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Category Archives: Beats For Your Week
Beats For Your Week – Bobby Womack
We here at Across 106th Street have to show our respect and love for the great Bobby Womack who died on Friday, June 27, 2014. We hope that Womack knew how much his music meant to so many people around … Continue reading
Beats For Your Week – Antônio Carlos Jobim
Like the rest of the city, we here at 106th Street are chilled to our bones. Who and what better to warm you to your core than the music of the great, handsome, prolific, and unimaginably talented musician and composer … Continue reading
Beats For Your Week – Max Roach (Happy Birthday!)
The 106thstreeters can think of no better way to get our New Year beats on than with the exquisite rhythms of drummer, percussionist, composer and musician extraordinaire, Max Roach. As it is also his birthday today (he would have been … Continue reading
Beats For Your Week – Jorge Ben…Feliz aniversário!
Here at 106th Street, there is always music. From the men outside the bodega near Lex and 107th playing congas, to the guy blasting music from his apartment somewhere mid-way on 105th so it carries across White Playground way uptown, … Continue reading
Posted in Beats For Your Week
Tagged bossa nova, Brasil, Brazilian music, Jorge Ben, Jorge Benjor, Mas que Nada, O telefone, Por Causa de Voce Menina, Samba, Taj Mahal, Tim Maia
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Beats for Your Week – Thelonious Monk, “Solitude”
When this 106thstreeter was attending undergrad, I took a lot of music classes. When I started college, I had no musical training whatsoever and little knowledge of music history. Following my gut instinct, I only knew that music made everything … Continue reading
Beats For BBQ Films’ Week – “Kung Fu Fighting”
You know this is the place to be to ring in the Year of the Dragon. BBQ Films keeps upping the ante – look out, ’cause this one is gonna kick your ass! Let’s let Carl Douglas explain all the … Continue reading
Beats For Your Week – “New York’s My Home”
One of the 106thstreeters is spending some time in a city 5 miles from the beautiful Pacific Ocean. No doubt, she will be returning to her beloved NYC in 2013. Until then, you may find some posts about what’s going … Continue reading
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Tagged New York City, Ray Charles, songs about New York City
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Beats For Hurricane Irene’s Week – “Baby Got Back”
Irene entered the city soft, tender, and wet. She went on all night long, strong yet not too rough, quite sensitive to our needs here in Manhattan. It was a long night we had together that lasted way into the … Continue reading
Posted in Beats For Your Week
Tagged hip hop, Hurricane Irene, Manhattan, Sir Mix-A-Lot
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