Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery is renowned for his fiery, muscular and virtuosic tenor playing, but his explosive sound is paired with a soft-spoken and thoughtful demeanor off the bandstand.Continue reading
By Bretton Love
With a long history behind it, Harlem is a place that produced a wide range of musical genres and dancing styles that have become popular across the globe. Continue reading
As a trailblazer, Lil' Kim turned the tables on male-dominated rap. The dynamo's hard-core rap songs focused on explicit sexuality long the domain of male rappers. Continue reading
On Wednesday, August 28th, 2019, Hot 97's Music Director and Multimedia Personality TT Torrez hosted an intimate #GoGetHer dinner presented by Hennessy at STK in NYC. Continue reading
Harlem man A$AP Rocky has been on an experimental tip, of late. Last year, he dedicated his third album – emphatically christened Testing – to carving a new space for himself, one outside the well-worn, club-ready banger mode, which is the province of most contemporary rappers and trappers.Continue reading
A source writes that Harlem rapper Dave East is showing more love with "Prosper" that's all about his struggles as a youth to now living a luxurious life and making music. Continue reading
To celebrate Black History Month, Harlem fave, hip-hop legend, producer and entrepreneur Nas pays homage to a long tradition of Black musicians and storytellers who continue to empower us today in this compelling open letter and video HERE.Continue reading
Clean Music Matters Symposium The Message In Our Music - Achieving Greatness Against The Odds at Our Children Foundation, 527 West 125th Street, New York, NY.Continue reading
Musical ambassador and interpreter of America’s music, Wycliffe Gordon experiences an impressive career touring the world performing hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz receiving great acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Continue reading
By Udo Salters
On Sunday October 2nd, 2016, Bandleader, Musician and Singer Dannis Winston performed at Harlem's Minton's for his EP Master Class listening party.
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Pat and Allan Harris opened the doors of Harris Harlem Brownstone on Saturday, October 25 hosting Harlem After Dark. Pat, a producer and Allan, a jazz vocalist and guitarist, were gifted two baby grand pianos and Harlem After Dark was born.