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As Lovely As Rain
Sweet sound
each gentle droplet
A snowflake’s dream
and destiny Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Artist Soul Speaks, Judith Z. Miller, New York City, NYC, poetry, Rain, Rain in NYC
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Grammy Culture War – Calling for NARAS Resignations & Boycotts!
May 22nd’s press conference at the Nuyorican Poets Café in NYC was energized by the presence of some of the world’s greatest musicians. Accusations of cultural genocide, ignorance, greed – and a plea to save the Grammy’s from itself – specifically, by recanting the recent action of the NARAS Board to eliminate 31 Grammy categories.
The eliminated categories include not only Latin Jazz, Native American, Zydeco and Polka – but approximately one third of American music. The panelists perceived the decision by NARAS to be racist, destructive, divisive and shortsighted. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Celebrity, Entertainment Industry, Jazz, Latin Music, Music, News, Uncategorized
Tagged Afro-Cuban Dream ... Live & In Clave, Arturo O’Farrill, Bach, Ben Lapidus, Beyoncé, Bobby Sanabria, Brenda Feliciano, Brian Lynch, Carlos Santana, Cándido Camero, CBS TV, Chic Corea, Chopin, Chris Washburne, Cultural Genocide, Culture War, David Armram, Don Ho, Eddie Palmieri, eethoven, EMMY, Esperanza Spalding, Frank Sinatra, Gillespie, Grammy, Hart Wand, Ibrahim Gonzalez, Ileana Palmieri, Indigenous Music, Ivan Acosta, Jackie Harris, Jazzheads Records, Jimmy Sturr, Joe Falcon, Judith Z. Miller, LARAS, Larry Harlow, Latin Jazz, Luis Armstrong, Mercedes Ellington, NARAS, NARAS Board of Governors, NARAS Board to eliminate 31 Grammy categories, Native American, Ned Sublette, Neil Portnow, New York City, Nicolas Daskalou, Nuyorican Poets Café, NYC, Pat and Ettore Phillips, Petition to Reinstate Latin Jazz Grammy, Phoebe Jacobs, Polka, President Obam, Puente, Rachel Z., racism, Ramón Ponce. Jochem Becher, Randy Klein, René Lopez, Ricky Gordon, Rubén Blades, T.J. English, THE LATIN JAZZ GRAMMY TRAVESTY, WBAI Radio, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wynton Marsalis, ZAMO, ZOHO Music, Zydeco
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Mary McBride: Soulful, Gritty, Gorgeous – A Knockout Performance at Joe’s Pub!
Drawing upon her Louisiana roots, her love/hate/comic relationship with church, mad songwriting skills, a great sense of timing, a good head for song selection, and a strong, sweet/raw voice that soulfully carries it all aloft – Mary McBride takes the stage and makes it her own. Continue reading
Posted in Music, Performance, Performance Review
Tagged 2011, Academy Award, Annie, Blue-Eyed Soul, Brokeback Mountain, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Country, Cross the Crosser, Cyndi Lauper, Delbert McClinton, Emmylou Harris, Gospel, Greg Beshers, Hank Williams, Highline Ballroom, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Jane LeGrand, Jerry Lee Lewis, Joe Cocker, Joe's Pub, Kenny Soule, Koko Taylor, Let it Be, Liza Minelli, londie, lton John, Maria Muldaur, Mary McBride, May 9th, Nathan Lane, New York City, New York Nightlife, Noel Coward, Paul Carbonara, Private Lives, Put Your Hammer Down, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Rock, Rufus Wainwright, Scott Ellis, Soul, Steve Earle, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, the B52s, The Beatles, The Fine Line Actors Theatre, The Home Tour, the Indigo Girls, The L Word, The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow, the Yayhoos, Theatre in Washington DC, Tommy Borscheid, Tony Award, Tony Joe White, Washington DC, Willie Nelson, Would it Kill You
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Crossing Boundaries – Performance Art Night – Monday, July 26th, 7-9 pm
CROSSING BOUNDARIES a Fresh Fruit Festival international multi-media art exhibition Curated by Heidi Russell and Fotini Vurgaropulou with special feature about LGBTQ activist and legend, Storme DeLarverie July 20 – 31, 2010 EXHIBITION HOURS: TUESDAY THRU SATURDAY, NOON TO 6:00PM … Continue reading
Immigrants Lives – Making it Real
Warren Lehrer & Judith Sloan When is the last time you witnessed something IMPORTANT? I’m lucky – I live in NYC –where the opportunity to experience art abounds. But “great art” with COMPASSION? Not so easy to find. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Performance Review, Photography, Visual Art
Tagged Activist, Al Pacino, aliens, America, Artist Soul Speaks, Crossing The BLVD, Diverse, husband and wife team, Immigrant, J.M. Kaplan Fund, Judith Sloan, Judith Z. Miller, Lily Tomlin, neighbors, New York City, Oral History, photography, Queens New York, strangers, Studs Turkel, The Fine Line Actors Theatre, The Greenwall Foundation, The Herald, The Merchant of Venice, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Women's Prison Project, Warren Lehrer
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“What is the Sound of One Hand Fu#king?”
GOLDEN FINGERS PRODUCTIONS SEEKS CREATIVE COLLABORATORS for The Hand Sex Project “WHAT IS THE SOUND OF ONE HAND FU#KING?” An Erotic Multi-Media Art Installation Brooklyn, NY, June 27, 2010. In honor of LGBT Pride Day, Golden Fingers Productions announces the … Continue reading
Posted in Multimedia, The Hand Sex Project, Visual Art
Tagged Accountants, Administrative Assistants, Architects, Artist Soul Speaks, Artists, Audio Engineers, Audio Technicians, Bisexual, Brooklyn, Camera Women, Carpenters, Collaborators, Curators, Designers, Erotic Art, Female, Fiscal Planner, Fundraisers, Galleries, Golden Fingers Productions, Grant Writers, Graphic Artists, Hand Sex Project, Interview, Judith Z. Miller, Lesbian, Lesbian Sex, LGBT, Multimedia, New York City, Producer, Project Manager, Publicists, Set Designers, Sex, Street Flyer Distributors, Subjects, Trans, Transgender, Vaginal, Video Editors, Videographers, Visual Art, Volunteer, Vulva, Web Designers, Woman, Women, Writers, ZAMO
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Wumni & Fertile Ground at the Knitting Factory NYC
“It’s not just a music, it’s a MOVEMENT” – Wumni When WUMNI took the stage at THE KNITTING FACTORY on June 3rd around midnight, the energy of holy space had been raised. The audience had experienced the presence of a … Continue reading
Posted in Afrobeat, Event Report, Performance Review
Tagged African Music, African Singers, African Women, Afrobeat, Baltimore, Be Natural, Breakdance, Call and response, Dallas, Dance, DC, Fela Kuti, Fertile Ground, Jen Mazer, Kelly Webb, Knitting Factory, music, Navasha Daya, New York City, Paris, Philadelphia, Photos of African Singers, Photos of African Women, Providence, Shalewa McCall, Singers, Toronto, Voguing, Voguing Balls, Washington, West African Dance, Wumni, Wumnigirl, Zombie
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ARTIST SOUL SPEAKS 