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Monogold is a Brooklyn based band whose "Strange Wave" style seems to flow seamlessly thru the familiar and unfamiliar at all times. This couldn't be more apparent than on the 6th release of the "Babyfood" LP, released Sept 29th via Chill Mega Chill records. Consistently morphing sounds and styles each, release is something surprising and signature. Always staying conceptual in the music, artwork and videos they do, their art continues to evolve with each new venture. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRIC RADIO podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio

With a career spanning four decades in jazz, funk and R&B, Chuk Fowler has accompanied many legendary artists such as Harry "Sweets" Edison, Hank Mobley, and Leon Thomas. He joined B-Side with his band Higher Energy to offer up smooth tunes and his thoughts on art, culture and music. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRIC RADIO podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio

By maintaining an aggressive path of musical study and professional achievement, W. Lee Hogans has fashioned a distinct musical style. He formed his own band Pursuance in 2004. His songs, featuring strong grooves with catchy melodies, encompass the worlds of Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Soul. Stylistic influences range from Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard to James Brown and Run DMC. Lee recently signed to the Japanese record label P-Vine and released his second album with Pursuance entitled What We Play is Life. WWPIL hit the market in 2015, reaching 2nd place on the Japanese iTunes charts just behind Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. Lee Hogans and Pursuance has also dazzled audiences at many destination venues throughout New York and New Jersey, including the famous Blue Note jazz club, where the band is in residency backing up Hip Hop legends like Prodigy, Masta Ace, and Grand Puba. Lee has made influential moves in his career as a trumpeter-in-demand and producer, diligently making a name for himself in New York City and

Uni Ika Ai [pronounced: oo¬-nee ee¬kuh eye] is a Brooklyn based dream¬pop / art¬pop band comprised of music veterans Maia Friedman (Bobby), Peter Lalish (Lucius, Elizabeth & The Catapult), Tom Deis (Via Audio), and Dan Drohan. The band's debut album, Keeping A Golden Bullseye In The Corner of My Mind, incorporates elements of experimentalism, psychedelic haze, and eclectically unique pop -- a "rhythmic, wonderfully askew brand of ethereal pop" (Stereogum) that The Wild Honey Pie says is a "new kind of off-kilter dream pop that the genre has been waiting for." •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRIC RADIO podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio

Ehiorobo is an alternative R&B/electronic vocalist and producer from New Jersey. Through combining his soulful, multi-faceted songwriting style with bouncy jazz-tinged electronic production, Ehiorobo’s live show is an undeniably danceable, yet intimate roller coaster ride that’s transitioned into a dynamically high-octane full band experience equipped with experimental textures and roots in jazz/soul. Having released his debut-album, ‘limeade’, through the internet label DESKPOP at the top of 2016, his stylings have already garnered nods from taste-curators like Vice Magazine’s THUMP, The Needle Drop, Vice’s Noisey Spain, Nest HQ, Impose Magazine, and a feature on Indie Shuffle’s ‘Best Indie/Experimental Pop of 2016’ list. The east coast based off-kilter r&b vocalist is gearing up to release his highly anticipated sophomore LP in early 2018. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and Emily Boghossia

Hailed as “the future of the trumpet” by Wynton Marsalis, the GRAMMY-winning musician was born and raised in Ferguson, MO, the St. Louis suburb that tore into America’s national consciousness in 2014 with the police shooting of Michael Brown. The unarmed teen’s death, as well as the bitter protests and riots that followed, weigh heavily on Harrold’s stunning new album, ‘The Mugician,’ but the record examines our troubled times through a far wider lens than any one tragedy, combining cutting, insightful lyrics and spoken word passages with evocative, often-heartbreaking musical arrangements to paint a portrait of a deeply divided nation, one still grappling daily with the raw, open wounds of discrimination. Culture shock hit Harrold hard at 18, when he left Ferguson for New York City to enroll in The New School. In New York, he landed his first major gig performing with Common, an experience which he says broadened his musical horizons beyond the jazz and swing he’d been studying to include funk, Afrobeat, R&

Jazze Belle is a Harlem-based group headed by producer/instrumentalist Jett Carter and singer/songwriter Taylor Simone. With in uences ranging from Jill Scott to SBTRKT, the two share a sound in uenced by jazzy vocals and edgy production, blurring genre lines in the process. All of their in uences can be heard in their rst releases “Jagged Edge”,”SCW”, and in their debut EP Go To Bed Standing Up. The question asked was, ‘What happens when you become your dream?,’ and the answer is a nocturnal EP delving into both the obstacles and opportunities that occur on the path to it. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRIC RADIO podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio

