live-in-the-studio performance on January 1973 on Channel 13's black variety show Soul!... Read More
BAM Festival Summer Concert – George Gray 1 min read Baltimore-based drummer George Gray is a versatile beat-making machine, having toured with the likes of Stevie Wonder; Earth, Wind & Fire; Cassandra Wilson; Chuck Berry;... Read More
BAM R&B Festival Summer Concert – Arturo O’Farrill Thursday, June 23, 2016, noon—2pm MetroTech Commons The Corner of Flatbush and Myrtle Avenues Brooklyn This all-star youth orchestra comprises gifted young musicians from across... Read More
That Bad Eartha Kitt Purr-haps, Misunderstood? “Many men wanted to lay me down, but few wanted to pick me up.” —Eartha Kitt The tantalizing tease…the seductive strut…the bewitching come-hither look…the low,... Read More
Johnson Publishing sells Ebony and Jet 1 min read
Are African-American publications irrelevant to the American landscape?... Read More
Riverbank Park presents Cynthia Scott in Concert June 19, 2016 (Father’s Day) Riverbank Park 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers) Featuring Jeb Patton, piano Ed Cherry, guitar Paul Beaudry, bass Dwayne Cook... Read More