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Un-Accenting the Accent

Un-Accenting the Accent

Why has the American accent become de rigueur for artists around the world?

Saidah Blount: The Face Behind the Music

Saidah Blount: The Face Behind the Music

BRIC! Celebrate Brooklyn Executive Director talks about the challenges and successes of her first season.

Canibus’ Rip The Jacker: A Most Unusual Production

Canibus’ Rip The Jacker: A Most Unusual Production

Stoupe The Enemy of Mankind and Canibus caught lightning in a bottle in a strange but successful way.

A Night at the Bandshell with LA LOM & Thee Sacred Souls at BRIC! Celebrate Brooklyn

A Night at the Bandshell with LA LOM & Thee Sacred Souls at BRIC! Celebrate Brooklyn

California's LA LOM and Thee Sacred Souls bring the romantic allure and charm of classic Mexican Boleros and Cumbina Sonidera inspired music

The Mysterious Allure of the Double Album

The Mysterious Allure of the Double Album

The double album is a dying breed, but the vanity and ambition needed to make them will never go out of style

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Weekly music show It Gets Weird, every Friday 8 AM ET, on the app or at RFB.nyc 📻👨‍🎤🤘

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Our very own @minus32heartbeat released his debut album today!
Head over to @heavencanwaitnyc on Sunday night to catch his record release party with special guests @idgydean & @danielle_cardona_

Not sure whats going on here, but Im definitely going to tune in for some Hypnotic Psychedelic Dream Funk Surfotica & Such on @radiofreebk with El Americano Cósmico @mike.saari this Sunday 9-10AM EST/1500-1600 CET. Click the www.radiofreebrooklyn.org or DL the App-osis. Featuring @thegarrysband @the_lalom @angelsoflibra @thecreepycreeps @hamburg_spinners @allahlas @georgeharrisonofficial @milesdavis @the_beach_boys_ & Nero Surrealism & much much more #communityradio #surfrock #communityradiorocks #freeformradio #radioshow #B3 #funk #psychedelic #spokenwordpoetry #dreampop

🎤✨ Join us for Radio Free Brooklyn’s Comedy Open Mic at Hell Phone! 🎉

🗓️ When? Thursday, Sept. 12th from 7-9 PM (Sign up at 6:45 PM)
📍 Where? 247 Varet St, Brooklyn (Behind the Ange Noir Café, L train to Morgan stop)
🎟️ Cost? FREE!

Hosted by RFBs own @wolffmuffan, @humz.ah, and @drlisalevysp! Whether youre an aspiring comedian or just looking for a fun night out, this is the place to be! Come share your jokes, enjoy some laughs and support local talent! See you there! 🤩

#RadioFreeBrooklyn #ComedyNight #OpenMic #BrooklynEvents #HellPhone #FreeEvents #brooklyncomedy

LIVE THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 8-10 pm ET, an all-new episode of Brooklyn Beat with Scott Einhorn featuring Night Spins in studio. Theyll perform a rare acoustic set and preview their big show at The Bowery Ballroom on September 21. Please join them LIVE at rfb.nyc or via the Radio Free Brooklyn app.

Last week, @metroartcollective, @dr_denton, and @lushvibesradio headed to the Javitz Center and dropped in on AnimeNYC. Today theyre going to chat about their experience and air interviews they recorded with cosplayers and many interesting characters on a very special Sunday Pot Luck Dinner, coming your way live at 3pm on Radio Free Brooklyn!
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Tune in this Sunday for The Smooth Psychedelic Sonic Sounds of @khruangbin @the_bananmannen @pleasurewood_music @brianwilsonlive @allahlas @the.sorcerers.band @menahanstreetband @_the_grateful_dead_ @stephenstillsofficial & @jimi.hendrix_ and much much more with El Americano Cósmico @mike.saari Live on Radio Free Brooklyn Sunday 9-10AM EST/1500-1600 CET www.radiofreebrooklyn.org #psychedelic #B3 #surfotica #psychedelicfunk #funk #surfrock #radioshow #communityradio #internetradioshow #communityradiorocks #dj

THIS FRI, AUG 30, 8-10 pm ET, tune in for a special rebroadcast of Brooklyn Beat with Scott Einhorn featuring Nisa in studio. Please join them Friday on the radio at rfb.nyc or via the Radio Free Brooklyn app.

