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

The BRC crew returns, contrite and full of positivity about the music scene, to play new releases and update us on some old friends including Fishbone, Tamar-kali, Fifth Nation, California King. Ben Kenney, Living Colour, Socialybrium and lots more.

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.

James Spooner, director of the indie film phenom Afro-Punk, visits the Clocktower in anticipation of the second annual Afro-Punk Festival that ran for five days in 2006 at venues across Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Tracks that were oh-so-pleasing, but couldn't quite fit on the 2006 BRC compilation CD, Rock 'N' Roll Reparations, Vol. 1.. from 2006. with D-Xtreme, Jungli, X is X, Juneteenth, Rahj, Monique Debose, Dominick Marcano, Hanifah Walidah, Soma Mestizo...

LaRonda Davis, Earl Douglas and Darrell McNeill showcase more brand new Black rock releases including tracks from Michael Hill, Mad Man Films, Now Time Delegation, Chocolate Genius, Suffrajett, Blackalicious, Danielia Cotton, Fishbone, and others.

Earl Douglas, LaRonda Davis and Darrell McNeill premier selections from the Black Rock Coalition's 2005 promotional CD of new bands entitled Rock 'N Roll Reparations, Volume 1. Second of a two part show.

An interview with and choice tracks selected by James Spooner, director of the underground hit indie film Afro-Punk, which takes viewers through the Black punk and hardcore scenes.

The long song, extended play cuts. A special hour devoted to mini-musical opuses by rockers of color including The Mars Volta, Saul Williams, Maktub, WAR, Funkadelic, and Grace Jones.

For Black History Month 2005, the BRC held its 4th annual series of showcases at BAM Cafe, the restaurant/performance space in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, with Jeffrey Gaines, Seal, Zap Mama, David Ryan Harris, Pillow Theory, Brazz Tree, others.

Black Rock Coalition mainstays LaRonda Davis, Earl Douglas, and Darrell McNeill introduce the music of major and independent black artists on the progressive music scene in the US and abroad, irrespective of style or genre, like TV On The Radio...