Best of 2007: Game Rebellion, Apollo Heights, Skindred, Saul Williams, Kenna, Earl Greyhound + a bunch more! Rob Fields Annual "Best ofs" December 18, 2007 0What’s cool about this is that I’m getting turned onto a lot of other bands that are outside of NYC. ...
links for 2007-12-18 Rob Fields Uncategorized December 18, 2007 0Songs of Love and Murder, Silenced by Killings Some perspective: It’s buckwild in other parts of the world, too, where...
St. Clair Bourne, 1943 – 2007 Rob Fields Community December 18, 2007 1One of our great documentary filmmakers, St. Clair Bourne, passed away earlier this week. Our friends over at Audiologo have...
Best Black rock releases of 2007. . .? Rob Fields Annual "Best ofs" December 18, 2007 0I was planning my roundup of what I thought some of the great Black rock /Afropunk/Ghetto Metal/urban alternative /progressive black...
Quotable: Bob Lefsetz on growing audiences Rob Fields Inspiration December 17, 2007 1Industry curmudgeon Bob Lefsetz has some advice everybody in the Black rock/Afropunk/Ghetto Metal/Urban alternative space should read: But in the...
On excellence–part two, or making it matter in the marketplace Rob Fields Inspiration December 13, 2007 0I feel like 2008 is going to be the year of making Black rock matter in the marketplace. That is,...
On excellence–part one Rob Fields Inspiration December 12, 2007 0So it’s mid-December and I’m just now posting this video from September’s BoldasLIVE. What’s that about? you may ask. Honestly,...
links for 2007-12-12 Rob Fields Links December 12, 2007 0Radiohead Makes Business Plans the New Punk Rock The broader thinking that’s required if we’re to grow the audience for...
Ike Turner passes Rob Fields Artists/Bands December 12, 2007 0Early reports are in that Ike Turner–credited as one of rock’s architects, despite the infamy he gained through his abuse...
Greg Tate remembers Tom Terrell Rob Fields Community December 11, 2007 0Hat tip to Michael Gonzales for the heads-up. What I find really moving are all of the letters that people...