8/17/17 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Gorillaz- Strobelite

Gorillaz- Strobelite the Humanz track featuring emerging singer Peven Everett. The video also boasts blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameos from Albarn and some of Humanz guests like Savages’ Jehnny Beth, De La Soul’s Posdnous and more. Continue reading

8/15/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Travis Scott- The Prayer Featuring Skitzo Dancing In Shanghai

Travis Scott featuring Skitzo dance in the Yak Film presentation Dancing In Shanghai.  
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12/28/17 O&A NYC: THROWBACK THURSDAY: I Wanna Be Ready (1986)


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In a long, brilliant career, Dudley Williams worked with such artists as Martha Graham, Talley Beatty, and Donald McKayle. Most significantly, he was a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for more than forty years. He will be forever linked to his interpretation of the solo I Wanna Be Ready from Alvin Ailey’s masterwork Revelations.

 “[Dudley Williams is] amazing—an inspiration to everybody, a real poet with movement.” –Alvin Ailey from Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey.

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9/20/17 (Repost) O&A NYC GOING BACK TO AFRICA WITH Walestylez: Fela Kuti- Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense Live at Glastonbury Festival (1984)

Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti performing his hit Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense live at the 1984  Glastonbury Festival. Continue reading

8/11/17O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez SONG OF THE DAY: A$AP Ferg, A$AP Rocky, Busta Rhymes & Dave East Mob Out In New “East Coast” Remix

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

A$AP Ferg East Coast remix track just got itself a visual interpretation, and as you’d expect, it’s just as emphatic as the track. You’ll find A$AP Ferg mobbing out with the entire rap all-star squadron that includes French Montana, Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, A$AP Rocky, Snoop Dogg and even Dave East. Continue reading

8/8/17 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Prince- I Wanna Be Your Lover

I Wanna Be Your Lover, Prince’s first hit single in the United States. It was released on August 24, 1979 as the lead single from his second album Prince.   Continue reading

8/7/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Billie Holiday her songs from the film New Orleans

Billie Holiday in the 1947 film New Orleans. This video contains Holiday’s songs only- Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (two versions), Farewell To Storyville, and The Blues Are Brewin’. Continue reading

8/7/17 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You (1999)(Live

Whitney Houston’s live performance of I Will Always Love You was featured in Divas Live 99. In 1992, Houston recorded a new arrangement of I Will Always Love You for The Bodyguard soundtrack, her film debut. Continue reading

8/6/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Frank Sinatra-Count Basie (1965)

Frank Sinatra with Count Basie and his Orchestra headline the Hollywood Palace, October 1965. The special aired  about a month before his A Man and His Music special and has been forgotten. Continue reading