Divin’ into Disco in 2018
It was New Year’s Eve on the Rooftop of the Ace Hotel. There were crowds of people at the bar, chilling on chairs and couches, and quite a few others dancing. Unfamiliar with DJ-ing and house music at this ti...
Black History Month with Con Funk Shun
This past week, I was blessed to see Con Funk Shun at Yoshi’s in Oakland. If you don’t know who Con Funk Shun is - AKA if you aren’t obsessed with funk or born in the ‘50s or ‘60s - they are an old-sc...
Weedhead weirdos: a night with Jerry Paper and Mild High Club
On Wednesday, January 24th, I made the trek from Berkeley to Mill Valley across the Richmond Bridge in the pouring rain to experience some good times with Mild High Club. I was really committed to this concert ...
A getaway with Jamila Woods
This show was exactly what a stressed, academically-inclined, spiritual woman of color needed before finals. It was full of sweetness and love -- enrichment to my soul. The Great American Music Hall’s small v...
The Poetic Jamila Woods is coming to bless San Francisco
Jamila Woods will be saturating the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on December 6 with her sweet and soulful R&B groove to promote the re-release of her popular debut LP, HEAVN (2016) presented ...
What happened to Chris Brown?
TW: Domestic Violence
While I was scrolling through Spotify’s New Releases page the other day, I noticed that Chris Brown had come out with a new album, Heartbreak on a Full Moon (2017). I honestly didn’...
Experience Fantastic Negrito’s fearless sound at the UC Theatre + Ticket Giveaway
Fantastic Negrito will be blessing the UC Theatre Saturday, October 14, with other Oakland-based artists, MAD NOISE and The Jamming Nachos.
Born to a conservative Muslim family in Massachusetts, Xavier Amin ...