Falu y Su combo
Last thursday was the return of Latin Jazz thursdays at LOX located on Putnam ave. between Cambridge place and Grand ave. Latin Jazz is a musical hybrid of rhythms from Latin America, the Carribean & African countries mixed with jazz and classical harmonies of the U.S., Latin America and Carribean. Seamlessly weaving these [...]
I stopped by the afro-punk block party on sunday on Clinton ave between Myrtle and Willoughby. It was a festive, colorful affair with the highlight of the day being a set by DJ Rich Medina. I even saw someone who was the subject of a post on Clinton Hill Chill…my man CHL! I also really [...]
This is my first post that is not based in the hood but I had such a good time I wanted to share my experience. Wednesday night I asked my daughters if they would like to attend the Brooklyn Hip Hop festival on saturday to hear some of “daddy’s Hip-Hop”(it’s old school to them!). To [...]
This video is from the classic group A TrIbe Called Quest (who’s from Queens) featuring the always animated Busta Rhymes. It was shot in Bed-Stuy in the nineties, the videos I’ve featured previously were mostly in Fort Greene or Clinton Hill…So I had to do one for “Do or Die”. My favorite part in this [...]
Last thursday I had the pleasure of meeting lesterhead of Clinton Hill Blog. When I firsted started Clinton Hill Chill I emailed lesterhead to ask if I could be added to her blog roll…She did me one better by making a post linking readers directly to my blog. Since starting it we have coresponded a [...]
Now there’s been plenty of speculation of about what the former bodega on Clifton place and Grand avenue will be become. So far I’ve heard a brick oven pizza shop, clothing store or some type of business office. No one seems to know for sure yet, but I can’t lie although I miss the bodega, [...]
Two weeks ago on the summer solstice night of friday June, 20th the residents of Clinton Hill were treated to an impomptu concert on the corner of Putnam and Grand aves. Fresh of winning their 19th contest in a row, The Approaching Storm Marching Band jumped out their charter bus and began to rock to the [...]
