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Fore @ No Pulp Music Showcase
Come to the next No Pulp Showcase to hear FORE perform!
Doors open at 7 PM & Fore takes the stage at 10:30!
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/213492058782479/
Details:
Date: April 16, 2013
Time: 7 PM
City: New York, New York
Venue: Arlene’s Grocery
Address: 95 Stanton St. (@ Orchard)
Country: USA
Age restrictions: 21 + Only
Admission: $8 cover charge
The Hip-Hop Sounds of Palestine: DAM in Concert at DROM
DAM will be kicking of their DEBKE ON THE MOON album release USA Tour in NYC on March 31 at DROM!
Ten years of performing all over the world has strengthened DAM’s commitment to continue living in their hometown of Lyd – fifteen minutes from Tel Aviv – working to provide the youth of the city and neighboring communities with programs and opportunities that have otherwise been denied to Palestinian citizens of Israel. In addition, they have conducted workshops for young people from the West Bank to the US, Canada, and Europe.
DAM’s music is a unique fusion of east and west, combining Arabic percussion rhythms, Middle Eastern melodies, and urban hip hop. Their work has been influenced by artists as varied as Ghassan Kanafani, Ahlam Mosteghanemi, Mahmoud Darwish, Naji al Ali, Tupac, Biggie, Public Enemy, MBS, K’naan, and Pharoahe Monch.
Grab Tickets - Here!
For more Information, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/438759629526133/?fref=ts
If you haven’t picked up DEBKE ON THE MOON…
Download on itunes or grab the cd!
Related Show:
- Artist: DAM
- Date: SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 2013
- Time: 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
- City: NY, New York
- Venue: DRAM
- Address:85 Avenue A (between 5th St & 6th St), New York, NY 10009
- Country: United States
- Age restrictions: All Ages/Licensed
- Admission: $12
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A Moment with DJ Plain View
The third in the acclaimed mixtape series, Internationally Known vol. 3 picks up where it left off in 2012, continuing to explore the global horizons of hip hop music. The 38-track mixtape offers some of the world’s top shelf hip hop artists including X Plastaz (Tanzania), Outspoken (Zimbabwe), Bocafloja (Mexico), Akala (UK), Wageble (Senegal) and Omar Offendum (Syria/USA). In all, more than 40 artists from over 30 countries are represented in Internationally Known vol. 3.
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Dakar 2 NYC: Global Hip Hop Exchange @ NYU
Dakar 2 NYC: Global Hip Hop Exchange
Mar 11, 2013 | 5:30 PM- 9:30 PM
Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, The Gallatin School, NYU
A panel discussion and concert linking hip hop artists and activists across the Atlantic.
The event will bring together artists, musicians, and scholars for a discussion of the role of hip hop as a tool for social change in the US and in Senegal. Following a panel discussion (5:30-7pm) and a brief reception (7-7:30pm), the concert (7:30-9:30pm) will showcase Senegalese and US hip hop artists alongside a traditional Senegalese orchestra in an unprecedented fusion of African and African diasporic musical genres.
Participants will include:
M-1 (Dead Prez)
Foumalade and Les Batthaillons Blin-D
Thiat (Keur Gui)
Baay Bia (Senegal)
Farbeon (NYU)
Bryonn Bain (NYU)
Rosalind Fredericks (NYU)
Martha Diaz (NYU)
Ben Herson (Nomadic Wax)
This event was made possible thanks to the co-sponsorship of the following:
Africa House, Africana Studies, Gallatin Student Council, Gallatin Office of Global Programs, Gallatin Arts Program, Gallatin Global Fellowship in Human Rights, Gallatin Office of Student Life, Journal of Global Affairs, Center for Multicultural Education and Programs, African Students Union, The Hip Hop Education Center at the Steinhardt School Metropolitan Center
More details and RSVP: http://gallatin.nyu.edu/utilities/events/2013/03/global_hip_hop_exchange.html
Shoko Festival Application
It’s that time of year again! The Shoko Festival is coming up! If you are a talented poet, singer, emcee, b-boy, deejay, film maker producer, musician or fashion designer and would liked to be a part of this year’s SHOKO FESTIVAL, Zimbabwe’s leading urban culture festival, you can send in your applications to info@magambanenetwork.com. For full details, click here - Shoko Call for Application.
If you are considered a successful applicant we will contact you with the necessary details.
Apply NOW and be part of Harare’s illest festival!
Deadline for applications is April 30, 2013.
DJ Nio & Nomadic Wax release "Agua!"
DJ Nio, producer/MC/DJ for Italian hip hop crew Zero Plastica and Music Director for Nomadic Wax, released a new mixtape this week, “Agua!” Influenced and inspired by a recent trip to Cuba, DJ Nio compiled all of the new (and underground) music he discovered while in Cuba to form a unique mixtape. This mixtape is the sixth in his travel series “i Viaggi di NioSiddharta” (NioSiddharta’s travels). Dj Nio hopes to make mixtapes for all of the countries he visits and loves.
MIXTAPE RELEASE: Internationally Known Vol. 3.
The third in the acclaimed mixtape series, Internationally Known vol. 3 picks up where it left off in 2012, continuing to explore the global horizons of hip hop music. The 38-track mixtape offers some of the world’s top shelf hip hop artists including X Plastaz (Tanzania), Outspoken (Zimbabwe), Bocafloja (Mexico), Akala (UK), Wageble (Senegal) and Omar Offendum (Syria/USA). In all, more than 40 artists from over 30 countries are represented in Internationally Known vol. 3.
Originally conceived by pioneering emcee Dumi RIGHT of Zimbabwe Legit, Nomadic Wax’s Dj Magee, and Italy’s Dj Nio, the mixtape series has become home to many of the world’s most interesting young artists. On Vol. 3, Washington, DC’s DJ Plain View is behind the turntables, giving us the freshest mix of global sounds while Dumi Right once again hosts.
Dakar 2 NYC
The Shrine is hosting Dakar 2 NYC: Global Hiphop Exchange on March 10, 2013. Be sure to catch these phenomenal Senegalese artists including Thiat (Keur Gui), Foumalade and Bat Blin D, and Baay Bia!
For More Information, Please Visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/157019774454222
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Internationally Known * Hip Hop Show Case
On Friday, March 8, 2013, Senegal’s Yene A Mare movement shall make an appearance on the Washington DC hip hop scene. At the Internationally Known Global Hip Hop Showcase, Senegalese rap groups including as Batllions Blin D, Thiat, Waterflow and Baay Musa will take the stage at the Tropicalia. For years, and particuarly since 2000, rap in Senegal has been known for its promotion of political and social change. These artists continue to perform socially conscience and inspring music.
For More Information, Please Visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/217629271714118/
