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HOUSTON: Erykah Badu plays DJ set at Scott Gertner’s on Valentine’s Day
Soul artist Erykah Badu (also known as DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown) will play a special three-hour DJ set dubbed “The Analog Love Show” on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, February 14th at Scott Gertner’s at Houston Pavilions in Downtown Houston. Tickets start at $75. Doors open at 7pm. More deets here.
NEW YORK: Pete Rock & DJ Center: Brooklyn Terrace – Sat, 1.26.13
Legendary hip-hop DJ and producer Pete Rock and Brooklyn’s own DJ Center will bring the house down this weekend in BK. Part of Center’s monthly Sky High residency, Pete Rock will guest DJ at Brooklyn Terrace’s Indoor Sky Lounge, spinning classic Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul, R&B, Latin and Reggae vibes. What’s sure to be a grand time, the party starts at 9pm, Saturday, January 26. Tickets $10. For more info, visit Push The Fader.
Tickets: $10
[Via Push The Fader]
23 January, 2013
Food & Music Fest Hits Brooklyn’s Prospect Park in May
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| Photo credit: Prospect Park Alliance |
Superfly, the folks behind Bonnaroo and other major music fests are bringing The Great GoogaMooga, a food and music festival to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on May 19 and 20. Being touted as “an amusement park of food and drink,” the vendor lineup includes Colicchio & Sons, Frankie’s Spuntino, Hill Country Barbecue, Momofoku Milk Bar, Red Rooster, Roberta’s and much, much more. There will be 75 food vendors in eight different pavilions, 35 brewers, 30 winemakers and 20 different local and national musicians, says Eater New York. The musical performances will spread evenly across both days, located in Prospect Park’s Nethermead Meadow. And get this: Tickets are free! Available for all on Thursday, March 15 via the official website. A food and music fest in Brooklyn, this is going to be mucho fun!
Update: As of March 15 at 2:03pm tickets are sold out! Hopefully more will be available soon.
Mayer Hawthorne Spring 2012 Tour Dates
With having just started the New Zealand/Australia leg of his tour two days ago, retro soul singer Mayer Hawthorne recently announced the full schedule of dates for his Mayer Hawthorne and the County How Do You Do World Tour 2012. Can we say, yes please?!
I’ve been trying to catch Mayer Hawthorne live for a minute now. But each time I find out he’s in New York or surrounding areas, it’s the day of the show and of course, tickets are sold out. So I’ll definitely be in the house this time! But if you have yet to buy Hawthorne’s latest LP How Do You Do, be sure to cop it, you won’t be disappointed.
I’ve been trying to catch Mayer Hawthorne live for a minute now. But each time I find out he’s in New York or surrounding areas, it’s the day of the show and of course, tickets are sold out. So I’ll definitely be in the house this time! But if you have yet to buy Hawthorne’s latest LP How Do You Do, be sure to cop it, you won’t be disappointed.
[via OkayPlayer]
• April 16 – New York, NY, Webster Hall
• April 17 – Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
• April 18 – Philadelphia, PA, Union Transfer
• April 20 – Portland, ME, Port City Music Hall
• April 21 – Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club
• April 23 – Charlottesville, VA, Jefferson Theater
• April 24 – Charleston, SC, The Music Farm
• April 25 – Mobile, AL, The Centre for the Living Arts
• April 27 – Dallas, TX, South Side Music Hall
• April 28 – Austin, TX, Republic Square Park – Food & Wine Festival
• April 29 – Houston, TX, Fitzgerald’s
• May 1 – Nashville, TN, Mercy Lounge
• May 2 – Raleigh, NC, Lincoln Theatre
• May 3 – Birmingham, AL, Workplay Theatre
• May 7 – St. Petersburg, FL, The State Theatre
• May 8 – Miami, FL, Grand Central
• May 9 – Orlando, FL, The Plaza ‘LIVE’
• May 11 – Atlanta, GA, Variety Playhouse
• May 12 – Charlotte, NC, The Neighborhood Theatre
• May 14 – Cleveland, OH, House of Blues
• May 15 – Detroit, MI, Majestic Theatre
• May 17 – Chicago, IL, Park West
• May 18 – Minneapolis, MN, Fine Line Music Café
• May 21 – Lawrence, KS, Granada Theater
• May 22 – St. Louis, MO, Firebird
• May 23 – Indianapolis, IN, Deluxe
• May 25 – Toronto, ON, The Opera House
• May 26 – Montreal, QC, Corona Theatre
#RIP Don Cornelius…thank you for Soul Train and the many great memories it created!
