The Top 9 Places to Hear (and See) Experimental Music in Brooklyn, According to Musicians
The Brooklyn avant-garde music scene is no longer burgeoning; it is flourishing.
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Lyrical Economy and the Art of Subtle Songwriting
Many songwriters are lauded for their descriptive lyrics. It’s rarer for a lyricist to do the same thing within a much tighter word budget.
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Self Control
Let’s take a trip back to 1984. Hair was big, pants were tight, Dallas was on TV every Friday, and two recording artists on either side of the Atlantic deployed a most unusual strategy.
Now available: the Sonic Resource Kit—Radio Free Brooklyn’s first-ever compilation album!
This exclusive collection of international artists also supports the freeform radio station you love.
Bands do BK: A Guide to Brooklyn, by Bands, for Everyone, by RFB host Sam Sumpter
RFB Host Sam Sumpter’s new book Bands do BK debuts September 6, but you can get the inside scoop on it NOW!
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Illustrator Shani Zhang: “Drawing Togetherness in Watercolors”
RFB Editorial Volunteer Sara Bass profiles this watercolorist/illustrator who uses her powers of compassion and observation to distill our shared experiences.
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Radio Free Brooklyn’s “Objection to the Rule” Partners with NYU’s Department of Environmental Medicine
This is the fourth in a series of articles by Sara Bass about science, academia, politics, health, and the environment to help raise RFB listeners’ awareness of these areas and their own potentials to engage.
“What Does Your Community Map Reflect: Fair Representation or Local Politics?”
Are you fairly represented in local politics? Depends on which Community Map you’re looking at. And what is redistricting anyway? Here’s what it is … and why you should care.
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North Brooklyn Organizing for Climate Justice is Community and Environmental Resilience (Part 2)
For the past two years, a coalition of Brooklyn-based climate activists has been demonstrating in opposition to a fracked gas transmission pipeline project running from Brownsville to Greenpoint.