SCHEDULE
Black Music Film Festival: Enterprise Center 5/25 6p - 12m (FREE)
Black Music Awards Ceremony/Concert: Clark Park 5/26, 12n - 5p (FREE)
Black Music Cabaret: Enterprise Center 5/26, 9p - 2a ($50)
Black Music/Culture Town Hall Panel Discussions: Clark Park 5/27, 12n - 5p
CONFIRMED MUSIC ARTISTS
Angel Rissoff + The Soul Searchers
Billy Griffin
Carlton J. Smith
Charles Wright
Chi-Lites
Chip Shelton
Cliff Perkins/Soul Generation
Deep3
Desi
Escorts
Gerri Allen
Ginetta's Vendetta
Jason Miles
Jimmy Castor
Lady's of Skyy
Mandrill Family
Martha Redbone
Melba Moore
Micheal Henderson
Nadir
Onaje Allan Gumbs
Orlons
Persuaders
Poetic Notion Chorus
Ray, Goodman & Brown
Rich Kiddz
Square Egg
SounDoctrine
Ted Mills (Blue Magic)
TnT
Traciana Graves
Wendell B.
Will Hart formerly of Delfonics
TOWN HALL SCHEDULE: Sunday – 5/27 @ Clark Park (12 noon – 6p)
12n Internet From The Ancient to the Future How is the internet changing Black Culture?
Who should be involved? What are the barriers to entry? How can new businesses be created and sustained online? What are some of the existing models? What are some of the models for the future? Is Black ownership critical? etc...
• Moderator: Thomas Dorsey - Publisher SoulofAmerica.com
• Stephan Broadus - New Pittsburgh Courier
• Mike Davis - Soul-Patrol.com/Davis Industries
• Leland Hardy -Founder NewYork.com
• Doreen Wade - New England Informer
1pm Jazz Roundtable
Is jazz for whites only? Is "smooth jazz" destroying Black Culture? Is jazz in a crisis? Why is jazz off the radar of young people? etc....
• Moderator: Thurman Watts - Broadcaster/Journalist
• Geri Allen - Artist/Activist
• Kayte Connelly Formerly Berks Jazz Fest Exec Director
• Kenny Mead - Jazz Producer
• T.S. Monk - Artist/Activist
• Onaje Allan Gumbs - Artist/Activist
2pm Plantation /Knee-Grow Radio Stations
Where did all of the good music go? Is anyone still listening? Why should we care? In what ways do these stations do damage to Black Culture? What are the alternatives? etc...
• Moderator: Tony Ryan - WBAI/WBLS
• Kirby Carmichael - Legendary Broadcaster/Photo Journalist
• Craig Chapman - Internet Radio Owner
• Thurman Watts – Broadcaster/Journalist
• Al Goodman – Artist/Activist
3pm Independent Artists Forum
Why are there so many independent artists these days? How can we find their music? How do they find an audience? What's Underground Soul"? How are Independent artists promoted? How does an independent artist sustain a music career? etc...
• Moderator: Kevin Harewood - Author/Consultant
• Darrell King - Sound of Market Records/Music Retailer
• Randall Grass - Shanachie Records/Indy Record Label
• Warren Haskins - DEMBI/Dell East, Venue Operator/Music Business Educator
4pm Black Music Cultural/Social Impact
How do we insure the future of this great culture? Do some of the answers lie in the past? Or has it's time simply come and gone? etc
• Moderator: Darrell McNeil - Black Rock Coalition
• Patricia Wilson Aden - Executive Director R&B Foundation
• Mark Anthony Neal - Author/Educator/Activist
• Dr. Ricardo Wilson - Black Music Legend/Activist
• Jimmy Castor - Black Music Legend/Activist
• Charles Wright - Black Music Legend/Activist
5pm Do We Need Hip Hop To Die a Quick & Painful Death, in Order For Black America To Stop Moving Backwards?
On the surface this topic seems to be crazy. Especially to anyone who is below the age of thirty, who probably can't imagine a world without hip hop? However it just might be the most important music related topic we have to discuss, right now in 2007.
• Moderator: Bob Davis – Soul-Patrol.com
• Mark Anthony Neal - Author/Educator
• Earl Gregory - Artist/Activist
• Lawrence Perry - Artist/Activist
• Selah Eric Spruiell - Artist/Activist
• The One Sun Lion Ra - Artist/Activist
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