photo credit: NewsOne
Exhibition & Signing: Back in the Days Remix with Jamel Shabazz, 7/12/2011, powerHouse Arena, DUMBO, Brooklyn, 6pm
Opening reception: July 12, 2011 | Exhibition: July 13-August 7, 2011
More information at powerHouse Arena.
More information at powerHouse Arena.
DJ Center, Devil’s Pie Sunday, 6/3/2011, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
If you’re in BK for the 3-day holiday weekend, do stop by The Counting Room in Williamsburg (44 Berry Street) for the smooth and soulful sounds of DJ Center. Support good music!
Opening Reception: Fool’s Gold Retail Store, Friday, June 24, 2011, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Brooklyn-based record label Fool’s Gold is opening its first retail store this Friday in Williamsburg (536 Metropolitan Ave, btwn Union & Lorimer). If you are unfamiliar with Fool’s Gold, it was founded in 2007 by DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs; A-Trak DJ’d for Kanye West for a minute (not sure if he still does but dude is ill!); and his brother is Dave 1 from electro-funk duo Chromeo. The label also discovered Kid Cudi and Kid Sister.
The World’s Biggest DJ Competition, TODAY, June 11, 2011, Santos Party House, New York City
With showcases by DJ Total Eclipse & DJ Rob Swift (from the 90s hip-hop DJ collective The X-Ecutioners), peep the details at Santos Party House or DMC website!
The Revolution Is Being Televised: Cookin’ Soul Tribute Mixtape for Gil Scott-Heron {Free Download}
Download at cookinsoul.com
Music documentary: Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest Hits Theatres July 8, 2011
After hearing Beats, Rhymes & Life-director Michael Rapaport speak about his journey with classic hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest this year at the Tribeca Film Fest, I’m positively amped to know that the music documentary finally hits theatres on July 8, 2011. Of course, it’s premiering here in New York and L.A. first; but don’t fret, click here to find out when the documentary hits your part of town.
Black Alternative Fest Returns to Brooklyn
Commodore Barry Park, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Festival lineup: Cee Lo Green, Janelle Monae, Santigold, Jay Electronica, Toshi Reagon, Ninjasonik, Res, Joi, & plenty more. Details at Afro-Punk. Peep the video below from the 2010 lineup…
2011 Festival lineup: Cee Lo Green, Janelle Monae, Santigold, Jay Electronica, Toshi Reagon, Ninjasonik, Res, Joi, & plenty more. Details at Afro-Punk. Peep the video below from the 2010 lineup…
G.U.R.U. & Jazzmatazz Tribute Party | Thursday, April 21, 2011 at Le Poisson Rouge, New York City
Event Info at Le Poisson Rouge
Soul Slam (XVII) (Otherwise Known As the MJ vs. Prince Party!), Saturday, April 16, 2011, Union Square Ballroom, NYC
Prodigy (of Mobb Deep) Talks with Toure, Wednesday, April 20, 2011, powerHouse Arena, DUMBO, Brooklyn
powerHouse Arena | RSVP: Prodigy@powerhousearena.com
DJ Center + DJ Spinna "In a Song" Record Release Party, Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Mono+Mono in the East Village, NYC
DJ Center is a Brooklyn-based artist to know; his latest album Everything in Time is available at record stores now! If you haven’t heard of DJ Spinna …*sigh* I’ll forgive you this time, but he’s a legend in the soulful house-hip-hop arena. They will be spinning together at Mono + Mono in the East Village on Thursday, March 24, for Center’s “In a Song” Record Release Party. RSVP at rsvp@pushthefader.com. Nonetheless, the video below is the making of Center’s single release “In a Song”… no, literally, the vinyl pressing of the album. I love these behind the scenes clips.
