Past Dates

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Brooklyn College Hillel

Brooklyn Peace Fair - 2pm

2301 Campus Road Brooklyn NY 11210 US [map]
Price: free

The Eighth Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair 2012

We are thrilled to invite you and your organization to become a part of the Eight Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair on Saturday April 28, 11 pm to 5 pm, at Brooklyn College.

This Peace Fair includes a range of workshop and discussions, musical performances, art exhibits, and children activities which we hope everyone will enjoy. But in addition to discussing the urgent issues before us, we rejuventate and build our connections as a community dedicate to waging peace.

featuring spiritchild & the One Mic Collective with performances and workshops (Hip Hop is Our Life, Hip Hop is Resistance)

http://www.brooklynpeace.org/brooklynforpeace/committees/peace-fair/pf-2012/peace-fair-2012-pre-event.htm

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Kiss The Crown NYC Youth Hip Hop Cultural Event

Kiss the Crown - 10am-4pm

2530 Jerome Avenue (@ 191st Street) (Across from the Post Office) bronx new york 10468 [map]
Price: free
Saturday April 28, 2012
10am-4pm
featuring One Mic Collective, Immortal Technique, spiritchild, Jasiri X, Kid Lucky, Chief 69 and many more
St. James Parks & Recreation Center
2530 Jerome Avenue (@ 191st Street) (Across from the Post Office)
Bronx, NYC 10468

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Stony Brook University

2TheLeft Forum & Concert - 7-11pm

Stony Brook NY 11794 US [map]
Price: free

annual 2theleft forum and concert

with spiritchild alongside One Mic Collective

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Manhattanville College

Annual Caribbean Festival - 5pm

2900 Purchase Street Purchase NY 10577 US [map]
Price: free

spiritchild
one mic collective
featuring Miky, Krhazey 80, Torey "Mad Bangers" Baker, T Rich.

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

The Shrine

Mental Notes with I ANBASSA - 10

227 Adam Clayton Powell New York NY 10030 US 212-690-7807 [map]
Price: FREE

Mental Notes will be featured at this all night showcase of hip hop & reggae bands hosted by I ANBASSA

http://www.facebook.com/events/320981657943527/

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Colors

Victory Is Ours!! - 8

417 Lafayette NYC NYC 10003 usa [map]
Price: 5-25 sliding scale

Live performance by:
Gian-Carla Tisera, MbiraNYC & spiritchild

Featuring international women's rights and anti-racist activist and author Selma James, who is in NYC as part of a ten-city US tour to promote her new book. Sex, Race and Class – the Perspective of Winning spans six decades and traces the development of her pathbreaking perspective — that unwaged work of women in the home and on the land should be recognized as “labor” and compensated.

Proceeds go to the Global Women's Strike tour fund

COLORS is located at 417 Lafayette, NYC 10003

6 to Astor Place / R to 8th St-NYU

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

Expressiones

Through Our Eyes: New London Teens Challenge Stereotypes - 3pm

84 Bank Street New London CT usa [map]
Price: free

New London Teen Outreach Program (TOP) presents...
Through Our Eyes: New London Teens Challenge Stereotypes
A Forum and Open Mic event hosted and facilitated by Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School TOP students with special guest spiritchild and
his One Mic youth group all the way from New York City.
This is a free event and open to everyone!
Please come and support the teens of New London!

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Bar Reis

Art Start's Winter Music Salon Series - 8

375 5th Avenue brooklyn new york usa [map]
Price: 7

Join us this Thursday at Bar Reis at 8pm for ART START's Winter Music Salon featuring performances by Spiritchild, MC K Swift, Carly DeLight & Jessie Kilguss. It's $7 at the door and 100% of proceeds go to ART START.  Come spend time with ART START volunteers, staff members & supporters.  It's going to be a great night!  Come celebrate ART START and help raise money for our incredible programs.  
Bar Reis is located at 375 5th Avenue in Brooklyn at the corner of 6th Street. Closest trains: D, N, R, F or G to 4th ave and 9th Street


Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Manhattanville College

Black History Month Hip Hop Show - 8-11pm

2900 Purchase Street Purchase NY 10577 US [map]
Price: free

FEATURING

spiritchild

HASAN SALAAM

ONE MIC COLLECTIVE

Monday, February 27th, 2012

UMass - Dartmouth

these songs of freedom - 3pm

fredrick douglass unity house Dartmouth MA 02714 US [map]
Price: freed

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

The Bitter End

Holding Back Entirely Residency vol 2 featuring spiritchild - 10

147 Bleecker Street New York NY 10012 US (212) 673-7030 [map]
Price: 10

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i'll be sitting in with HBE saturday feb 18th @ 10pm

Friday, February 10th, 2012

lincoln park tavern

Mental Notes back from Europe show - 10pm

49 Lincoln Rd (at Flatbush Ave) brooklyn NEW YORK [map]
Price: free

Mental Notes 1st show back from Europe Tour

performing the new album electric cinnamon (catch the set before we release our next album this spring).

also featuring One Mic Collective as they continue with their Art Saves Lives Tour 2012 (if you haven't seen these dynamic youth rock, you need to get out here).

and featuring the warm french sounds of Marine Futin (as heard at the Blue Note, full set this time featuring Leon Boykins on bass).

Mental Notes line up will feature
Yuki Ishiba
Bill Foster
Warren Grant

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Crossroads Music

back to the roots in Philly - 730pm-1030

801 South 48th Street Philadelphia PA 19143 US [map]
Price: 5-15

Unfortunately, Anne Feeney has broken her wrist. Jon Fromer will be performing instead.
Photo of Jon Fromer

John FromerListen!

“The soulful-est man in activist song!” – Pat Humphries & Sandy O (Emma’s Revolution)
“Great record! I hope many people start singing your songs.” – Pete Seeger

“His gift is to bring ordinary people together and make them move. It starts with his right hand, which hammers the guitar strings with ferocious commitment and reverberates down to his feet, which tramp in place like an army of one – justice bound.” – IBEW Local 1245 Reporter

Back to the RootsListen!

Featuring Evan Greer & spiritchild
Evan Greer: “Songs [that] will be heard at the barricades for years to come.” – Tom Morello. “An eloquent and energetic writer.” – Howard Zinn spiritchild: “My current fave hiphop ensemble. Unique sound, fully evolved, party perfect and definitely hip.” – Bowery Poetry Club
At Calvary United Methodist Church

Hip-Hop has been gentrified. Folk music has been watered down. Punk rock sold out. In the face of this mainstream betrayal, some of the movement’s most dynamic performers have joined forces to take their respective genres back to the roots, celebrating the role of music in people’s resistance to oppression around the word. Evan Greer and spiritchild are revolutionary artists from radically different musical styles who share a common commitment to using their craft as a tool and a weapon in direct support of grassroots struggles for change. For this concert, they are joined by Bay Area activist singer Jon Fromer, who has brought his blend of folk, blues and country to movements for peace, justice and social change in the San Francisco Bay Area for decades and participants in spiritchild’s youth hip-hop program One Mic Artists.

These inspiring musicians are as likely to be found at an organizing meeting or a protest as on the stage at a club or festival. They don’t just sing about the struggle, they live it every day through constant work in their communities. spiritchild is the founder of Movement in Motion, an international organization of artists and activists who work collectively to use their art to educate and fight for freedom. Evan is a member of the Riot-Folk! Collective, a group of 9 singer/songwriters who collectively distribute their political music, raise money for various grassroots causes, and create alternatives tothe corporate music industry. Jon has played at thousands of picket lines, marches and rallies since the 1960s and currently helps lead and organize music for SOA Watch’s annual mass demonstrations in Ft. Benning, Georgia.

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

lawrence senior center

PMN Winter Gathering - 11am

155 Haverhill St Lawrence MA 01840 [map]

Description

Friday Night Concert:
Lawrence High School Performing Arts Center
70-72 North Parish Road,
Lawrence, MA 01843

Gathering on Saturday and Sunday:
Lawrence Senior Center
155 Haverhill St,
Lawrence, MA 01840

-Friday 7:30 PM: Winter Gathering Concert at the Performing Arts Center of Lawrence High School. The concert will begin at 7:30. Admission is included with weekend registration and is open to the public. Performing will be

Back to the Roots (Spiritchild & Evan Greer), Bev Grant, Anne Feeney, Jon Fromer, Tom Juravich, Nathan Baez, Rebel Voices, PMN Chorus, Lawrence HS Girls Ensemble, Bread & Roses. See the web site concert page for more info on performers.

