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Jarina De Marco - Main Dish

Put You On: Jarina De Marco – Main Dish

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Even though Jarina De Marco is not from Uptown, the Brooklyn based femme fatale is half-Dominican and half-Brazilian, this song is seriously infectious and she is someone that NEEDS to be on your radar. Jarina…

Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough?

Put You On: Lianne La Havas

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I first came across the immensely talented Lianne La Havas via the indispensable WNYC last September. The voice, sound and style of the young folk/soul songstress were quite simply arresting. Think Lauren Hill mixed with…

Will Glass - Beats Field

Uptown Sounds: Will Glass – Beat Fields

Beat Fields is a collection of beats/songs made entirely on a four-track cassette player with drums, Wurlitzer electric piano, bass, guitar, organ, percussion, and turntables by neighborhood drummer and musician Will Glass. Will Glass has played experimental pop with…

What is your Son de Verano?

Like we have said on many occasions, there is nothing in the world like an Uptown summer. Uptown summers are magical, mystical and life changing. One of the key ingredients to an Uptown summer is music. That’s right, there…

Put You On: Jhade

Our good friends at PMG have a new artist that is about to make some serious noise, Jhade. Her new single, Super Hero, features an ill verse from Washington Heights’ own Christian D’or. Check out her site and find…

Save the Date: Questlove’s Shuffle Culture @ BAM April 19th & 20th

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Produced by BAM Apr 19 & 20, 2012 at 8pm “Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson just might be the closest thing we have to a hip-hop Zelig… expanding the assumed limits of hip-hop…” —Pitchfork Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the…