Posted by novoscene on October 20, 2008
Funky soul singer Dwele closed out this year’s Sundays in the Redwoods series at Joaquin Miller Park with help from Khalil Shaheed & the Mo’ Rockin Project, Blayze and the Oakland School for the Arts Jazz Combo. O-Scene contributing photographer Seher Sikandar captured some great shots of the event. Check them out inside the post.
Posted in 6. Photos, music, oakland, Photos | Tagged: 6. Photos, Dwele, music, oakland, R&B, Seher Sikandar, Soul | Leave a Comment »
Posted by novoscene on October 7, 2008
If you’re a fan of live shows and know the Bay Area hip hop, funk and soul scene then you no doubt know The Park, even if it isn’t by name. Known as the go to backing band for the area soul crowd, their sets have laid the ground work for some of the livest live music performances in the last few years-from longtime soul man Darondo’s return performance at the Independent to Jessie Boykins III killing the newschool sounds at the Black New World earlier this year.
This past Saturday the band brought together a mixtape’s worth of notable local MC’s, singers and spoken word performance for a throwdown jam session at La Pena Center as part of the Hecho en Califas Festival. O-Scene contributing photographer Seher Sikandar was in the spot and took some amazing shots of the night. Click inside to check ’em out.-Kwan
Posted in 5. Weekend, 6. Photos, Hip Hop, music, Photos, Poetry | Tagged: Darondo, Hecho en Califas, Jessie Boykins III, La Pena, Seher Sikandar, The Park | 1 Comment »
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