By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Yoga, by Janelle Monae and Jidenna, released on March 31, 2015 as the second single from Monáe’s upcoming Wondaland Records collective EP, The Eephus. Continue reading
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8/8/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FASHION: Kubo and Air Jordan 15
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Nike’s partnership with world-class animation studio LAIKA has birthed a new milestone with the reveal of the first ever Air Jordan 15 collaboration. Created in celebration of LAIKA’s latest animated feature, Kubo and the Two Strings, the oft-overlooked Air Jordan model has been hit with a drastic split-shoe makeover. Continue reading
8/7/16 SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Propellerheads featuring: Shirley Bassey – History Repeating
History Repeating, written in 1997 by Alex Gifford, and originally performed by the Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey. The track is a fusion of several different styles of big beat, breakbeat and jazz combined with the powerful vocals of Shirley Bassey. Continue reading
8/7/16 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Hezekiah Walker- Better
Better, Hezekiah Walker’s 14th album dedicated to the multiracial group that kicked off the modern Pentecostal movement at a rundown horse stable on Azusa Street in the center of a Los Angeles ghetto in 1906. The album follows Walker’s induction to the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. Continue reading
8/6/16 (REPOST) Tribute To Dudley Williams: A Song For You (1986)
In 1972, Alvin Ailey created the elegiac solo Love Songs for dancer Dudley Williams. The sixteen minute solo, composed in three sections includes A Song for You by Donny Hathaway; Poppies by Nina Simone; and He Ain’t Heavy, He’s my Brother by Donny Hathaway. Many thought of the work as the male equivalent of the female solo Cry (1971). Continue reading
8/6/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FASHION: New Nike And KITH Shop Opens
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
The Nike x Kith Shop opens at 644 Broadway. And to celebrate this occasion the pop- up shop will release 100 pieces of the Nike x Kith Swoosh Tee. Each tee comes in special metallic gold packaging, numbered to 100.
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8/6/16 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Missoni Menswear Spring/ Summer 2016 Collection
The Missoni Menswear Spring Summer 2016 Collection premiere in Milan on a catwalk of sunset-hued rose petals. Designer Angela Missoni sent her men on another far-flung adventure. This time the trip they took was to exotic India where a rich mélange of colors was the spice of life. Continue reading
8/5/16 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Chris Brown – Back To Sleep
Back to Sleep, also known by the censored version title Sex You Back to Sleep, by Chris Brown from his seventh studio album Royalty. The song was released as the album’s third single and its first urban single on November 5, 2015. Continue reading
8/5/16 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Jerome Robbins- Fancy Free
Shirley Edd, Michael Kidd, John Kriza and Jerome Robbins
Fancy Free, a ballet choreographed by Jerome for Ballet Theatre, the predecessor of American Ballet Theatre. Set to a score by Leonard Bernstein, with scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Kermit Love and lighting by Ronald Bates. The premiere took place on Tuesday, April 18th, 1944, at the original Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The sailors were played by Jerome Robbins, Michael Kidd, and John Kriza. Continue reading
8/5/16 O&A NYC GRILLING FOR THE WEEKEND: Grilled Shrimp With Honey-Ginger Barbecue Sauce
Of all the ways to prepare shrimp, the grill delivers the best flavor, and an easily assembled gingery barbecue sauce makes them that much better. Continue reading