-Saturday: Opening, workshops and song swaps on peace, political issues, organizing, performing skills and other topics, community meeting.

-Saturday Afternoon: Plenary: “1912 Occupy Lawrence”, a multi-media presentation by Charlie King and Karen Brandow.

-Saturday 7 PM - midnight: Round Robin, An open mic where all attending the gathering are invited to share their song (or poem). Newcomers and kids are especially welcome to share songs, poetry and humor, and special slots are allocated for Energizers. Sing Alongs and group performances encouraged.

-Sunday 9: Songs of the Spirit, more workshops, Closing After Lunch

Register on-line at www.peoplesmusic.org

Friday, January 27th, 2012

lawrence high school performing arts center

PMN Winter Gathering - 730pm

70-72 North Parish Road Lawrence MA 01843 [map]

Description

Friday Night Concert:
Lawrence High School Performing Arts Center
70-72 North Parish Road,
Lawrence, MA 01843

Gathering on Saturday and Sunday:
Lawrence Senior Center
155 Haverhill St,
Lawrence, MA 01840

-Friday 7:30 PM: Winter Gathering Concert at the Performing Arts Center of Lawrence High School. The concert will begin at 7:30. Admission is included with weekend registration and is open to the public. Performing will be

Back to the Roots (Spiritchild & Evan Greer), Bev Grant, Anne Feeney, Jon Fromer, Tom Juravich, Nathan Baez, Rebel Voices, PMN Chorus, Lawrence HS Girls Ensemble, Bread & Roses. See the web site concert page for more info on performers.

-Saturday: Opening, workshops and song swaps on peace, political issues, organizing, performing skills and other topics, community meeting.

-Saturday Afternoon: Plenary: “1912 Occupy Lawrence”, a multi-media presentation by Charlie King and Karen Brandow.

-Saturday 7 PM - midnight: Round Robin, An open mic where all attending the gathering are invited to share their song (or poem). Newcomers and kids are especially welcome to share songs, poetry and humor, and special slots are allocated for Energizers. Sing Alongs and group performances encouraged.

-Sunday 9: Songs of the Spirit, more workshops, Closing After Lunch

Register on-line at www.peoplesmusic.org

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

wesley foundation

back to the roots in Kzoo - 8-11pm

2101 Wilbur Avenue Kalamazoo MI 49006 [map]

-please share this event on your wall, invite your friends, and spread the word about this awesome show!-

Come on down to the Wesley Foundation on SATURDAY night, Jan 21st at 8:00pm for a radical night of dance-able liberation music featuring touring revolutionary duo BACK TO THE ROOTS (Evan Greer of Riot-Folk! and spiritchild of Mental Notes)

BACK TO THE ROOTS is an explosive and dynamic musical collaboration combining the best elements of underground hip hop, folk, and punk rock and touching on issues from queer liberation to prison justice to gentrification to police brutality to the #Occupy movement.

The duo features South Bronx hip hop freedom singer spiritchild as the emcee and beat-maker and internationally touring radical queer singer/songwriter Evan Greer switching off on a veritable arsenal of acoustic instruments. Together they are an unstoppable force of revolutionary crowd rocking, danceable, riot inciting energy.

The artists of BACK TO THE ROOTS tours worldwide and together have shared stages and collaborated in the studio with artists as musically diverse as Immortal Technique, Pete Seeger, The Coup, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Billy Bragg, Dead Prez, Chumbawamba, Gloria Estefan, Lloyd Banks of G-Unit, State Radio, Against Me!, Mr. Lif, and the Last Poets.

Check out the single, "Back to the Roots" at http://backtotheroots.bandcamp.com/

More music from spiritchild: www.xspiritmental.com

More music from Evan Greer: www.evangreer.org

"Evan Greer continues to write inspiring folk music in the tradition of the great protest singers ... and (s)he's a heck of a guitar player. I expect songs like !Ya Basta! and Picketline Song will be heard at the barricades for years to come."
--Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine

Friday, January 20th, 2012

assemble

back to the roots tour in Pittsburgh - 9pm

5125 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh PA [map]
Price: 5-15 sliding scale no one turned away

back to the roots tour stop in pittsburgh jan 20th

    -please share this event on your wall, invite your friends, and spread the word about this awesome show!- sliding scale 5-15$ no one will be turned away, no one :)

Come Assemble on friday night , Jan 20st at 9pm for a radical night of dance-able liberation music featuring touring revolutionary duo BACK TO THE ROOTS (Evan Greer of Riot-Folk! and spiritchild of Mental Notes)

also featuring Pittsburgh's very own smoki fantastic
http://smokifantastic.com/

BACK TO THE ROOTS is an explosive and dynamic musical collaboration combining the best elements of underground hip hop, folk, and punk rock and touching on issues from queer liberation to prison justice to gentrification to police brutality to the #Occupy movement.

