Haiti Cherie * Fundraiser to Benefit Grace International * Thurs., Feb 3 * 6p-10p
Haiti Cherie Benefit in Support of Grace International – Feb. 3
My Global Hustle
Getty Acquires Significant Group of South African Photographs by Zwelethu Mthethwa
Congrads to my friend Zwelethu Mthethwa whose photographs in addition to Pieter Hugo were recently acquired by the Getty Museum’s Photographs Council. I always love to see my friends shining.. S/O to JT for sharing the info. -!YG
THIS WEEKEND: LIVE MERMAIDS LIVE (8 Shows Only!)
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THIS IS AFRICA… HOW MUSIC AND SOCIAL MEDIA ARE RE-DEFINING A CONTINENT
Monday, February 7th, 2011 Â
The Red Bull Space: 15 Watts Street, 4th Floor at the corner of Thompson Â
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Indie Rock Music Embraces an African Invasion
The Weekend Times ran a really interesting piece on the emergence of African "flavored" music in the indie rock scene. Kind of funny when we take into consideration who invented Rock-N-Roll in the first place. Groups like the Blk Jks have been bubbling for quite sometime and its cool to see them as well as other folks who've been grinding get some shine. -!YG
Articles Excerpt:
THE indie record company Sub Pop first earned a reputation as a tastemaker in the late 1980s, when it signed and recorded the Seattle bands Nirvana and Soundgarden and other exponents of what came to be known as grunge. But one of its best-received recent releases is “I Speak Fula,†by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, an ensemble that plays small lutelike instruments and sings in various West African languages.