Firmly rooted in New York's Punk and Hardcore ancestry, Rebelmatic has self-sworn hip-hop purists, moshing alongside skate punks. They've got the respect of the legion of hardcore kids stashed away in the wilds of Brooklyn and Long Island. They can cast a wide net, with successful results because their personal brand of Brooklyn rock has more NY hard-knocks authenticity than most. Despite their NY pedigree the band's sound is a trippy "what-if" game. More pointedly, imagine The Doors making a hardcore album…except Jim Morrison isn't a privileged college kid feigning otherwise, but an offspring of the Corona slums…the wild mane now dreadlocks, and the jazz organ abandoned in a vacant lot. Group frontman, Creature, is a virtual General on New York's alt-scene. His packed and sweaty Fire Your Boss and Coffee Grind showcases have acted as the true vanguard of alternative urban arts in recent years. A haven for those who are about the band…not the bandwagon. He's single handedly created a scene that thrives outsi

Tangina Stone is an alternative R&B artist who has been championed as a universal breath of fresh air with a purity in her sound and vulnerability in her lyrics that transcends the music scene. Featured on The FADER, Noisey, Pigeons & Planes, Okayplayer, Essence.com and more, her music can also be heard in nationally syndicated television shows on VH1 and TV One, and she has graced stages from her home base in Brooklyn, New York to Los Angeles, California, to Toronto, Ontario; generating highly acclaimed performances and fortifying a strong following across the country and abroad. Her new album, Elevate, features 13 songs that serve as a soundtrack to moments of tragedy, love, anxiety and social crisis. With tactful homage to musical influences like Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and Stevie Nicks, Elevate combines lyrical mastery with addictive elements of soul, rock, electronic and r&b into an eclectic fusion of musical artistry. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sa

Stabwounds is a doe-eyed indie folk two-piece with a salacious, occasionally murderous rock and roll streak. They "soundtrack a generation of sexually charged hopeless romantics" (Pucker Mob). All original songs, Stabwounds is the sexually charged reincarnation of Simon and Garfunkel. They are comprised of Brooklyn-based vocalists Amanda Brooklyn and Emma March Barash. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRIC RADIO podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio

A Love Like Pi has been grinding away for a while, developing and perfecting a singular sound that’s both digital and futuristic, while remaining organic and warm. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRIC RADIO podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio

Adesuwa; Singer, songwriter, producer, curator, collaborator, musician. Vocals for Denitia and Sene. Vocals, guitar for IGBO. Curator, producer for multimedia show, PARALLELS. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRIC RADIO podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio Hip Hop/R&B

Growing up just a block away from The Notorious B.I.G., watching him go from local corner boy to rap superstar, Skyzoo couldn’t help but dream big. The Brooklyn, NY native saw life in all of its "heaven and hell" juxtaposition, being from the infamous home of both Jay-Z and "Do The Right Thing". He started rapping at age nine, writing about what he witnessed on his daily routines as a child. Those years of observation and living have turned into first person narratives that have labeled Skyzoo as a "new legend" and have led to his albums being critically acclaimed by fans and critics alike. His storytelling has been commended by all walks of literary life, from hip hop royalty to university professors and everyone in between. Listeners can identify with his story, they can see the many sides of themselves in him. No matter the mood, season, or circumstance, Skyzoo offers music to live to, and to live by. The best way to describe him? A performer with the storytelling and lyricism of a young Nas, and the styl

Powerhouse vocalist, songwriter, producer and recording artist Raye 6 has been calling Brooklyn home since 2005. Currently based between Brooklyn and Miami, she has evolved into a stellar talent who has been able to travel the world sharing her musical gifts. She’s collaborated with a wide array of artists such as but not limited to: M1 of Dead Prez, Joe Buddens, Ghostface Killah and Chris Sholar (Beyonce/Kanye West) to name a few. Her “Grace Jones-esque” audaciousness enabled her to crash the MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet in 2010 upon which, images of her went viral alongside Christina Aguilera & Katy Perry. She headlined the OUT Music Awards in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood in 2012, toured Japan & London and has performed at major music festivals including SXSW, WMC, Art Basel Miami, CMJ and more. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRI

