NBT Conversation Black arts creating the new normal
Featuring the producing leadership team of #NBT: Sade Lythcott (CEO), Jonathan McCrory (Artistic Director), and [embedyt] NBT @ Home is a weekly series of artists in the NBT family engaging in one-on-one discussions with other creatives on topics including theater and the arts, community, health, and more. ... Read More
Ronald Bunn
Publisher/Editor
A Taste of Holy Ground Live Performances
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Monday, May 11, 2020, 7PM EST Facebook Livestream @ NCBlackRep From Jelly’s Last Jam to Nativity According to the Gospels, hit after hit has been produced on the Holy Ground, and we want to share some of those spectacular performances with you! On Monday, May 11, 2020 North Carolina Black Repertory will be streaming live performances of excerpts from NBTF/NC Black Repertory classics as well as giving you a taste of upcoming productions. Featuring performances by:... Read More
The Last Poets’ Understand What Black Is
Earlier today, I was on the phone discussing a future article with Abiodun, one of The Last Poets. I mentioned to him I had, earlier in the day, read on Facebook that Jericho Brown had won a Pulitzer Prize for poetry for his collection "The Tradition". As the conversation continued Abiodun mentioned in passing that The Last Poets and Poet Rita Dove, last year, had been invited to The 50th Rotterdam Poetry Festival 2019.... Read More
It’s been a long time since I posted on the website. However, over the past days I’ve discovered the lyrics of Frankie Beverly and Maze.... Read More
Write for Us
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ROUTES is looking for new writers. Are you proud, positive, provocative, inspirational and interested in writing about some aspect of Pan African culture?... Read More
I‘ve received so many warm wishes for the coming year, I’ve been tirelessly trying to come up with my way of responding. Shirley Horn’s rendition of Here’s to Life seems to summarize my response to all of my well wishers. I hope you'll enjoy my response, and, if you like Shirley Horn’s sensual delivery, you’ll love her album Here’s to Life.... Read More
Jessye Norman
Opera and Classical music singers hardly receive coverage or recognition in our contemporary environment. As I exercised today at the gym while listening to my iTunes playlist, suddenly "The Holy City", sung by living legend Jessye Norman began to play— I was mesmerized by the rendition from the beginning until it ended. Hopefully you'll enjoy this beautiful voice as much as I do.... Read More
Soundview Summer
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Nice Salary, good hours, Billy and Jack thought they landed the ideal summer. . . at the Soundview Nuclear Power Plant. Now, years later, they’re... Read More