The duo features South Bronx hip hop freedom singer spiritchild as the emcee and beat-maker and internationally touring radical queer singer/songwriter Evan Greer switching off on a veritable arsenal of acoustic instruments. Together they are an unstoppable force of revolutionary crowd rocking, danceable, riot inciting energy.

The artists of BACK TO THE ROOTS tours worldwide and together have shared stages and collaborated in the studio with artists as musically diverse as Immortal Technique, Pete Seeger, The Coup, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Billy Bragg, Dead Prez, Chumbawamba, Gloria Estefan, Lloyd Banks of G-Unit, State Radio, Against Me!, Mr. Lif, and the Last Poets.

Check out the single, "Back to the Roots" at http://backtotheroots.bandcamp.com/

More music from spiritchild: www.xspiritmental.com

More music from Evan Greer: www.evangreer.org

"Evan Greer continues to write inspiring folk music in the tradition of the great protest singers ... and (s)he's a heck of a guitar player. I expect songs like !Ya Basta! and Picketline Song will be heard at the barricades for years to come."
--Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

the commons

Lyrical Revolt XXI (one mic Art Saves Lives tour kick off) - 7pm-10pm

388 Atlantic Avenue brooklyn NEW YORK [map]
Price: 10

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Café V lese

spiritchild: hip hop revolution - 8pm

Krymská 12, 10100 Prague, Czech Republic Prague Prague Czech Republic [map]
Description

MC spiritchild pochází z Bronxu a v současnosti patří k čelním představitelům aktuální brooklynské scény alternativního hiphopu. Je znám jako politicky angažovaný MC bojující za práva menšin a utlačovaných.

Show uzavírá otevřená diskuse o situaci na wall streetu i jiných demonstracích a revolucích, které právě propukají.

Pozvání pro všechny aktivisty, politiky, angažované umělce , MC, a všechny ty, kdo mají chuť na předštědrovečerní hiphopové nadělení z Bronxu.

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

kavárna Divus

Hip hop show: praha – berlin – new york - 8pm

Bubenčská 1, ve stejné buduvě jako je KD Vltavská Prague Prague Czech Republic [map]

Skutečná tvář hip hopu zbavená komerčních nálepek s pozorností k osobním i celosvětovým problémů a způsobu jejich artikulace. Přivítáme mnoho mladých MC z Berlína , včetně ženského pokolení a představitele aktuální brooklynské csény alternativního hip hopu MC spiritchild. Českou scénu zastoupí účastníci hip hopového projektu Slova místo zbraní romského původu a všem známí čaroděj MC Metoděj.

Show je zároveň představením práce lidí v česko německém sociálně- hudebního projektu Slova místo zbraní v DDM Ulita podpořeném EU.


http://www.facebook.com/pages/spiritchild-v-Ulit%C4%9B-s-projektem-Slova-m%C3%ADsto-zbran%C3%AD/228942263824801?sk=wall

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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

4 food cafe

Art Start ONe MIc Presents: The Flowcase - 6-8pm

286 Madison Avenue (40th and Madison) New York NEW YORK [map]
Price: free
Description

End of the Year showcase featuring the talents, expressions and vibrations of One Mic of Art Start.
www.onemicartists.com
featuring performances from new york cities passionate youth.

