[ARSCLIST] September Issue of Black Grooves

["Nelson-Strauss, Brenda" <bnelsons@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The September issue of Black Grooves has now been posted at
www.blackgrooves.org. To capitalize on that "back to school" spirit we
thought it would be fun to feature the CD debuts from two up and coming
college town rock-soul-funk bands: Mental Afro from Bloomington, IN and
Soulganic from Charlotte, NC. Continuing with the black rock theme,
we're also featuring the new release from the seminal punk-rock band Bad
Brains. World music is explored in 2 new DVDs about Kenyan hip hop and
Caribbean scratch bands, as well as a CD anthology of reggae recorded at
Toronto's Summer Records studio. Haitian-American composer/violinist
Daniel Bernard Roumain provides an interesting mix of
classical-jazz-electronica in his latest CD, which includes
collaborations with Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Peter Gordon. If
you're into contemporary urban gospel from the last decade you'll want
to check out the new "best of" Trin-i-Tee 5:7 compilation, and you won't
want to miss the gospel inflected soul of Atlanta sensation Donnie,
whose sophomore album  addresses everything from the war on drugs to
Hurricane Katrina. Last but not least, our hip hop editor covers the
release of Ultimate Force's "lost" debut album as well as a remastered
version of the original premier by Masters of Ceremony. 

 

 

Brenda Nelson-Strauss

Editor, Black Grooves

Archives of African American Music and Culture

Indiana University

Smith Research Center, Suite 180

Bloomington, IN 47408

812-855-7530

bnelsons@xxxxxxxxxxx

www.indiana.edu/~aaamc

www.blackgrooves.org