A universal story of young woman gaining the confidence to declare her individuality.
REVIEW: Meshell Ndegeocello – “Weather”
An album from a woman who has seen love in all its colors and lived to tell about it
REVIEW: Van Hunt — “What Were You Hoping For?”
The indie rock and soul genre smasher delivers his most sonically pleasing work to date.
REVIEW: Saul Williams — “Volcanic Sunlight” (Columbia)
Saul Williams’ sprawling, experimental and joyfully tense follow up to “Niggy Tardust”
REVIEW: Alrick Brown’s “Kinyarwanda”
A beautifully realized film brings out the humanity in both the heroes and the villains of the Rwandan genocide.
Worth Seeing: Rashaad Newsome’s 21st Century Heraldry
Even though his NYC gallery exhibit closes this week, Rashaad Newsome is a name you’ll want to remember.
LIVE @ NYPL: Doing A Lemonade With Gilberto Gil
Natalie Peart sits in on a conversation with the co-creator of tropicalia.
REVIEW: Colin Grant's "The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Wailer"
A new, triple biography illuminates the early lives and influences of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer
REVIEW: "Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest"







