7/29/17 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Kendrick Lamar – Loyalty featuring Rihanna


Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna turn into a modern day Bonnie and Clyde in the highly-anticipated video for “LOYALTY.,” the latest single off the double platinum DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar – LOYALTY. ft. Rihanna

7/25/17 O&A NYC WTH WaleStylez FASHION: A$AP Rocky, Quavo & Playboi Carti Put Together Their Own Fashion Show In New “RAF” Video

RAF, the new music video and acclaimed hit from the A$AP Mob has been released. The original track actually consists of A$AP Rocky, Quavo, Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert and Frank Ocean, but in the newest visual for the single, we only get Rocky, Quavo, and Carti. Continue reading

9/5/17 O&A NYC DANCE AND MUSIC: FOLI (there is no movement without rhythm) original version by Thomas Roebers and Floris Leeuwenberg

 FOLI, the word for rhythm used by the Malinke tribes of Baro, Guinee Afrika, encompasses so much more than drumming, dancing or sound. It’s found in every part of daily life. Continue reading

7/23/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Get Here – Oleta Adams

 

Oleta Adams Grammy nominated cover of Brenda Russell’s Get Here remains her biggest hit to date. Get Here was released in 1990 on  her album Circle of One.

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7/23/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Total Praise – Richard Smallwood

Richard Smallwood wrote Total Praise during a dark time in his life. He was a caretaker for two people, one with Alzheimers and one with cancer. He originally sat down to write a “Woe is me” song , but this kept coming out instead. It’s what he called “Valley praise”. Continue reading

7/22/17 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Diana Ross & The Supremes Live In Amsterdam 1968 (Full Concert)

Diana Ross & The Supremes performances recorded live in Amsterdam Netherlands on March 4, 1968. Continue reading

(Repost) 7/21/17 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE: John Bubbles- Cabin In The Sky

Cabin in the Sky is a 1940 American musical with music by Vernon Duke, Lyrics by John La Touche, and a musical book by Lynn Root. The musical premiered on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on October 25, 1940. It closed on March 8, 1941 after a total of 156 performances. It was directed by Albert Lewis and staged by George Balanchine. The Broadway production starred Ethel Waters as Petunia Jackson, Dooley Wilson as Little Joe Jackson, Katherine Dunham as Georgia Brown, Rex Ingram as Lucifer Junior, and Todd Duncan as The Lawd’s General. Continue reading

7/20/17 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Aretha Franklin- I Say A Little Prayer


I Say a Little Prayer also returned to the Pop & R&B Top Ten in the fall of 1968 via a recording by Aretha Franklin taken from her 1968 album Aretha Now. Continue reading

8/31/17 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Janet Jackson – Love Will Never Do (Without You)

Janet Jackson’s Love Will Never Do (Without You) was more than a video, here Janet came into her own.  Continue reading