New American Hip Hop Innovators LOS RAKAS Will Preview New Songs At Multiple SXSW Appearances After Releasing Single “No Tan Listo” Last Week, Los Rakas Prepare For SXSW & Universal Musica debut “El Negrito Dun Dun & Ricardo” (April 15th) The Oakland-based Duo Continue To Showcase Their Bilingual & Bicultural New American Flavor, Sharing Stages … Read More
The road to #GlobalLocal2014 continues! Meet Las Krudas. Odaymara Cuesta and Olivia Prendes are Cuban Hip Hop MCs, Independent Musicians, Poets, and Theater Performers representing Womyn, Immigrants, Queer and People of Color Action as a Central Part of World Change. They choose the art as a weapon to fight against oppression, for justice, for balance, … Read More
Had a great time at Bangpop Fest this past Friday night in Austin with Zuzuka Poderosa hanging with the folks from Dub Academy, New Gyration and Ableton. Zuzuka got the entire crowd dipping and feeling her super powers, making magic on stage. Peep my Instagram [NatiConrazon] for some great video footage or click here. Zuzuka’s … Read More
“As women, especially as transnational working class women, we were never meant to survive.” AF3IRM is a “transnational feminist organization” you should know about doing important work. Loved receiving and absorbing their #IWD statement last night. This particularly resonated, as I’ve been thinking a lot about the wounds, the pain: “But we also carry these … Read More
“Sol Collective‘s Estrella Hood & Conrazón‘s Natalia Linares put together the showcase, which is now in its third year. Linares described the evolution of the event as a “self-watering thing by now that’s blossomed into something special.” She also described feeling lucky to have access to Kenny Dorham’s Backyard, saying, “We get to have this … Read More
“The new Converse-sponsored CONS EP VOL. 1 features unlikely collaborations that were recorded at the show company’s Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn. We’ve already posted the Trash Talk/Flatbush Zombies collab “97/92,” and now another song, “Spaceshippin,” unites the young brother band The Bots with the bilingual Panamanian rappers Los Rakas for some starry-eyed border-crossing.” Click … Read More
I’m excited to check out Brooklyn the Borough & Misfit Media’s Nicole Brydson talk during SXSWi this Saturday at 12:30 PM about localized media and our collective power. Click on the photo for more details. #MediaMaker The sum of honest subjective expression among individuals creates the most objective picture to understand the objective truth about … Read More
Here in Austin early because the New York winter was getting me down! I’m excited to help out with Bangpop Festival going on tonight & tomorrow at The North Door. Wanted to share the goodnesss with y’all if you’re in town for SXSWi. Proud of the folks from New Gyration (Austin massive!) for putting this … Read More
“No Tan Listo“ is Los Rakas first single off their upcoming Universal Musica debut on iTunes now. Los Rakas say of the song: “With our new partnership with Universal Musica & Sebastian Krys we wanted to make a bold statement to the world & the industry: they better prepare for our independently grown Raka movement … Read More
The road to “Listen Global, Act Local” #GlobalLocal2014 in Austin, TX (during SXSW) continues: Meet Scatter Their Own! Scotti Clifford and Juliana Brown Eyes-Clifford are Scatter Their Own – an Alternative Rock Duo of Oglala Lakota ancestry from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota. Scotti has performed across the U.S. and Canada as … Read More