3/30/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Whitney Houston – I Love The Lord | Live in Poland

GOSPEL SUNDAY
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Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963 in what was then a middle-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. At the age of 11, Houston started performing as a soloist in the junior gospel choir at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where she also learned to play the piano. Her first solo performance in the church was Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah. When Houston was a teenager, she attended Mount Saint Dominic Academy, a Catholic girls’ high school in Caldwell, New Jersey. Continue reading

3/23/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: CeCe Winans, Shirley Caesar – Come Jesus Come


CeCe Winans latest Gospel anthem Come Jesus Come has recently been re-released as duet featuring the legendary Pastor Shirley Caesar. Continue reading

3/22/25 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Muni Long and Tori Kelly Pay Tribute To Mariah Carey

Muni Long and Tori Kelly deliver a beautiful tribute performance to iHeartRadio’s 2025 Icon Award recipient, Mariah Carey, to some of her biggest hit songs. Continue reading

3/21/25 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: They Called Her Moses

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They Called Her Moses is Donald McKayle‘s story of freedom fighter Harriet Tubman. The cast includes Jacqueline Walcott, Robert Powell, Sylvia Waters, Arthur Mitchell, Kathleen Stanford, Donald McKayle and Carmen DeLavallade. Continue reading

3/20/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Patti LaBelle – Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Philadelphia native Patti LaBelle work spans genres including gospel, soul, blues, R &B, jazz, Broadway, television and film. Continue reading

3/18/25 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Brownstone – If You Love Me

If You Love Me is  by  R&B group Brownstone, released by MJJ Music and Epic Records. It is the second single from their debut album, From the Bottom Up (1995). Continue reading

3/18/25 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Nikki Giovanni – Ego Tripping and More

In her early work, Nikki Giovanni expressed the militant themes of the Black Arts Movement. In 1970 Giovanni introduced her third volume of poetry Re:Creation, which included her classic poem Ego – Tripping. This was followed by Night Comes Softly one of the earliest anthologies of Black Women’s poetry. Continue reading

3/17/25 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Carmen Jones- Gypsy Song – Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum

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In the groundbreaking black version of Carmen Jones there is a wonderful club scene Gypsy Song -Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum featuring three sepia divas, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey and Diahann Carroll. But there are at least three more present and future stars in the scene. As Carmen enters the club, the stunning woman with the pony-tail is famous beauty/dancer Carmen De Lavallade. Next two are fabled drummer Max Roach, and albeit just for a couple of seconds, Alvin Ailey! Continue reading

3/16/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: The Caravans- Mary Don’t You Weep (Live)-Inez Andrews, Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood, James Cleveland

Gospel icons and trailblazers The Caravans featuring Inez Andrews, Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood and James Cleveland on piano perform Mary Don’t You Weep. Continue reading

3/15/25 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Carmen DeLavallade- The Creation (TEDxEast 2012)

Dancer, actor and choreographer Carmen DeLavallade performs The Creation featuring choreography by her husband Geoffrey Holder. Holder also designed the costume and music. 
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