BAM R&B Festival Summer Concert “Ladies Sing the Blues”
Jazz diva Catherine Russell, a staple at Jazz at Lincoln Center, is joined by vocalists Brianna Thomas and Charenee Wade to pay impassioned tribute to the great female blues singers of the 1920s: Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Ethel Waters. Backed by a seven-piece band, led by pianist Mark Shane, the trio delves into the catalog of 1920s and 30s legends.... Read More
Ronald Bunn
Publisher/Editor
“The Purge” movie trilogy
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Though The Purge series is fictional, there is sufficient existential violence today, that, in the future it may be the norm.... Read More
BAM Festival Summer Concert “The Hallelujah Train”
Called “the most imaginatively supple drummer in jazz” (The New York Times), drummer Brian Blade (Wayne Shorter, Joni Mitchell), began playing at Shreveport’s Zion Baptist... Read More
BAM R&B Festival Summer Concert – King Sunny Ade
King Sunny Ade is the undisputed king of juju, the high-energy, highly danceable hybrid of Western pop and traditional African music with roots in the... Read More
What can you do to change The New York Times article’s “Pillars of Black Media, Once Vibrant, Now Fighting for Survival” appraisal?
For all of you who read this disturbing article you should feel obligated to support ROUTES-mag.com by writing for it, making a donation to it,... Read More
Hudson River Park’s Riverflick – “Minions”
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July 8, 2016, 8:30pm Pier 46 Greenwich Village Christopher Street and the Hudson River Manhattan FAMILY FRIDAYS There’s something for everyone in the family on... Read More
Hudson River Park’s Riverflick – Mad Max: Fury Road
July 6, 2016, 8:30pm Pier 63 (Cross at W22nd St & W24th St, Chelsea) Manhattan BIG HIT WEDNESDAYS Dinosaurs, Martians and Mad Max meet on the waterfront... Read More
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