Blitz the Ambassador
Polaris winner Lido Pimienta played SXSW, playing free BRIC fest, touring (dates, pics)
The BRIC Open festival is back for a second season running April 26-29 at BRIC House featuring free concerts, talks, film screenings, workshops, art and more…
Afropunk 2017 set times (Macy Gray vs Thundercat, SZA vs Soul II Soul)
Sunday is mostly free of notable conflicts, but you’ll have to make some decisions on Saturday. Fortunately Solange’s set only conflicts with a DJ set.
Solange officially playing Afropunk; Thundercat adds 2nd BK Steel show
Now that her co-headlining set at NYC festival Panorama is behind her, Solange has officially been confirmed for Brooklyn’s Afropunk Festival…
Afropunk Brooklyn adds Anderson Paak, Raphael Saadiq, Burn, & more
Some additions have been made to Brooklyn’s 2017 Afropunk Festival lineup…
Afropunk 2017 lineup (Soul II Soul, Dizzee Rascal, Sampha, Thundercat, more)
This year’s Afropunk Festival has a St. Heron Stage (Solange’s label), a Kaytranada & Friends Stage, and tons more.
Blitz the Ambassador playing DC and Brooklyn Night Bazaar, where Denitia & Sene play an EP release party the next day
Brooklyn rapper Blitz the Ambassador has two East Coast shows happening this week, a DC show on Thursday (3/19) at Howard Theatre (tickets) and a FREE Brooklyn show on Friday (3/20) at Brooklyn Night Bazaar with Karikatura, King Holiday and DJ Mi…
Quilt, Ex Cops, World Inferno Friendship Society, Pity Sex & more upcoming Brooklyn Night Bazaar shows
Quilt will be coming down from Boston to visit NYC this weekend to play Brooklyn Night Bazaar on Saturday (2/21) with The Mystery Lights, King Cyst, and Monograms on the bill as well…
hip hop roundup: Danny Brown, Drake, Eve, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Nick Speed, Blitz, Stalley, Gunplay, Bilal & more
Danny Brown‘s Old is one of the most anticipated rap albums of the year, and while holding your breath for a rap release is never a good idea (we’ve got our fingers crossed for that September 30 release date though), we’re feeling one step closer to Old actually seeing the light of day, now that it’s officially got album artw…
2012 BAM R&B Fest schedule (free daytime shows in Brooklyn) (Fishbone, Aloe Blacc, Larry Graham, and more)
What’s better than getting a little sexy? Getting sexy for free at noon in the middle of Metrotech, BAM is guessing. That theory will be put to the test once again at the 2012 R&B Festival at Metrotech Commons, the annual, completely free and open to the public series going down throughout the summer…
Saigon releasing new mixtape, celebrating @ The Studio (where Blitz the Ambassador is playing too)
Earlier this year, Saigon finally released The Greatest Story Never Told after years of delaying the album, and at one point announcing a retirement…