Think Louis Armstrong and his trumpet uploaded for the 21st century to a hiphop beat, and you begin to understand who Maurice "Mobetta" Brown is. Maurice is a classically trained jazzman mentored and supported by the iconic Wynton Marsalis and the legendary Ramsey Lewis. But “Mobetta” is also a hiphop head for life, and that journey on this planet rock literally parallels the history and evolution of rap. Little wonder that Maurice not only blows the roof off God’s sky with his horn, but he also spits lyrics the way Satchmo spit his own brand of vocalese back in the day. Mobetta is a horn-playing-rhyme-spraying- dancing machine that jazz-hiphop collaborators like Donald Byrd and Gang Starr’s Guru or Ron Carter and A Tribe Called Quest fantasized about in the early 1990s. No need to cram to make that jazz-hiphop experiment happen in these times because Maurice Brown is the living and breathing embodiment of it all, a one-stop shop destined to be this era’s Quincy Jones. And then some. •••• The B-Side Podcast

With a dancer’s grace, Riva Nyri Précil moves between Haiti’s spiritual and artistic traditions and a striking, worldly perspective forged in Brooklyn. Born in New York but raised in Haiti, her visual and sonic world is profoundly hybrid and utterly beautiful. Out of those same ideals and dreams to uplift and support Haitian Roots known as Racines, Vodou, the perfect alignment was created when, Monvelyno Lead guitar, music director and co-founder, "A tag less phenomenon hard to frame in one capsule and considered a renaissance being to this age", and RIVA met through music, and together seamlessly they created what is known today as Bohio music. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRIC RADIO podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio

Influenced by Stevie Wonder’s groove to Burt Bacharach's relaxed, jazzy yet poppy sensibilities, mix in contemporary artists such as John Legend, Flying Lotus, James Blake, Janelle Monae and Thundercat, then you get an idea of Gabriel Royal’s trademark sound-- the result being an easy listening modern chamber pop over the cello. Gabriel released his self titled album in 2016 - along with his single and music video for “Say It’s Right”, directed by Blake Farber, who has worked with Beyoncé and other Top 40 artists. In the last 6 months Gabriel has performed at Austin’s SXSW Festival, Soho House, Ludlow House, and Sofar Sounds. Gabriel most recently supported Bad Bad Not Good at their sold-out show in Brazil (1500 cap). Gabriel is on his way to Europe for the first time this Fall where is set to play in Eindhoven and the So What’s Next Festival in Amsterdam. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and

Shareef Keyes is a Brooklyn raised funk artist drawing inspiration from a mix of legends like Parliament-Funkadelic, James Brown, and Wu-Tang. Together with his band The Groove, Shareef has built a buzz around New York for his high energy, crowd captivating live performances. Keyes’ forthcoming LP, Cooking Something, features a nostalgic sonic climate curated by the artist himself and his older brother, Glo'. The sibling duo spent countless hours at their private family-owned studio in midtown Manhattan, honing a distinctive sound that fuses ‘70s jazz-funk influences with a modern hip-hop undertone. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRIC RADIO podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio

Birthplace of Biggie Smalls, Jay Z, and Big Daddy Kane, Brooklyn isn't generally associated with the new-age of emerging sounds of Minimal Hip Hop mixed with Alternative R&B. Against all odds, the 22-year-old singer/ songwriter/ rapper, G Milano is surfacing from the avenues of New York City with his fresh brand of contemporary soul that musically blends the urgency of popular music with the smoother, soulful sound of R&B. Reared on the slow jams of 112, R Kelly, Usher, and Chris Brown, Milano realized his talent as a teen, serenading his female classmates and eventually creating his first recordings at his makeshift studio. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel Mulet; and edited by Khyriel Palmer and Emily Boghossian. For more information on B-Side and all BRIC RADIO podcasts, visit www.bricartsmedia.org/radio

For about 20 years, Kenwinck V. Cayenne, AKA Redddaz, has proven he is a musical artist through natural talent and creativity. Straddling the genres of dancehall Redddaz inherited his talent from his father Johnny Cayenne, who used to play bass for the Mighty Sparrow, and was tutored all about the history and culture of Dancehall music from his older brother Kurt Cayenne, AKA Screwface. Just like any artist in the world, Redddaz started with a clean sheet of paper and a mind filled of creative ideas. One of those ideas being “Fyah-House Productionz”, which became the base ground for his music catalog. From producing, to singing-song writing, engineering and other skill sets within the music field, he has also collaborated with many artist, from the legends to up and coming. The future has yet to be written, and Redddaz will continue to showcase his talents all over the world. Welcome to the journey of Redddaz. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; r