If You Want Me To Stay is a 1973 hit single by Sly and The Family Stone, from their album Fresh. Continue reading
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Tag: Live Performance
5/21/25 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ DANCE PARTY: DWP Academy Performs At Ghana Dance Festival 🇬🇭
The sensational DWP Academy performs at the 2023 Ghana Dance Festival. Watch how DWP Academy move the crowd with their amazing dance performance. Continue reading
5/21/25 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: @JasonDerulo nails OPERA version of Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot
Jason Derulo gives Sir Mix-a-Lot’s mega hit Baby Got Back a theatrical makeover in the Musical Genre Challenge. Continue reading
5/17/25 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Labelle in Concert 1975
Labelle was a three member band that originated out of the Blue Belles, a girl group who were a popular vocal group of the 1960s and 1970s. Continue reading
5/6/25 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Fantasia Returns To American Idol To Sing Have Your Way
Fantasia Monique Barrino-Taylor known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is a singer and actress. She rose to prominence in 2004 for her performance of the Porgy and Bess standard Summertime during the third season of American Idol and eventually became that season’s winner. Continue reading
5/1/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Marvin Gaye – I Want You (Live In Concert)
I Want You is a song written by songwriters Leon Ware and Arthur T-Boy Ross and recorded and released as a single by Marvin Gaye. Released as a single in 1976 on the Tamla label, the song introduced a change in musical styles for Marvin Gaye, who before then had been recording songs with a funk edge. Continue reading
4/27/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: LaShun Pace – I Know I’ve Been Changed
LaShun Pace-Rhodes was a Gospel artist, songwriter and evangelist. Pace was also a Stellar Award winner. Continue reading
4/22/25 O&A NYC REVIEW: Macbeth in Stride
By Walter Rutledge
For those of us that believe “Hell has no fury like a women scorned”. And for those of us who know firsthand you do not mess with a Black woman who “ain’t feeling it”. Leave your Elizabethan mindset at home and head to the Harvey Theater to experience MacBeth in Stride – Shakespeare from a sistah’s point of view. Written and performed by Obie- Award winner Whitney White the production takes Shakespeare and female empowerment to a new level. This soulful contemporary rendition of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth runs for only five remaining performances through April 27 at the Harvey Theater located at 651 Futon Street in downtown Brooklyn. Continue reading
4/20/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Come Sunday – Jazz At The Lincoln Jazz Center With Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis says of Duke Ellington’s groundbreaking masterpiece Black, Brown and Beige. Since its 1943 debut at Carnegie Hall, the piece—a sprawling survey of African American history—has been heralded as one of the most significant compositions in American orchestral music. Continue reading
4/3/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Whispers – Lady
The Whispers are an R&B group from Los Angeles, California. Scoring hit records since the late 1960s, they are best known for their two number-one R&B singles, And the Beat Goes On and Rock Steady. Continue reading
