Divin’ into Disco in 2018 Devyn White April 26, 2018 Columns and Opinions 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 Devyn White February 18, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews 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 Devyn White January 29, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews 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 Devyn White December 19, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews 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 Devyn White December 5, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Previews 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? Devyn White November 16, 2017 Blog, Columns and Opinions 4 Comments 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 Devyn White October 6, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews 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 ...