Category: BRC Productions

Historic: BRC Photo Exhibit at NYPL for the Performing Arts, NYC

  BLACK ROCK COALITION PHOTO EXHIBIT AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY  FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS  (LINCOLN CENTER, NYC) Closed April 16 The Black Rock Coalition, in conjunction with the New York Library for The Performing Arts, presented a new photo exhibit featuring some of the best musicians by our strong crew of photographers. Shots by […]

NOW AVAILABLE: BRC 30th Anniversary Compilation

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL REPARATIONS, V3: MILLION MAN MOSH EDITION – For a free digital download code, send an email to BRC30@blackrockcoalition.org with ‘code’ in the subject. – For a free copy of the CD, come see us at the next BRC event (send an email to BRCmembersinfo@gmail.com to be added to our weekly newsletter, ‘This Week […]

Historic: BRC 30th Anniversary Compilation RELEASE PARTY

FREE PARTY. FREE MUSIC. FREE NEGROES MAKING REAL MUSIC. Shout out to compilation artists Imani Coppola, Jason BK (of Sewer Rats BK), M. Lamar, GKA, Militia Vox, Omega Sirius Moon, Drue Davis, GhettoSongBird (all the way from Philly!), and Luqman Brown (of BuddhaBug Records) for coming out and helping us blast this important music all […]

Historic: CLOSING PARTY for BRC Exhibit

  Rocking Since Birth: The BRC Celebrates 30 Years of Reclaiming & Correcting the Rock Aesthetic Exhibited from Oct 8-Nov 27, 2015 In 1986, BRC Co-Founder Vernon Reid told John Lelund of Spin Magazine, “Blond, long hair, white. Our organization is a direct challenge to that mentality, that imagery. Because FIRST, ROCK IS BLACK MUSIC. […]

BRC Celebrated 30 Years in 30 Days…& Counting

For the 30th Anniversary, we spent the 30 days of September in praise of the BLACK ROCK COALITION and our members. Check it out (most of) what we did: Every Monday: On Membership Mondays, we featured (and will continue to feature) members through our social networks. Members, please don’t forget to fill out your member questionnaire. Every Tuesday: We offered free […]

Historic: The Reunion of Sophia’s Toy

We all know the story…Once upon a time there was a band of immensely talented musicians fronted by Sophia Ramos and Mike Ciro. That band screamed their way through NYC, got noticed, got signed, got a record made, and then got the shaft from their label for being ‘unsellable’ (apparently in their eyes, black and brown people […]

Historic: BRC Orchestra Tour of France

‘Sisters, Songwriters & Sirens’ celebrates the important and often under-appreciated contributions Black women make to culture through music, expression, perspective, and visibility. Heading overseas for a 6-show, 12-day tour of France, this was the third time our host Chateauvallon had called upon the talents of our all-female lineup to bring audiences to their feet in the name of Nina, Tina, Betty, Rosetta, Abbey, […]

Historic: Million Man Mosh III @ Highline NYC

  With Man Mosh I and II, (which we could not have done without generous performances from Living Colour, 24-7 Spyz, Ronny Drayton and Reverend Kim Leslie, Nona Hendryx, Burnt Sugar, DJ Afrika Bambaataa, The Sugarhill Gang, and others), we were able to bring folks together, call attention to the issue of unjust incarceration, and help raise money for Donovan Drayton’s Legal Defense Fund […]