Hi Everyone!
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks since our last podcast, but here’s our latest one for your dinner, dining and dancing pleasure. Today we talk about my work and time at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and send a big shout out to Kenn Rodriguez, Danny Solis and the good people of Albuquerque for their fabulous hosting of the 2005 National Poetry Slam. As well as Team Albuquerque’s grand slam first place win at the Nationals at Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque, New Mexico in front of a sold out crowd of 2300 poetry lovers! Much love to that wild bunch who put on one of the best Nationals in years!
Today we also begin our four part interview series featuring interviews of people I met and worked with at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. First up is Joseph Marcell, veteran of stage and screen, a Shakespearean, and Broadway actor who is probably best known in America for his work as Geoffrey the Butler on the hit TV series THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR, a role created just for him.
We also feature music by Mwalim Peters, Singer/Songwriter, composer, Poet, playwright, and Professor in the U. Mass (University of Massachusetts) Theatre Dept. He’s also Artistic Director of the New African Theatre Company, the longest running black theatre company in Massachusetts. We hear a track called THE TALKING DRUM MIX, and we give you a taste of some music by Maggie Brown, her late, great father Oscar Brown Jr. and her baby sister Africa Pace Brown doing the ALL BLUES MEDLEY. Look for my interview with Maggie Brown as the last in this four part interview series.
Here are some links to the artists and festivals we’re presenting this week. Please check them out, and support them when you can. You won’t ever be disappointed!
National Black Theatre Festival – http://www.nbtf.org/
National Poetry Slam – http://nps2005.org/
Joseph Marcell – http://josephmarcell.com/
Mwalim Peters – http://mwalim.com/
Oscar Brown Jr. & his daughter Maggie Brown –
http://oscarbrownjr.com/
http://maggiebrown.com/
Peace out,
-gt
