Monday, June 29, 2015: Women's Empowerment Day at Hip Hop for Change

Women’s Empowerment Day at Hip Hop For Change’s Second Annual Independent Hip Hop Festival on July 4.

Kate Raphael interviews founder and executive director Khafre Jay of Hip Hop for Change. HipHopForChange seeks to address the injustices of representation by Corporate media through education, community building, and the creation of a platform for people who identify with Hip Hop culture to express their true voices, selves, and culture. We create a space that emphasizes and encourages the root values of Hip Hop culture: peace, love, unity, and having fun.

Listen now or Get MP3. 13:52 min.

This Independence Day come celebrate independent women in hip hop!

This show is FREE and All-Ages so bring the whole family!

We will be celebrating all day, from noon-7pm, and our panel discussion will start at 1pm. Festival at Impact HUB Oakland, 2323 Broadway.

Our featured artists come from all four elements of hip hop and include: Local B-girls, Peaches Djs, Few and Far Women Art Collective, Ryan Nicole, Hazel Rose, Dom Jones, Breathless, Hopie, Charity Clay, Kaila Love, and The Rezurwrectaz!

Click here to listen to Women's Magazine. 59:50 min.

Also on today's show:
LGBT History and the Creation of Gay Identities

Monday February 23, 2015: 4th Monday Live Call-in Show with Lisa Marie and Vylma V

Lisa Marie Rollins and Vylma V

LisaMarie Rollins and Vylma V TALK TO OAKLAND RAPPER MADLINES ABOUT HER NEW EP "WORdPLAY". DRAWING ON HER JAMACIAN ROOTS AND BLENDING OLD AND NEW SCHOOL STYLES MADLINES EMPOWERS WOMEN WITH HER COMMITMENT TO HER ARTISTRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. 

MADlines music draws from an arsenal of influences, her Jamaican roots, Seattle upbringing and experiences teaching at-risk youth in the Bay Area. MADlines effortlessly blends old and new school lyrical styles and sounds. With her commitment to both artistry and social justice MADlines can be found facilitating creative writing classes for incarcerated teens in San Francisco at the Juvenile Justice Center. MADlines new EP WORD PLAY weaves together a unique blend of instrumentals from old favorites like BeanOne (who produced MADlines’ last project, Love Child) as well as Bay Area locals: DJ Pharoahgahmoe, Big Tunes and Phillip Drummond. The result is a diverse musical journey—from Old School Hip Hop, to Reggae Roots and even Trap.

MADlines with Vylma V

"Women conquer with the heart." Concha Buika

Angela Wellman talks with 2 TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING Afro-Spanish MUSICIAN CONCHA BUIKA . CALLED Fierce and incomparable, BUIKA TALKS ABOUT HER NEW BOOK OF POETRY AND HER UPCOMING PERFORMANCE IN SAN FRANCISCO.

"I'm gonna get married with my ownself." Buika says.

Concha Buika - Born and raised on the Spanish island of Mallorca, the 2-time grammy nominated Buika’s music is deeply rooted in the African Diaspora. Her music is deeply rooted in musical traditions of the Roma Flamenco of Mallorca, Afro-Cuban, blues, jazz, r&b and other African-based pop and traditional genres. Just three years after her 2007 American debut, NPR included her in their list of 50 Great Voices from around the world.

Buika will be performing in San Francisco February 28, 2015, 8 PM at the Nourse Theater as part of the California Institute of Integral Studies Public Performances Concert Series. Click here for tickets and information.

Remember it’s the 4th Monday of the month where hosts LisaMarie Rollins and Vylma V ask listeners to call in for live discussion.

Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min

Other Events:
Film- Reel Bad Arabs at La Pena, Thursday Feb. 26. For more info: www.mecaforpeace.org

Conference- 30th Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference, March 7th at UC Berkeley

March 8th in International Women's Day and KPFA will be broadcasting 24 hours of women's programming so don't forget to tune in.

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Monday, December 1, 2014: Tru Bloo

Tru Bloo's new album

Samar Habib explores queer Middle Eastern counterculture with Lebanese-Armenian Bay Area hip hop artist, Tru Bloo. You can download Tru Bloo's new album Tru Starz at http://trubloo.bandcamp.com/. More info about Tru Bloo at http://therealtrubloo.com/.

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Click here for the rest of the show including a tribute to Mary Berg and other local events. 59:50 min.

Also on today's show:
Thoughts on Ferguson
Wal-Mart Workers on Strike
Lesbian Avenger