The great singer Felicia Loud performs with the great rappers of Silent Lambs Project: Silas Blak and Jace ECAJ. What defines Loud, who is also an established actor, is her flawless command of the tones and textures of American soul. And what defines Silent Lambs Project, who’ve been recording music since the early ’90s, is their commitment to a hiphop that is complicated at the levels of ideas and expression, politics and language. Indeed: too black, too strong. (Electric Tea Garden, 1402 E Pike St, 568-3972. 9:30 pm, $5, all ages.)
Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory... More by Charles Mudede
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