Robert Glasper will embark on a month-long residency at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York for all of October. Several colleagues and friends including Bilal, Terrace Martin, Chris Dave, Nicholas Payton and more are performing with Glasper. He is scheduled for 48 shows over 24 nights and thereContinue Reading
August Greene made their NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert debut with a five-song set. Common, Karriem Riggins and Robert Glasper are the core members of the group but for the performance, they added members of their collective including DJ Dummy, Burniss Travis and Samora Pinderhughes. Common explains at the beginning howContinue Reading
August Greene has released their second single titled “Black Kennedy.” They use the Kennedy name and their American status and use it as an analogy for Black achievement. They were also inspired by J.Dilla and Common raps about time that he spent with him in Detroit. August Green’s first albumContinue Reading
[youtube id=”YE2lgI5nnQE”] August Greene, the new group comprising Common, Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins debuted their first video today. “Optimistic” was originally recorded by The Sounds Of Blackness and they have given it their treatment with Brandy. The video takes place in Mississippi and it honors some of the people whoContinue Reading