New Music Tuesday #125

Donwill live in Las Vegas, Michael Holman on Almanac of Rap and Tank & Nick Grant

The tour that I was on with Michelle Buteau ended it’s run at NYC’s Beacon Theater. I had a really good time performing and for those of you who didn’t get a chance to catch me on the road I’ve got a special treat linked below in the newsletter. It’s a my full performance!

No mini episode this week but the hotline is still open and you can hit me at 877-DONWILL.

SHOWS

May 22 - Toast & Jams - Friends & Lovers w/ Mekdot: It’s a dance party that goes from 10p til 4a and you ain’t gotta work in the morning. TICKETS
June 4 - Closed Format - Milly’s On Greene w/ Parle: This is the kick off to our 4 month summer residency at Milly’s. Every first Thursday from 7 to 11! It’s also my birthday and it’s FREE
June 16 - Shouting At The Screen - Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park: We’re doing the show on a Tuesday this time and as usual we’d really love to sell this one out. TICKETS
June 19 - Juneteenth at Weeksville: Family friendly and fun! There will be vendors and performances and it’s all FREE

ALMANAC OF RAP

Michael Holman created a TV show called Graffiti Rock, he was the first person to use the term Hip Hop in a print publication and he was also in a band with Jean Michel Basquiat. This episode is a quick fun listen with a lot of historical context for anyone who cares about Hip Hop culture.

You can listen to the episode right here!

NEWS

This is NOT a DJ set. This is a performance of my original music. The set includes 3 songs (Dirty Stayout, I Could Use A Vacation, Every City In America’s A Sundown Town) and a lot of crowd work.

Some of you may not know this about me but I haven’t really done too shows as a solo artist before. There been a handful of times but for the most part I had never developed a solo act. So when Michelle asked me to open the tour as a rapper I had a few things to figure out and I think I did a good job.

I had intended on making a whole separate post about putting this performance together along with a tour recap. I still intend to do that but at the moment I have so much other stuff to do that processing the tour feels like a luxury. sigh

In other news Drake dropped three albums and released approximately 20 music videos. I am sure other artists dropped music but his flood the zone approach to dominating the media has worked because I haven’t really heard much about any other music.

There were a handful of things that hit my radar tho. If you know of any feel free to drop a comment with something I missed.

VIDEOS

I like Domo Genesis. Haven’t heard this song tho.

I like Ilajide and Radio Galaxy but I haven’t heard this song either. Shout out to Cozmos and his viral beard.

ALBUMS

Nick Grant is a guy who makes cool music but I have never really sat and listened to a full album. This album is probably good.

Tank & The Bangas dropped a new album! I haven’t heard it.

SONGS

Awon and The Other Guys have an album dropping. You can pre-order it here.

I like Remi Wolf and I heard a bit of this. It’s a cover and I think it’s interesting enough to share.