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

The Blue Note

Mental "Blue" Notes 12 year anniversary - 12:30am

131 W. Third Street New York NY 10012 US 212.475.8592 [map]
Price: 10

celebrating the sounds and vibrations of Mental Notes since 1999 and

featuring Movement In Motion Collective and celebrating our 9 years of international arts and community organizing

featuring Yuki Ishiba on keys,

Leon Boykins on Bass,

Sam Knight on Drums

spirit on vocals


xspiritmental jam session winter vibrations

serving the people since 1999
all ages
$10
featuring special surprise guest

Friday, November 18th, 2011

YMCA

Worcester Roots Project's Annual Meeting & Future Focus - 6pm

1 Salem Square worchester MA [map]
Worcester Roots Project's Annual Meeting & Future Focus
Launch Party
Reunión Anual de Proyecto Raíces de Worcester y Lanzamiento de Future Focus

Register online today!
http://worcesterroots.givezooks.com/events/worcester-roots-annual-meeting-2011

Featuring:
-Live band “Back to the Roots” featuring Evan Greer and SpiritChild
-Keynote Speaker Sarai Rivera
-Future Focus Media youth documentary premiers!
-Farewell to Sarah Assefa!
-Presentations by Youth In Charge & Toxic Soil Busters!
=Delicious African and Haitian food!

El evento incluye:
-Banda en vivo “Back to the Roots”
-Oradora Sarai Rivera
-¡Estreno de los documentales hechos por los jóvenes de Future Focus Media
-¡Gracias y despedida para Sarah Assefa!
-¡Presentación por Youth In Charge y los Casa Tóxicos (Toxic Soil Busters)!
-¡Comida deliciosa de Africa y Haití!

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

RISD University

the empower providence & back to the roots tour - 730p

236 Benefit Street providence RI [map]

The Empower Providence Project
@RISD (RI School of Design)

Thu, November 10, 2011
7:30-10:00 PM
The Old Library at RISD
236 Benefit Street in Providence
(the corner of College Street and Benefit Street)

Performances by DJ Reza Wreckage, 5th Elament, Erik Andrade, Caliph, spiritchild, & Evan Greer 

Followed by dinner plus discussions & workshops with Reza Clifton and Kalyana Champlain of the women's art collective, Isis Storm; New Bedford political candidate, spoken word poet and fashion designer, Erik Andrade; and participants of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Providence including spiritchild, Evan Greer and Raymond Watson.

The first Empower Providence event was held on Friday, October 7, 2011 in Downtown, Providence. This is the second event of the Project. The show is also part of the BACK TO THE ROOTS TOUR w/ Evan Greer & spiritchild.

For info/details, visit VenusSings.com and IsisStorm.com. or contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at RISD, 401-277-4957.

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Shrine

back uptown, harlem with mental notes - 11pm-12am

2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd New York NY 10030 US (212) 690-7807 [map]
Price: free

back uptown, harlem with mental notes

featuring Yuki Ishiba on keys,

Leon Boykins on Bass,

spirit on vocals

and on drums Michael Mitchell

xspiritmental jam session fall vibrations

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

Memorial Park

first annual memorial park jam - 12pm to 6pm

permont ave and depew ave nyack NY US [map]
Price: free

Friday, October 14th, 2011

lincoln park tavern

Mental Notes back from Prague, Czech - 10pm

49 Lincoln Rd (at Flatbush Ave) brooklyn NEW YORK usa [map]
Price: free

Back from Prague, Czech run.

featuring Yuki Ishiba on keys,

Leon Boykins on Bass,

spirit on vocals

and on drums Michael Mitchell

xspiritmental jam session fall vibrations

Friday, October 7th, 2011

roots

the roots - 8pm

276 westminster street providence RI 02903 [map]
Price: 10 advance 7 for students

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Kavárna POTRVÁ

Křest knihy " Poetry Slam - Smíchov / Ústí n. L" v spiritchild

Srbská 2 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC Prague Prague Czech Republic [map]
Slavnostní křest unikátní knihy, která konzervuje postup práce v rámci několikměsíčního workshopu s dětmi ze sociálně vyloučených lokalit na pražském Smíchově a v Ústí nad Labem, který probíhal pod vedením Bohdana Bláhovce a dalších českých slammerů.

Večerem provází Jakub Foll.

Z knihy pak budou číst Bohdan Bláhovec, Bio Masha , Monika Serbusová a účastníci workshopu.

Speciálním hudebním hostem a kmotrem knihy bude newyorský hiphoper a sociální aktivista Spiritchild.

Start : 19h (přesně)
Vstup zdarma.

