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
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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
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
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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