A talk with the author of "What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman's Life And Liberation In Heavy Metal", a book that chronicles racism, sexism and intolerance in the metal scene through tales of cultural displacement and empowerment by women.
This edition is a collection of new releases that have been rattling our iPods as we've moved from the dog days of summer to the cool twilight of fall. Featuring blazing tracks by Blood Sugar X, Skunk Anansie, Cody ChesnuTT, Spectrum Road and more.
Mandrill is built around four brothers from Brooklyn via Panama and is part of a rich tradition of polyglot, self-contained bands that included WAR, Santana, and Sly & The Family Stone. They've produced a treasure trove of classic jams.
The BRC Radio crew returns with even more new releases for the summer of 2012. With tracks by Stew & The Negro Problem, Robert Glasper, Imani Uzuri, Gordon Voidwell, Martina Topley-Bird, The Bellrays and Mutha Wit among others.
Morris Day and The Original 7ven! The Roots! This stuff doesn't get enough airtime. The BRC crew takes us through more 2012 picks including Year of the Dragon, Ben Harper, Garland Jeffreys, Skunk Anansie, Blood Orange, Candice Anitra, Xenia Rubino...
For Spring 2012, the season of rebirth and renewal, the BRC Radio crew assembled this show of new sounds, new wonders, new possibilities. With tracks by Van Hunt, Gordon Voidwell, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kenna, others.
Part 2 of a program featuring tracks from the Black Rock Coalition’s 25th Anniversary compilation with Year of the Dragon, Tamara-kali, Burnt Sugar, Fishbone, Fifth Nation, The Negro Problem, Like Trains & Taxis, Jeffery Gaines, AJo, others
First of a two-parter featuring tracks from the 2011 Black Rock Coalition’s 25th Anniversary compilation, Rock ‘N Roll Reparations: Volume 2 with tracks by: Earl Greyhound, The Smyrk, McRad, White Noise Supremacists, Sophia Ramos, Pillow Theory...
The BRC crew 2011 radio reunion, full of positivity about the music scene, playing new releases and updating us on some old friends including Fishbone, Tamar-kali, Fifth Nation, California King. Ben Kenney, Living Colour, Socialybrium and lots more.
Darrell McNeill sits and does a rearview dash with the ever-analytical Paul Miller, infamously known as DJ Spooky aka That Subliminal Kid. The two wax groovy and philosophic about beats, rhymes and life and the theories behind beats rhymes and life.
A lively session from 2006 with the reunited Family Stand featuring original members, V. Jeffrey Smith, Peter Lord, and Sandra St. Victor to talk about their about their album, Supa Soul Nova and gives an in-studio performance.