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

RADIO SPIN

RADIO SPIN spiritchild INTERVIEW 96,2 - 8pm

96,2 Prague Prague Czech Republic [map]
Price: free

CHECK OUT SPIN RADIO 96,2
Interwiu with Anička
http://delicast.com/radio/prague/Radio_Spin

Monday, September 26th, 2011

RADIO WAVE interview with spiritchild

RADIO WAVE spiritchild INTERVIEW - 6pm

Prague Prague Czech Republic [map]

radio interview on radio wave with spiritchild

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

Café V lese

spiritchild OF MENTAL NOTES PEFORMANCE A DISKUSE - 730pm-1030

Krymská 12 Prague Prague Czech Republic [map]
spiritchild - významný newyorkský MC a slam poetry man přijíždí do čech!

Pochází z Bronxu a v současnosti patří k čelním představitelům aktuální brooklynské scény alternativního hiphopu. Jeho texty jsou politicky angažovaný básně mluvící o svobodě, právu, sociální a politické situaci nejen ameriky, ale potažmo celého světa .

Po performance následuje diskuse, která bude otevřeným prostorem pro tématy a otázky uměleckých i politických problematik.

Pro všechny hiphopery, politiky, aktivisty, umělce, ...



freedom - právo - politika - menšiny - systém - love - moc - peníze - freedom


Let´s tallk! Let´s say something! Let´s do hip-hop!

http://www.xspiritmental.com/


http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1478855343208.2070664.1588525323

Saturday, September 10th, 2011

community church of boston

free tarek pre-trail benefit concert - 6pm

565 Boylston Street boston MA [map]
Price: 5-20 suggested donation

--please forward widely and invite your friends!---

FREE TAREK MEHANNA!
FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!

Please join us for an evening of music to celebrate the beginning of a month of intense organizing leading up to the trial of political prisoner, Tarek Mehanna. Tarek is an Arab and Muslim man from the Boston-area who has been framed by the FBI for refusing to inform on his own community. More info on his case and what you can do to support: www.freetarek.com

The Tarek Mehanna Support Committee will be in the house presenting updates on the case and laying out their strategy for action in the weeks leading up to Tarek's trial, which begins Oct 3rd!

SATURDAY, SEPT 10th
6pm - 10pm

@ Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston St
Copley Square, Boston
(accessible by green and orange MBTA lines, and many buses.)

$5 - -20 suggested donation.
All ages, no alcohol please.
The space is wheelchair accessible.
Free on-site childcare available.
Email evangreer@gmail.com with accessibility questions or if you need childcare!

Featuring musical performances by:

BROADCAST LIVE
back by popular demand, new york's explosive hip-hop / rock troupe will shake the prison walls with their radical sound. www.broadcastlive.org

spiritchild of Mental Notes
multi-talented mc and freedom singer from the bronx via Brooklyn, and instrumental in the production of the Silence Broken CDs.
www.xspiritmental.com

EVAN GREER & FRIENDS
full band set featuring new material and Boston DEBUT of the Back to the Roots project with spiritchild
www.evangreer.org

ABU NURAH
beloved social justice focused Muslim rapper / parent / activist from the Worcester community.
www.myspace.com/abunurah

MC Elijah Black
conscious hip-hop artist from NYC featured on Silence Broken Vol 1.
www.lostmc.bandcamp.com/

& more TBA!!!

The concert celebrates the re-release of Silence Broken Volumes 1 and 2, compilation CDs created to support tarek and his family and spread music about the prison system and state repression. The new CDs will be beautifully packaged in a two CD set and will feature original music from artists all over the world including DAM, Climbing Poetree, Rebel Diaz, X-Vandals (members of Public Enemy and Ricanstruction), Broadcast Live, Remi Kanazi, Maya Azucena, mental notes, Taina Asili, Shadia Mansour, and more. Listen, download, and donate: freetarek.bandcamp.com

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Shrine

what up harlem - 8pm -9pm

2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd New York NY 10030 US (212) 690-7807 [map]
Price: $5

8pm - 9pm come see Mental Notes xspiritmental session featuring TBA...

Friday, August 19th, 2011

Lincoln Tavern

last show of the summer - 10pm

49 Lincoln Rd (at Flatbush Ave) brooklyn ny 11225 usa [map]
Price: free

come check us out at our new local spot around the way.  last show of the summer.

Mental Notes will include

Sam Knight on drums

spirit on vocals

we hit at 10 and end at 12am

Monday, August 15th, 2011

ART START

Art Saves Lives - 1pm - 3pm

PROSPECT SHELTER BRONX NEW YORK [map]
Price: free

mental notes works with Art Start to provide live music for the youth and their families in one of NYCs local shelters.  part of the ART START summer series, ART SAVES LIVES.

