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Boogaloo Assassins Rep an East Coast Mix of Latin and R&B With West Coast Flair

August 1, 2017December 4, 2017 Jessica Lipsky
True to their name, Boogaloo Assassins have a murderous sound — a heavy mixture of Afro-Latin rhythms, funky horn arrangements and soulful vocals that both define boogaloo as a genre and contribute to a much wider sound. The result is something both unique to Los Angeles and timeless for Latin music lovers; they call it the sound […] Read More

 A Visual History of Salsa in New YorK

June 14, 2017December 4, 2017 Jessica Lipsky
Salsa is more than music. A movement born abroad and nurtured by immigrant communities in the heart of New York City, the uptempo, percussive and horn-driven music combined Latin and Afro-Caribbean rhythms to create the first pan-Latin musical genre that reflected the people who performed, enjoyed and danced to its beats. “Salsa was never really […] Read More

Keepers of Soul: Oakland’s Soul and Funk DJ Nights Now Rival Those Across The Bridge

May 5, 2017September 12, 2017 Jessica Lipsky
Walk from Uptown to Jack London District on the weekend, and you’ll find bar after bar blasting everything from uptempo northern soul to lowrider oldies and funky disco at 45rpm to a packed dance floor. Read More

Hepcat Are the Unsung Heroes of Southern California’s Ska Scene

April 12, 2017September 12, 2017 Jessica Lipsky
Hepcat were meant to play only one backyard show in L.A. in the late ’80s. Nearly 30 years later, they've honed their sound into one of the cornerstones of California reggae and ska revival. Read More

Digital apps and subscription boxes put books by black authors in readers’ hands

February 27, 2017December 4, 2017 Jessica Lipsky
Kaya Thomas has always been a voracious reader. But despite her growing library and bigger imagination, she often couldn’t see herself in the characters of the books she read. “Being a black woman, what I had experienced growing up was that a lot of books I was reading weren’t representative of me,” Thomas told Salon. […] Read More

Bigger than “Goodfellas”: Miami Brinks heist mastermind speaks for the first time

January 21, 2017September 12, 2017 Jessica Lipsky
Karls Monzon hadn’t seen the film “Goodfellas” when he carried off a nearly identical heist to the one organized by the movie’s protagonist, Henry Hill. Read More

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