A Documentary Film “The Blues Society” by Augusta Palmer…#BlackLivesMatter

A movie about a collective of artists and musicians in Memphis who loved Blues music enough to change the way we think about it. Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi DooBeeDoo and I are happy to hear that our contributor and friend the cool Augusta Palmer has a new film The Blues Society in the works. She’s been […]

Concert review: InnoVe Gnawa Band & Faith at Mercury Lounge (NY)

Venue: Mercury Lounge (NY) Date: November 25, 2014 Concert Review by Dawoud Kringle On the night of the Ferguson riots, while protests sprang up throughout major cities in the US, InnoVe Gnawa Band took the stage and brought the legendary and magical Gnawa music to NYC’s Mercury Lounge, with Black Rock Coalition mainstay Faith waiting […]

Music Listings – 6/9 through 6/16/2014

1. Evolving Music: 2nd week of Steve Swell Residency Date: Monday, June 9, 2014 Time: 7:30pm to 11pm Venue: Clemente Soto Velez Center (107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002) Tickets: $11 per set Genre: jazz/improv 7:30PM – 8:30PM – Steve Swell/Reggie Nicholson Steve Swell – trombone Reggie Nicholson – drums 8:45PM – 9:45PM – Davis/Ishenko/Spanos […]

Recommended KICKSTARTER Campaign by Augusta Palmer: A is for Aye-Aye: An Abecedarian Adventure

Text by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi I really recommend this funding campaign by my friend, fan, and DooBeeDoo contributor. Text by Augusta Palmer “A is for Aye-Aye” is a short film, an alphabetical journey that creates phantasmagorical new worlds from found images.