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Walter’s World: Tongues of Fire Choir

Posted on May 6, 2013 by | Leave a comment

By Walter Rutledge

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On Saturday, April 27 the Apollo Theater presented Tongues of Fire Choir by poet, performer, and teacher Sekou Sundiata and composer/trombonist Craig Harris. The production, which premiered at Harlem’s Aaron Davis Hall in 1996, is part of Blink Your Eyes: Sekou Sundiata Revisited, a seven-month citywide retrospective celebrating the work and creative legacy of Sekou Sundiata (1948- 2007). Continue reading →

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A$AP Rocky’s Thoughts Of Suicide On ‘Phoenix’ (video)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by | 1 Comment

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Harlem’s A$AP Rocky, the hip-hop young gun who grabbed Rihanna’s backside when joining her on stage at the Video Music Awards last September, transcends his Pretty Flacko persona on his highly-anticipated debut album, Long.Live.A$AP. Continue reading →

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Fashion Icon Dapper Dan Discusses Harlem, History Infuences (video)

Posted on October 18, 2012 by | 1 Comment

With the launch of Jay-Z’s Life+Times YouTube channel, we wondered what type of content would stock the channel. Continue reading →

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Jay-Z with Cornel West Tonight At Celeste Bartos

Posted on November 15, 2010 by | 1 Comment


Rare are the moments in which an artist takes the hand of the viewer (or listener), wandering through their work and explaining the impetuses and impulses behind the creative process. Continue reading →

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