Celebrate community at the first ever WBNA Block Party hosted by neighbors of Chapin Avenue & Sycamore Street. WBRU will be broadcasting live from the event! Listen to live music on two stages (rock & roll, hip-hop and acoustic) with Symmetry, Detroit Rebellion and many more. DJ Handsome Pete spinning all your favorite block party …
Last year’s SoundSession battle of the bands winner Santa Mamba performs tonight at the Providence Black Repertory Company to kick off the 2010 Sound Search (from 11pm to 1am it’s DJ Finesse). What else you got to do on a Thursday? 9pm to 11pm, Thursday, Black Rep, 276 Westminster Street, $5 but free for college …
We’ve been talking up SoundSession for a few days now, but the Saturday night scene deserves a special mention. Westminster Street turns into one helluva dance party. Live music, beers, dancing, spontaneous conga lines — everybody is happy and it’s a crazy fun time. Don’t worry if you are one of those booty-challenged types who …
What Cheer? is playing their last local show before they leave for thier Dirty South tour. Come taste a sweet, sweet, preview of what they’ll be carrying below the Mason-Dixon. Plus a tribute to Michael…? Plus punk bandz from Ohio and the sleezy stylings of LLOVE and DJ 11:11 Paint it Pink Presents: Summer Shakedown …
[youtube]aycGHdfHhHg[/youtube] As you may or may not know by now*, Providence is currently in the throes of SoundSession, the annual music festival based in and around the Black Rep on Westminster Street. It always claims to be genre-defying, but this year they’ve taken an extra step towards wackytown. (Ween! The Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players! En …
Lots going on tonight for Providence Sound Session. In fact, I’m worried to say anything about the Black Rep’s programming tonight because the joint is bananas every Wednesday. As I write this Marc Cary is tearing it up in the lounge at the Xxodus Café, playing his blend of groove-inspired contemporary Jazz. At 9PM resident …
If you missed the great shows at The Blackstone, Tazza, Firehouse 13 and Black Rep last night, it is not too late to start partying. Bachanal has only just begun! Tonight’s official Sound Session lineup at Black Rep includes local Reggae selectors Red Beard, Mardon Famous and Paul Michael along with Boston-based emcee (DJ if …
Okay everybody, so there is a lot going on tonight that discerning listeners will want to take part in. Of course there is the official SS’08 fare at Black Rep. Soul/R&B/House/Funk singer and songwriter Eric Roberson headlines a night of the Funky (local artists Grow), the sparse and political (multifaceted NYC poet Oveous Maximus) and …
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SIMULBLOGGED AT RIPEYAMS.COM Jazz is one of those idioms that doesn’t come easily to everyone. I’m not a Jazz head by any means, but I’ve certainly come around to a little bit of equanimity in my appreciation for Jazz. Where once the ambling solos, indirect melodic focus, rambling uneven tonal patterns and blue note syncopation, …
SIMULBLOGGED FROM RIPEYAMS.COM There is something inherently theatrical about Black Rock – or maybe just Rock in general. I was reminded of this fact most recently when I had the opportunity to check out the new musical “Passing Strange” at The Belasco theater in NYC. A seated performance clocking in at over two and one …