3/1/22 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Halle Berry Wins Best Actress: 74th Oscars (2002)

“I wanted to believe it was so much bigger than me,” said actress Halle Berry of becoming the first (and still the only) Black performer to win a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Monster’s Ball at the 2002 74th Academy Awards. Continue reading

2/27/22 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Bobby McFerrin- 23rd Psalm

Bobby McFerrin‘s haunting rendition of the 23rd Psalm featuring SLIXS & Friends, live in Gdansk, Poland at the Solidarity of Arts Festival, 17 August 2013.
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2/13/22 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Count Basie and his Orchestra- North Sea Jazz Festival (13-07-1979)

The second concert of bandleader/pianist William ‘Count’ Basie and his Count Basie Orchestra at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1979 features great solos by bassist John Clayton and drummer Butch Miles. Basie did two concerts at the festival, one month before his 75th birthday. Continue reading

2/12/22 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Aretha Franklin – Live In Montreaux [Full concert]

Aretha Franklin live at the Casino de Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland, June 12th, 1971.  Continue reading

2/12/22 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Prince & The Revolution – When Doves Cry


When Doves Cry was composed by musician Prince, and was  the lead single from his sixth studio album Purple Rain Continue reading

2/12/22 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Ghetto Kids – Dance Talker 2022

The Ghetto Kids (or Triplets Ghetto Kids) is a dance group founded in 2014 by Daouda Kavuma and composed of children from the Katwe slum in Kampala (Uganda). Continue reading

2/10/22 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Jackson 5- I’ll Be There

I’ll Be There is the first single released on Third Album by The Jackson 5. It was written by Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Bob West, and Willie Hutch.
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1/9/22 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Michael Jackson – You Rock My World

The short film to You Rock My World, the Top 10 hit single from Michael Jackson‘s Invincible, features guest appearances from Chris Tucker, Michael Madsen and Marlon Brando, in one of his final film appearances.
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1/9/22 O&A NYC WaleStylez DANCE PARTY: Storyboard At Sadler’s Wells-London

The one and only Storyboard P wows the audience at London’s Sadler Wells Theatre with a medley of Marvin Gaye classics  Continue reading

2/9/22 O&A NYC WaleStylez HIP HOP WEDNESDAY: RUN DMC – Walk This Way ft. Aerosmith


Aerosmith manager Tim Collins answered his phone one day in early 1986, he was, at first, confused. The voice on the other end belonged to Rick Rubin, the 22-year-old hip-hop producer and entrepreneur behind Gef Jam. He wanted to talk to Collins about the idea of remaking his charges’ 1975 single Walk This Way with RUN DMC, a rap group on his roster. Before Rubin could go into any further detail, Collins cut him off to request a little clarification: “What’s rap?” Continue reading