Millie Jackson

LOLA BROOKE has released the official music video for her powerful song 'God Bless All the Rappers.' The base-knocking track, which samples “A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe) ' by Millie Jackson was first revealed during the latter part of 2023 with the release of Lola's debut project, Dennis Daughter, which is out now. 

Theatre and entertainment fans overall still have some time to become a Black Spectrum Theatre subscriber to see all the plays in the 54th season for free this fall.

When pianist – composer Randy Klein began Jazzheads, an independent record label based in NYC, in 1992, he had two label models he aspired to, A&M Records and GRP Records – “Premiere labels started by musicians, Herb Alpert; Larry Rosen and Dave Grusin. What I observed about each is that they released popular songs adored by the masses but also released inventive ground-breaking music as well. You know, they pushed the form forward!” says Klein.

The June 2019 So-fi festival announces that it will be presenting works at The Clemente's Los Kabayitos and Flamboyan Theaters (107 Suffolk St. between Rivington & Delancey) and Westbeth (463 West Street between Bethune and West 12th St) June 6th-23rd 2019.

Vevo announces the release of Tank and The Bangas' live performance for 'Nice Things'. Hailing from New Orleans, Tank and The Bangas are surrounded by plenty of grand musical traditions. The five-piece group has a rare knack for combining various musical styles - fiery soul, deft hip-hop, deep-groove R&B and subtle jazz - into one dazzling, cohesive whole that evokes the scope of New Orleans music while retaining a distinctive feel all its own.

In addition to new parodies which re-work selections from Adele, Rent and Bruno Mars to hilarious, effect punctuated by zany Laugh-In style zingers, Bunny has widened her---don't go there!--repertoire to include some actually insightful social commentary. (Well, she thinks it's insightful, anyway.)

NYC's West Village legendary comic performer, Lady Bunny, has just been invited to extend her current run of Trans-Jester through early November, after the last month of sold-out shows, standing ovations and praise in the press.

In The New York Times review of Lady Bunny's sold out solo show at La Escuelita, the legendary gay Latino nightclub in Times Square, reviewer David Rooney hailed Bunny as "authentically scary, sewer-mouthed, gutter-glam fierceness".  "She made me weep with laughter," he wrote, "often while groaning with disgust. And isn't that what the best low comedy is all about?"

Charles Hughes' Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South, starts with some serious limitations.

Singer Dorothy Moore will be appearing at the 2011 Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival on August 12 - 14.

Grammy award nominee N'dambi, whose album 'Pink Elephant' was the first release for the relaunch of the legendary soul label Stax Records, will perform Friday, August 12th at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame

Singer Dorothy Moore will be appearing at the 2011 Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival on August 12 - 14.

Grammy award nominee N'dambi, whose album 'Pink Elephant' was the first release for the relaunch of the legendary soul label Stax Records, will perform Friday, August 12th at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame