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To call downtown Durham on Monday night “lively” might be the understatement of the year: shortly after seven p.m., activists pulled down a Confederate memorial statue on Main Street. But a few blocks away, in Durham Central Park, the samba-reggae percussion ensemble Batalá Durham simultaneously hosted its weekly practice. And, for the first time in […]
On Monday evening, the community-oriented samba-reggae percussion ensemble Batalá Durham once again held its weekly rehearsal at Durham Central Park. And once again, there was a noise complaint, and the cops showed up. As the INDY reported last week, complaints from one resident of Liberty Warehouse Apartments have resulted in the Durham Police Department shutting […]
Last night, Batalá Durham assembled for its weekly practice at Durham Central Park. The community-oriented samba-reggae percussion ensemble has been at the center of a conflict that spotlights one of the ugly realities of Durham’s urban development. Though the group has had permission to practice in the park during warm months for over a year, […]
While Liberty Warehouse Apartments may not have offered any official comment on its tension with Batalá Durham, several residents have. As it turns out, many of them are in favor of Batalá Durham’s Central Park practices, and blame a single unidentified resident for all of the trouble. Chatter began on Wednesday in the comments section […]
At the end of January, the digital sales and streaming platform Bandcamp announced that, for one day, it would donate its entire cut of music and merchandise sales to the American Civil Liberties Union. That February 3 campaign was a raging success, raising more than $100,000 for the civil rights organization. This week, the site […]
Last night, Durham Central Park issued a statement in response to the story we ran yesterday about a conflict between the community percussion ensemble Batalá Durham and residents from Liberty Warehouse Apartments. The park is the central location of the problem between the two groups. With the park’s permission, Batalá Durham has been using the […]
In the early seventies, a small but dedicated faction at North Carolina Central University set out on a mission: to build a jazz studies program. By 1975, Gene Strassler, the chairman of the school’s music department, had launched a small but intense curriculum led by acclaimed trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Stanley Baird. But one […]
If you’re of a certain age or non-Southern origin, you might be confused about the term “beach music.” Maybe you’ve been baffled by the omnipresence of the song “Carolina Girls” at your office’s summer cookout, or perhaps you’ve giggled at a decal on a car window that declares that the driver loves to shag. But […]
THE BEAST Friday, July 7, 9 p.m., $10–$12 Motorco Music Hall, Durham www.motorcomusic.com To be “woke” means to be socially conscious, awake to the injustices and indignities committed against oppressed people. The term originates in African-American Vernacular English, but has been co-opted over the past decade or so by many other communities as conversations about […]
Cohen’s Girls Rock NC residency runs through Thursday, but Perry will be on hand July 18–20, and Wilder will join July 19–21. For more information on Girls Rock NC’s camps and other programming, visit www.girlsrocknc.org. For over a decade, Girls Rock NC has been empowering girls, teens, women, and gender nonconforming youth and adults through […]
