6/4/20 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Come Back, Barack (2017) – SNL

Come Back, Barack reliving the 90’s R&B Boy Band, starring De-Von-Tré featuring Chance the Rapper, Kenan Thompson and Chris Redd. The video wishes President Barack Obama would come back. [Season 43, 2017]
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(Repost) 5/24/20 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Didn’t It Rain-Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Gospel Music’s First Crossover Artist)

GOSPEL SUNDAYSister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, is a pioneer of twentieth-century music. Tharpe attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings that were a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic/early rock accompaniment.  She became gospel music’s first crossover artist and its first great recording star. Continue reading

5/23/20 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Janet Jackson (2019) Live Full Concert

Janet Jackson 2019 live concert- she just keeps getting better and better! Continue reading

5/16/20 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Marvin Gaye Live in Amsterdam 1976 (Full Concert)

Motown R&B legend Marvin Gaye brings the house down in this 1976 live Amsterdam concert Continue reading

5/11/20 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: 5/11/20 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Best Jokes of President Obama at the White House Correspondents Dinner 

Remember when we had a president with wit, charm and the savvy to deliver  self-deprecating jokes? President Obama brings down the house with great stand-up timing at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Continue reading

5/11/20 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Best Jokes of President Obama at the White House Correspondents Dinner 

Remember when we had a president with wit, charm and the savvy to deliver  self-deprecating jokes? President Obama brings down the house with great stand-up timing at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Continue reading

5/9/20 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey’s Cry

In January of 1972, Judith Jamison‘s legendary performance of Alvin Ailey‘s Cry was filmed for The New York Public Library’s archives, but it has not been shown online before now. Now courtesy of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater archives you can watch this exclusive recording May 7 at 7pm through May 14 at 7pm. Continue reading

4/19/20 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: The Clark Sisters – Blessed & Highly Favored

Blessed & Highly Favored won the Grammy award for Best Gospel Performance, and as songwriter of Blessed & Highly Favored, songwriter Karen Clark Sheard won the individual award for Best Gospel Song. This video is from the the 2008 GMA Dove Awards Telecast.
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3/22/20 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Alvin Ailey’s Cry With Yolanda Adams and Jacqueline Green (Black Girls Rock 2018)

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancer and Baltimore School for the Arts alumna Jacqueline Green ’07 performs Ailey’s iconic solo Cry (1972).  Continue reading