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It is my pleasure to announce the addition of a few new artists to our playlist. Tune in to the station to hear music from:

Bamboo Shoots: A South Asian American rock band that recently won MTV’s competition for Best College Band in America. Their single “Hey Girl!” is one of those catchy little tunes that you won’t be able to get out of your head.

Himalayan Project: Emcee Chee Malabar is a friend of Boston Progress and we can’t thank him enough for letting us play music from their first album Wince at the Sun. We hope to have music from their upcoming third album soon!

Oblique Brown: Chee’s other group. Political jolt equivalent to a Red Bull mixed with a quadruple espresso from Star$$. Refreshing.

One Signata Nach: OSN used to work for the music business. Now he runs his own independent label Represent One Records and gives his music out for free. All the music we play here on BPR, you can find on his website.

Scott Tang: Scott Tang plays the piano and is a singer/songwriter from Los Angeles. He makes catchy pop tunes.

Troy Young Campbell: He’s not only a talented musician, he’s also an independent filmmaker. I think his music reminds me of Tom Petty, but what do I know.

Happy listening and hey, hit us up with some feedback! Go visit the artists’ websites, or go see them play.

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As you all know from our previous posts, Jay Legaspi was the East Meets Words Open Mic feature artist for April 2007. And back then, we promised that we’d post a recording of Jay singing in our bookstore. Well, it has been a month and a half, and I finally got around to editing the recording. Since the total set was kind of long, I’m going to split the podcast into two. So, this week, you’ll be treated to a couple of songs. I hope you enjoy it. Stay tuned for the second part next week.

 East Meets Words Open Mic - April 13, 2007 - Part 1 [14:54m]: Download (57)

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This message is short and sweet. We’ll be adding new music from some new artists into our play list on Monday. Stay tuned.

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A Day In The Life of Blue Scholars

My man Freedom is the one braking it down in the middle of the video about what it really means to be an “illegal” immigrant.

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Once again, BPR was given the opportunity to interview an extremely talented artist. This time, we were delighted to have Bao Phi sit down for an interview with our own Vidya Rao. Bao Phi has accomplished much in his 18 year career as a poet. I’m not going to list all the awards and recognitions he has received – you can read about them on his website. Besides, I don’t think I can talk about him as well as he can talk about himself. He’s a poet after all!

I also had an opportunity to talk to him after the show. One thing I got from speaking to him is that he is very passionate about his work as a community arts organizer. I particularly find his work with indigenous poets inspiring. Indigenous people of the world could possibly be the most oppressed group in the world – no matter where you go, you find their lands and their way of life being taken away by colonial greed. Granted each particular indigenous culture has different experiences, but I’d be hard pressed to find one who hasn’t gotten the shortest end of all sticks. Indeed, they are often forgotten in this nation’s discussion of race. I’m impressed to see Bao help native peoples get their oral stories out into their own communities.

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 Interview with Bao Phi [26:03m]: Download

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1. Paula Abdul
Now known for being drunk on tv and tripping over chihuahuas, Paula was once smokin hot. She was also a successful singer, and her career was so solid, she easily survived doing music videos with Arsenio Hall, Keanu Reeves, and a cartoon cat Who rapped, danced, and liked to smoke. When I was in 7th grade, classmates were saying she was Brazilian, but in fact, she is half Syrian. The other half is whatever…white or something.

2. Nicole Scherzinger
I remember her from a reality show where she was selected to be in a girl group called Eden’s Crush. Unfortunately for her, their music sucked and Eden’s Crush wasn’t long for this world. Unfortunately for us, her new band – the Pussycat Dolls – with even worse music is benefiting from the fact that A&M must be paying radio DJs obscene amounts of money to get their songs on the radio. Seriously, their music is so bad, it may even qualify as evil.

3. Sean Lennon
Yes that Lennon. His moms is Yoko Ono, and he has spent the last 10 years or so not living up to the expectations that come with being John Lennon’s son. But he actually has been involved with some pretty good music: Cibo Matto’s Stereo Type A and his own debut Into the Sun, which was put out on the Beastie Boys’s label Grand Royal. Many people dismissed his early stuff, including me, but after going back and listening to it again, it actually holds up pretty well. It doesn’t change the fact that he dated Mick Jagger’s daughter though.

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Tags: Arts and Culture, Commentary, famous folks, music.

POGI pogiba BOY: man this network is very nostalgic

POGI pogiba BOY: great songs

diliflips: yay!

POGI pogiba BOY: who’s this one?

POGI pogiba BOY: I hear “lazy”

diliflips: magnetic north, i think, a guy mc-ing?

POGI pogiba BOY: yeah

POGI pogiba BOY: I like the cadence

You know how when you’re in a room that has a funny smell to it, eventually, you stop smelling it? Well, it’s kinda like that… I’ve been thinking about the site a lot, about what we can do to make it better… but I’m starting to get a little immune to it all in a way. I mean, really, the feedback should come from other people… so. What do you think? Have you listened to the radio? What do you think about it?

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Go and see Larissa Maestro at Toad at 1912 Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge, MA across from the Porter Square T stop. Apparently, she has a new CD and its fresh and exciting. No cover charge as usual.