mattswriting.com » Dahlak Brathwaite http://mattswriting.com DJ Matt Werner Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:06:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The DJ Matt Werner Show on Fresh Air: The Alternative features interviews with some of the most provocative musicians and writers today who challenge the status quo of the music and literary scenes. Featured guests include hip hop artist Talib Kweli, spoken word artist and musician Saul Williams, rock composer Dave Smallen, modern classical composer Fr. Bruno Clifton, beatboxer and voice artist Kid Beyond, and poets from the Def Poetry Jam including Ise Lyfe, Dahlak Brathwaite, and George Watksy. DJ Matt Werner no DJ Matt Werner mattswriting@gmail.com mattswriting@gmail.com (DJ Matt Werner) DJ Matt Werner and the respective copyright holders, 2009 A weekly musician interview program with Scotland's premier literary DJ Fresh Air, DJ Matt Werner, Fresh Air: The Alternative, Talib Kweli, Saul Williams, Hyphy, Dahlak Brathwaite, Watsky, Kid Beyond, Literary DJ, Conscious, Hip Hop, Michael Krasny mattswriting.com » Dahlak Brathwaite http://mattswriting.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/MLK_and_Eminem_for_iTunes_thumbnail.jpg http://mattswriting.com Interview with hip hop artist Dahlak Brathwaite http://mattswriting.com/2009/04/16/interview-with-hip-hop-artist-dahlak-brathwaite/ http://mattswriting.com/2009/04/16/interview-with-hip-hop-artist-dahlak-brathwaite/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:16:19 +0000 Matt http://mattswriting.com/?p=82 dahlak-brathwaite-poetry

DJ Matt Werner’s interview with hip hop artist Dahlak Brathwaite originally aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on November 18, 2008.

In this 40-minute interview and feature on Dahlak Brathwaite, Dahlak discusses his Kanye West tribute album Commencement, touring with Ill-Literacy (his group with Adriel Luis, Nico Cary and Ruby Veridiano-Ching), his views on race in the United States, life after graduating from UC Davis, and Barack Obama. The interview also features 6 of Dahlak’s tracks and poems, including A Peculiar Evolution, Take It Away, Black Genius, Fight! Fight! Fight! (with George Watsky), Do It, and Never Know.

For more on this dynamic MC and spoken-word performer, musician, writer, and theater actor Dahlak Brathwaite, please see his websites: http://www.thisisdahlak.com/ and http://www.ill-literacy.com/

(Right click and select “Save Link As” to download the large, 84 MB mp3 audio file)

Click on the player to listen to the 40-minute interview and feature on Dahlak Brathwaite.

]]> http://mattswriting.com/2009/04/16/interview-with-hip-hop-artist-dahlak-brathwaite/feed/ 0 Dahlak Brathwaite,Def Poetry Jam,DJ Matt Werner,Fresh Air: The Alternative,Ill-Literacy,spoken word In this 40-minute interview and feature on Dahlak Brathwaite, Dahlak discusses his Kanye West tribute album Commencement, touring with Ill-Literacy (his group with Adriel Luis, Nico Cary and Ruby Veridiano-Ching), his views on race in the United States, (http://mattswriting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dahlak-brathwaite-poetry.jpg) DJ Matt Werner’s interview with hip hop artist Dahlak Brathwaite (http://www.thisisdahlak.com/) originally aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative (http://freshair.org.uk/) on November 18, 2008. In this 40-minute interview and feature on Dahlak Brathwaite, Dahlak discusses his Kanye West tribute album Commencement, touring with Ill-Literacy (www.ill-literacy.com/)(his group with Adriel Luis (http://adrizzle.com/), Nico Cary (http://ill-literacy.com/about_nico/) and Ruby Veridiano-Ching (http://www.ill-literacy.com/glamourbaby/)), his views on race in the United States, life after graduating from UC Davis, and Barack Obama. The interview also features 6 of Dahlak's tracks and poems, including A Peculiar Evolution, Take It Away, Black Genius, Fight! Fight! Fight! (with George Watsky), Do It, and Never Know. For more on this dynamic MC and spoken-word performer, musician, writer, and theater actor Dahlak Brathwaite, please see his websites: http://www.thisisdahlak.com/ and http://www.ill-literacy.com/ (Right click (http://mattswriting.com/podcasts/Dahlak%20Brathwaite%20Interview%20with%20DJ%20Matt%20Werner%20on%20Fresh%20Air%20The%20Alternative.mp3) and select “Save Link As” to download the large, 84 MB mp3 audio file) Click on the player to listen to the 40-minute interview and feature on Dahlak Brathwaite. DJ Matt Werner no 36:45 Welcome to Mattswriting.com http://mattswriting.com/2009/03/26/welcome-to-mattswritingcom/ http://mattswriting.com/2009/03/26/welcome-to-mattswritingcom/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:52:32 +0000 Matt http://mattswriting.com/?p=3 DJ Matt Werner’s Site is currently under construction. This is the future home of DJ Matt Werner’s artistic endeavors.

In the future, this site will host podcasts of DJ Matt Werner’s exclusive interviews on Fresh Air: The Alternative with a great array of artists, ranging from hip hop artists Ise Lyfe and Talib Kweli, to rock artist Dave Smallen, spoken-word artists George Watsky and Dahlak Brathwaite, beatboxer Kid Beyond, and modern symphony composer Fr. Bruno Clifton.

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