Celebrate 25 Years of the BRC: Drop The Bomb! Rob Fields blog January 19, 2011 3Join the BRC on Friday, January 21 and celebrate the organization's first 25 years!
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (the Hood Opera) Rob Fields Artists/Bands February 2, 2010 0Tomorrow marks the first of three preview performances of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (the Hood Opera), Melvin Van Peebles' (above)...
'Miracle For A Maggot": Fundraiser for Funkadelic graphic artist Pedro Bell Sierra McClain blog December 31, 2009 0The Black Rock Coalition, launching its 25th year of being nation’s premier support 501c3 nonprofit for alternative music artists of...
TONIGHT: Marque Gilmore & DRUM FM @ Littlefield Rob Fields Artists/Bands October 19, 2009 0One of the founding members of the Black Rock Coalition returns for a performance tonight at Littlefield in BK. I...
Great writing on Michael Jackson: Greg Tate in The Village Voice Rob Fields Iconography July 11, 2009 1The other great piece on Michael was Greg Tate's tour de force in The Village Voice on Michael's legacy. Tate,...
TONIGHT: "Soul Power"–Fundraiser for Donovan Drayton Rob Fields Live Music/Shows October 9, 2008 0Just a quick reminder that tonight’s fundraiser, featuring Nona Hendryx, The Family Stand, Burnt Sugar, the BRC Orchestra and others...
PREVIEW: Fundraiser for guitarist Ronny Drayton's son–10/9 Rob Fields Live Music/Shows October 3, 2008 0photo credit: Craig Bailey A lot of really talented artists are coming together next week for an event that has...
PREVIEW: Burn It Down (8/16), BRC Orchestra (8/17) & J*Davey (8/20) Rob Fields Live Music/Shows August 15, 2008 0Saturday, August 16 Kaos Blac’s event, Burn It Down, takes place at Southpaw125 5th AvenuePark Slope, BK21+$10 The headliner is...
Harriet Tubman @ Brooklyn Museum of Art–2/17 Rob Fields Live Music/Shows February 21, 2008 1Yeah, I know it’s Thursday night. But last weekend was a great weekend of music: Between Kyp Malone, Dragons of...
Best of 2007: Chaka Khan, Somi, Afrofraktal, Brazz Tree, Cornel West, Graham Haynes + the list goes on. . . ! Rob Fields Annual "Best ofs" January 15, 2008 0Since the submissions are slowing down, I think this may be one of the last posts on the subject. Remember,...