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JAZZMEIA HORN: Once Voice Leaves Another Comes Through.
Just over a week ago, on October 21st, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center they held the inaugural Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition – “a search for the world’s next great female jazz vocalists “ – and out … Continue reading
EXTRORDINARY JOE : Terry Callier Passes To Other Side
There are some people that once you’ve met them you never forget them. Terry Callier was one of them. I first saw Terry perform at the Jazz Cafe in Camden Town and those gathered were there to pay their respects … Continue reading
PURE NICENESS: THE ART OF JAH MEK YAH DANCEHALL
Welcome to Miss Lily’s first published release, Jamaican Dancehall Signs From The Collection of Maxine Walters. This wicked looking book spotlights the vibrant hand-painted signs that can be found all over the island promoting that week’s bass-ical dancehall sessions or … Continue reading
Posted in Just Runnings, Words, Sound & Power
Tagged Art, bashment, Dancehall, hand painted signs, Jamaica, Maxine Walter, Miss Lily's, NYC, Reggae, Roots
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CATCH A FIRE : From Alpha to The QEH
The Lively Up tour arrived in London town last night and the Queen Elizabeth Hall was rammed to capacity. There was genuine sense of anticipation in the air and as one scanned the stage which was set up to accommodate … Continue reading
BRUCE FRANZIS launches his Tai Chi Mastery Programme
Back in the Eighties I was practicing Yang family taijiquan at John Kell’s school in Wimpole Street and I seem to recall a young American taijiquan practitioner / martial artist, who had been training in Japan and China, turning up … Continue reading
BASS CULTCHA…. CONCEPT CLASH
Last week I had the pleasure of joining the panel for British Underground’s ‘Bass Culture Clash’ event at the BME in the o2. As our Word Sound & Power: Reggae Changed My Life exhibition is currently in residence at the … Continue reading
Shepard Fairey’s Sound & Vision in London Town – Gotta Be Worth A Visit
Shepard Fairey, the much celebrated street /graphic artist behind Andre The Giant and OBEY and that iconic Obama poster from the 2008 US election has rolled into East London to present Sound & Vision at StolenSpace Gallery at The Old Truman … Continue reading
Posted in Deep stuff, Urban runnings...
Tagged Andre The Giant, E Pluribus Venom, Hope, Obama, Obey, Shepard Fairey, Sound & Vision, Stencil art, Street Art
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MASA SUZUKI: Zen & The Art Of Begging
Earlier today, I was thinking about the weather changing and how it gets tougher and tougher for the homeless. Also, I was thinking about how, in these difficult times, so many of us are in danger of not meeting those … Continue reading
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Tagged begging, Chen taijiqian, East London, homelessness, japan, qi gong, recession, Sculpture, traditional wood carving
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