Author/Director/President of Urban Romances
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Vintage Soul
Maybe because I’ve been developing a soul travel show for VH1 Soul I’ve been listening to a lot of new and old soul music. At first I thought it was just me, but there’s been extraordinary around the music and culture in the last two years. Lots of new live acts. Lots of new records, [...]
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I’ll be traveling around America this summer in search of bands, singers, bars, clubs and clothing stores and interesting stuff related to the feeling and culture of Soul for my VH1 series Soul Cities. I’m not looking for tourist spots but places and spaces that only the locals know. The cities I’ve visiting are New [...]
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Smart Black People
Written & Directed by: Nelson George
A companion piece to his 2004 book, Post-Soul Nation, author (and Voice contributor) Nelson George's documentary Smart Black People reunites some of the subjects of a generation-defining photograph to document the impact of the "New Black Aesthetic" that arose in the 1980s in arts, criticism, and entrepreneurship. Sixty minutes of panel discussion might peeve if George's panelists - including Russell Simmons, Trey Ellis, and Voice critic Greg Tate - weren't so darn pithy, engaging, and, well, smart.
Pete L'Official
Village Voice November 23-29, 2005
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