Monday, August 1st, 2011

ART START

Art Saves Lives - 730pm

LIFE shelter (private event) new york new york [map]
Price: free

mental notes works with Art Start to provide live music for the youth and their families

in one of NYCs local shelters.  part of the ART START summer series, ART SAVES LIVES.

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Roarks Tavern

back to roarks - 10pm

14 Landfield Ave, monticello ny 12701 usa [map]

Mental Notes will include

David Dovo (bass)

Harvey Valdes (guitar)

Eran Asias (drums)

spirit on vocals

we hit at 10 and end at 2am

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

the afrikan poetry theater

8pm

176-03 Jamaica Avenue queens ny 11432 usa [map]
Price: donation

spiritchild set...
commemoration for DJ Metaphysics at free da mic

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Paradise Theater

Bronx Knows AIDS awareness & benefit - 3pm

215 Grand Paonia CO 81428 US (970) 527-6610 [map]
Price: free
featuring spiritchild of mental notes
The Event: The Bronx Knows Concert

    * Date /Time
          o Saturday, June 25, 2011; 3:00-5:00pm
    * Location
          o The Paradise Theater on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx
    * Purpose of event  
          o To mark the end of a successful initiative
    * Intended audience
          o Bronx residents will receive a ticket to the concert when they get tested for HIV with one of The Bronx Knows community partners between May 27th and June 24th.  The Bronx Knows partners will have mobile testing units outside of the theater on the day of the concert to allow anyone who has not yet tested to get tested and gain entry to the concert.   

 

The concert will be co-hosted by Hot 97 radio station and will showcase local Bronx talent including dancers, singers, spoken word artists, slam poets, and other performers.

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Manny's on Second

Art Start Fundraiser Art Saves Lives - 8pm

1770 second avenue, near 92nd street New York NY USA [map]

spiritchild set... k-swift, carly

FUNdraiser for Art Start! http://www.therightbraincampaign.org/ Hello ART START Family! For those you new to ART START this will be news to you, for our ART START vets, this is just a reminder about our FUNdraising party on Friday June 24th at Manny's On 2nd - http://www.mannysonsecond.com/ Manny's is generously donating their entire second floor of the bar and an outside terrace for this FUNdraiser Party!

Several of our musicians and performers from our ART START family will be performing and some of our artists will be bringing their art we'll have some poerty read as well! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE invite ALL of your friends now and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - send them multiple reminders about this, don't feel bad about hounding them- you should guilt trip them into coming to a FUN(draiser) to help homeless kids- its frickin' homeless kids the least they can do is come to support ART START and have FUN(draiser). We're charging $7 at the door, all proceeds going to ART START and its just going to be one big awesome pARTy! We'll also have some sort of raffle or contest going to raise more FUN(ds) as well. The success of this FUN(draiser) is in your hands my friends - its up to each and every one of you to not only come, but to bring a gaggle of friends with you and FUN(draiser) will be had by all! Thanks so much for taking the time to read this! You can use the attached poster to promote the party. Thanks for you support!

I look forward to seeing all of you and your many friends on June 24th@8pm! P.S- Don't forget that we've launched our monthly donor campaign! Could you call PLEASE copy and post this on all of your facebook pages? I've made it easy for you, just copy and paste this: Dear Friends, Help Us Help Kids in Homeless Shelters and other At Risk Youth! For as little as the cost of one cup of coffee a week you can make a huge difference! Please donate to the monthly donor campaign for@ART START! EVERY DOLLAR HELPS! THANKS & PASS THIS ON to everybody you know! http://www.therightbraincampaign.org/ Thanks guys and In case you didn't know the @ before the ART START links us to your post so I can "like" it and thank you!

Friday, June 24th, 2011

MoCADA

Furee Benefit after party - 930p

80 Hanson Place Brooklyn New York USA [map]
Price: donation

spiritchild set...
to help you start your weekend right, join us for The Don't Speak Easy Party at MoCADA to celebrate the cast and crew of the musical with performances by NeNe Ali, Mo Beasley, Camille A. Brown, Division X and spiritchild of Mental Notes.

Proceeds from this special evening will contribute to our current campaigns for a more inclusive, vibrant and egalitarian Brooklyn. Through a combination of leadership development, mobilization and political education, we’re organizing for  community-led, sustainable development in Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn.

