Ear to the Street Q&A: Flaco Navaja
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Flaco Navaja is a problem. Not only is he a damn good actor and a spoken word artist but the man also sings like he is Hector Lavoe reincarnated. To hear Flaco sing classic Salsa tunes is to be transported to the ’70s to a crowded club somewhere in NYC, the [...]
Kickstarter Spotlight: East WillyB Update
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Ok folks, it is coming down to crunch time. The good people of East WillyB have raised nearly 15K but with only 23 days left to go on their KickStarter campaign they need your help. Remember people, if we don’t support our art, who will? So if you want to see [...]
Uptown Tonight: Catch Flaco Navaja & Zeitlin Perez @ Hudson River Café
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) If you have never witnessed the awesomeness that is a performance by Flaco Navaja, then you are in for a real treat tonight. The first time I had the privilege of seeing the incomparable Flaco Navajo perform, I stood there mesmerized, mouth agape as [...]
The Tribeca Film Institute & Heineken’s Latino Filmmakers Celebration – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) This past weekend I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Tribeca Film Festival celebration for Latino Filmmakers at Tenjune in the meatpacking district. Our good friends at Heineken joined the Tribeca Film Institute in honoring the first-ever Heineken VOCES grant winners, Cristina Ibarra for her documentary Las Marthas and Diego [...]
Tribeca Film Festival Spotlight: Babygirl
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Guess what folks; it is time once again for the Tribeca Film Festival. While there are a whole host of movies that have caught my attention, one that I am definitely looking out for is Babygirl. Babygirl is a coming of age urban drama set in the Bronx that features newcomer [...]
Kickstarter Spotlight: East WillyB
The good folks of East WillyB are in the beginning of a Kickstarter campaign to raise 50k in 50 days. For those that don’t know, East WillyB is about the neighborhood of Bushwick and how it deals with gentrification and its accouterments. The stellar cast includes Danny Hoch, Flaco Navaja, Caridad “La Bruja” De La [...]
Flaco Navaja – Neo Latino Soul Impresario
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) I had the distinct privilege, a few weeks ago, of witnessing the incomparable Flaco Navajo do his thing at Apt 78. I stood there mesmerized, mouth agape as Flaco Navajo belted out pitch-perfect renditions of Salsa classic after Salsa classic. I mean this man, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Hector [...]
Summer Kick-Off Party Ft Flaco Navaja @ Apt 78
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Realize this, there is nothing better than an Uptown Summer. Uptown Summers are magical, life-changing, historic. With that said, there is absolutely no better way to kick-off, what will be a memorable Uptown Summer, than with Flaco Navaja at Apt 78 (4447 Broadway). The insanely talented actor, singer and all-around cool [...]
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