Tag Archives: B. Slade

Walter’s World: B. Slade at the Apollo Music Cafe

By Walter Rutledge

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The Apollo Music Café has become one of Harlem’s premiere venues for introducing new and innovative artists. On February 2 the Apollo Music Café presented B. Slade, an artist who has had an interesting and diverse career, marked by controversy, and reinvention. Continue reading

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Walter’s World: Apollo Theater Celebrates Black History Month

By Walter Rutledge

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Harlem’s world famous Apollo Theater celebrates Black History Month with a series of special programs presented throughout the month of February. Continue reading

Walter’s World: Weekend Picks Dance, Music and Dance in Film – Feb. 1, 2013

By Walter Rutledge

Swan Lake

This weekend dance is front and center.We have dance and dance cinema downtown, we also music in the nightclub Harlem tradition at the Apollo. These are a few of the events happening around the city and in our community. Continue reading

Walter’s World: The Evolution of B. Slade (Re-post)

By Walter Rutledge

This article has been reissued, it is the second article about the former gospel artist Tonex. He read the first article posted on September 1, 2010 and thanked us for commenting on the situation. I had the opportunity to interview him the following December backstage at his New York concert debut as his new persona B Slade.

Since then the video interviews posted on YouTube have received over fifty thousand viewings. The sight still receives about four comments per day, most are derogatory from irate Christians. They quote scripture, call him names and refer to the devil and hell. We wanted to share these with you again it the hope of promoting more understanding and tolerance.

Respectfully,

W.R. Continue reading