WATCH: Meklit Hadero feat. Andrew Bird — “I Want To Sing For Them All” The Editorial Team blog June 27, 2017
UPCOMING: The BRC's Blaxploitation Songbook–Nov. 20 Rob Fields blog November 18, 2010 0Music and discussion on the butt-kickin', pimp-slappin', conk-slickin' films that helped shape a different black identity in the 70s.
TRAILER: Tayari Jones's "Leaving Atlanta" heads to screen Rob Fields blog November 16, 2010 1The celebrated and nuanced story of fifth-graders living through the Atlanta Child Murders heads into production.
VIDEO: Kokayi on Efficacy #62 Rob Fields blog November 16, 2010 0DC renaissance man Kokayi Issa lets loose.
TOMORROW: theDOLLDAZE opens for Toots & The Maytals Rob Fields blog November 15, 2010 0Another deserving artist gets a shot. Atlanta, stand up!
LISTENING POST: The 54 — "Overrated" (free download) Rob Fields blog November 15, 2010 2Morehouse men for the 21st century. Right on.
REVIEW: Shad — "TSOL" (Black Box Recordings/Decon) Rob Fields blog November 11, 2010 1Hip hop you can easily bump in the car with the kids, enjoy it and not feel like you're poisoning impressionable minds.
REVIEW: Steven Roby & Brad Schreiber – "Becoming Jimi Hendrix" Rob Fields blog November 11, 2010 0A recent book on the rock icon brings his humanity to the fore.
VIDEO: Cee-Lo Green — "Bright Lights Bigger City" Rob Fields blog November 10, 2010 0Cee-Lo "Just thought you should know, n--a" Green returns with his follow-up to "F-- You"
Interview: Mem Nahadr on "For Colored Girls" and Lars von Trier Rob Fields blog November 8, 2010 0Multi-hyphenate M. talks "For Colored Girls," free jazz and Europe's openness.
Jeff Chang: More than politics, the real shift is cultural Rob Fields blog November 5, 2010 1The goings-on in the political sphere and why the progressive movement needs a cultural strategy.