By attending the musical and making a contribution, you help FUREE address barriers to real employment opportunities for adults and youth of color, preserve and increase access to low-income housing and intensify our role in local and national coalitions to build the power of low-income communities of color as both voters and grassroots leaders.

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Mercury Lounge

Blue Note Jazz Festival - 730pm

217 East Houston Street New York NY 10012 US (212) 260-4700 [map]
Price: 15
Blue Note Jazz Festival - Hip-Hop Jazz
Mental Notes sets it off with spring vibes and summer heat.
celebrate spirit & david dovo's b'earthday with us at Mercury Lounge

Igmar Thomas & The Cypher (feat. Special Guest Marcus Strickland & Raydar Ellis)
10:30
The Lee Morgan Story (feat. John Robinson & Ben Williams)
9:30
Mental Notes (featuring eran asias on drums and harold fro davis on guitar)
8:30
Spokinn Movement
7:30
Igmar Thomas & Cypher and The Lee Morgan Story are produced in association with Revive Da Live.

doors open at 7pm
21plus

visit www.xspiritmental.com now for free album download of through sips of love & hallucinations. only available til july 11th. also for ticket info for jazz fest.

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Erreichbar

Movement In Motion Berlin Jam Session - 11pm

(Reichenbergerstraße63A Berlin Kreuzberg) Berlin Germany Germany [map]
Price: 2-4 euro

spiritchild on hip hop beyond struggle european tour alongside  
Mal Eleve
Pazifesto
Sista Zoum
1. Juni Movement in Motion Jam @ Erreichbar (Reichenbergerstraße63A Berlin Kreuzberg)
8:30pm Food and open session (indoor/outdoor)
11pm: live acts
1am..party....

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Café V lese Krymská 12

autentickým hiphopem Hip Hop Beyond Struggle European Spring Tour - 8pm

Krymská 12, Praha 10, Praha Praha Cz [map]
Price: 70Kc

spiritchild je newyorský poetry slamer a MC.
Pochází z Bronxu a v soucasnosti patrí k celním
predstavitelum aktuální brooklynské scény alternativního hiphopu.
Jako clen aktivistické organizace Movement in Motion. Je znám jako
politicky angažovaný básník a hiphoper, bojující za práva menšin a utlacovaných - ve svých textech je schopen žive reflektovat sociální nespravedlnosti soucasné americké politiky , stejne jako mluvit o
každodenosti v brooklynském sousedství.

Tento vecer je vyjímecným kontaktem s autentickým hiphopem,
tak , jak ho u nás v Evrope mužeme spatrit jen zrídka.
www.myspace.com/spiritchildmentalnotes/music/songs/equivalent-to-none-24676317

Instant Colletctive je
audiovizuální fyzickej elektornickej a hlavne jam!
A: Jak dlouhý to bude?
B: smích
A: 15minut, 40 minut, 2 hodiny?
B: Smích
A:
B: 11 hodin , nebo pul hodiny
A: smích

Vstup treba 70Kc

Saturday, May 28th, 2011

Buntes Wochenende 2011 - Jugendkulturtag

Buntes Wochenende 2011 - Jugendkulturtag - 3pm

"Rockzipfel" (Grieser Spitz) Regensburg Bavaria Germany [map]
Price: freiheit

spiritchild on hip hop beyond struggle european tour spring 2011 festival sat and sunday Am 28.( von 15 bis 22 Uhr ) und 29. Mai 2011 (von 12 bis 18 Uhr) ist es endlich wieder so weit, zum fünften mal findet das "Bunte Wochenende" am Grieser Spitz statt. Am Samstag findet ein Bandaustausch mit Gruppen aus Berlin und Brixen statt. HipHop- und Punkbands spielen in Regensburg, und im Gegenzug können Regensburger Bands in Berlin und Brixen auftreten. Als besonderes Highlight spielt die New Yorker Rapper Spirit Child. Folgendes Lineup wird dort zu sehen sein: Karoma (HipHop, Berlin) Konta (HipHop, Berlin) Subminia (Crossover/Ska, Brixen) Planta (HipHop, Brixen) Nachbarschafts Crew (HipHop, Regensburg) Spirit Child (HipHop / New York) Holy Kings (Punk, Regensburg) Am Sonntag ist Familientag. Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiches erscheinen!!!