Now on The Huffington Post.com: Dash’s Blakroc disses black rock
How can you call something “BlakRoc” when the black folks on the project only rap and the rockers are all white?
Now on TheRoot.com: Loud and In Living Colour
Living Colour: They're literally like Coltrane's Classic Quartet playing rock. Yeah.
Now on TheRoot.com: Rock is Black Music, Too!
Time to give rock another look. Because hip hop is out of ideas.
2 days to the Afropunk jumpoff
My friends Boston and Shena just concluded three nights of amazing (yes, it was that good) music this…
Friday, June 13: Stephanie McKay at Central Park Summerstage
My friend Stephanie brings her powerful vocals and infectious brew of soul and funk to bear to kick…
NY Times on J*Davey
Further reinforcing my point of a cultural shift: When J*Davey first appeared three years ago, it presaged a…
Bo Diddley, 1928 – 2008
By now, it’s no news to most of you and rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Bo Diddley passed away…
Rock is the new Black
So writes Jim Farber of the NY Daily News, as he gets into the whys of the mainstreaming…
MTV asks: Is theater finally catching up to the street?
MTV News recently ran a piece that explores how the rock musical is attracting a new, younger generation…
Black rock musical “Passing Strange” racks up multiple Broadway nominations
Over at Bold As Love, I’ve listed the awards and categories that "Passing Strange" is in contention for. …
Bill Bragin, “Downtown Impresario”
Today the New York Times profiled a friend of mine, Bill Bragin. When you talk about people shaping…
Digital Music Forum: The Indie Takeover?
Jaylaan Ahmad-Llewellyn, Bluhammock MusicJim Cooperman, Wind-Up RecordsMatt Laszuk, IRIS DistributionAmaechi Uzoigwe, Definitive JuxMitchell Wolk, ADARich Bengloff, A2IM (moderator)…