Im just going to relax & read El Americano Cósmicos @mike.saari playlist from his last show of Surfotica Exotica & Spiritual Space Jazz selections on @radiofreebk
@MartinDenny - Misirlou
@thehulagirls - The Hidden Village
@the_manakooras - Exotic Blue Soul
@LosTwang!Marvels - Eyesore
@AlbertGinés - Saudade Surf
@KennySasaki&TheTikiBoys - Jungle River
@kavakon - The Eel Charmer
@RobertDrasnin - Chant of The Moon
@khruangbin - Two Fish & An Elephant
@thetremolobeergut - Pet Sounds
@the_beach_boys_ - Feel Flows
@Molly Lewis & @menahanstreetband - Silhouette
@pharoahsandersofficial - Moon Child
@glasgowtikishakers - Moonlight Mile

THIS FRI, AUG 23, 8-10 pm ET, tune in for a special rebroadcast of Brooklyn Beat with Scott Einhorn from 2017 featuring Janet LaBelle in studio. And be sure to catch her LIVE on August 25 at Sleepwalk (with former Brooklyn Beat guest Ilithios). Please join Janet and Scott Friday on the radio at rfb.nyc or via the Radio Free Brooklyn app.

This week on The Foundation we’re taking it back to 2002. Overground, underground, and everything in between (and of course the samples). Classics that sound as good as they did over 20 years ago. Tap in to The Foundation late Monday night (early Tuesday morning) from 12-1 AM EST only on @radiofreebk

Take a Skipped Heartbeat Out to Lunch w/ El Americano Cósmico @mike.saari on @radiofreebk this Sunday 9-10AM EST/1500-1600 CET with some Psychedelic Sonic Sauna Surfotica B3 Funkosis Space & Word Jazz courtesy of The Concussions, @@bikinibeachband , @langhorns_the_band , @allahlas, @milesdavis, @Nero Surrealism, @thesorcerers, @sunatlas_official & much much more! #psychedelic #surfrock #surfotica #B3 #psychedelicfunk #funk #spacejazz #jazzfusion #spokenwordpoetry #beatnik #wordjazz #radioshow #freeformradio #communityradio #communityradiorocks #dj

THIS FRI, AUG 16, 8-10 pm ET, tune in for a special rebroadcast of Brooklyn Beat with Scott Einhorn from 2023 featuring Slut Magic in studio. And be sure to catch the band LIVE on August 23 at Sleepwalk. Please join them Friday on the radio at rfb.nyc or via the Radio Free Brooklyn app.

Far Out, Man! I can focus on El Americano Cósmicos playlist from last Sundays broadcast on Radio Free Brooklyn with this thing! The show will be up on the archive this Friday, if you missed it, dude!
The Aqua Velvets - Tiki Beat (radio edit)
Satans Pilgrims - Chi Chi
Allah-Las - Catamaran
Mr. Elevator - Nico & Her Psychedelic Subconscious
Ros Serey Sothea - Chnam oun Dop-Pram Muy
Los Mejillones Tigre - Yo Soy el Vampiro
Cookin On 3 Burners - Cars - Gary Numan cover
The New Mastersounds - Fire - Jimi Hendrix cover
Hamburg Spinners - Windjammer Ahoi!
Ananda Shankar - Streets of Calcutta
Miles Davis - Big Fun/Holly-wuud Take 3
Nina Simone - Funkier Than a Mosquitos Tweeter
SOUL SUGAR - Blackbyrd

Plunge Deep into a Trance of Psychedelic Psych Out Surfotica w/ some Hypnotic Groovaliscious Organic B3 Funk & Space Jazz this Sunday 9-10AM EST/1500-1600 CET with El Americano Cósmico @mike.saari on Radio Free Brooklyn www.radiofreebrooklyn.org Featuring @The Aqua Velvets, @satans_pilgrims, @Los Mejillones Tigre, @cookin_on_3_burners , @hamburg_spinners, @newmastersounds , @Nina Simone, @Ananda Shankar, @SOUL SUGAR & much much more! Thanks to @willwork4funk for the supply 🙏 #psychedlic #surfrock #b3 #funk #spiritualjazz #jazzfusion #sitar #radioshow #freeformradio #communityradio #communityradiorocks #musicweirdos #canudigit

LIVE THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 8-10 pm ET, an all-new episode of Brooklyn Beat with Scott Einhorn featuring Nisa in studio. Shell perform a rare acoustic set and spin tracks from her great new record Shapeshifting. Please join them LIVE at rfb.nyc or via the Radio Free Brooklyn app.

Just a few of the selections being spun on the 2001 episode of The Foundation this week (and of course, the samples). Tap in to The Foundation late Monday night (early Tuesday morning) from 12-1 AM EST only on @radiofreebk

Working hard in the heat like Dennis? 💦 Mellow down with @mike.saari El Americano Cósmico on Radio Free Brooklyn today from 9-10AM EST/1500-1600 CET with some #psychdelicfunk #surfotica #FreeJazz w/ a dash of German #schlager at the end. @the_manakooras , @thesurfrajettes, @ghostfunkorchestra, @Funkadelic, @herbiemannofficial ft. @duane__allman , @Dungen, Nero Surrealism Poetry & much much more!!!
#psychedelic #funk #surfrock #freejazz #radioshow #communityradio #communityradiorocks #freeformradio #spokenwordpoetry #beatnik #dj

ICYMI: Were doing it again, babies. Tomorrow at 3:00 PM - the very last live airing of the first episode of THIS AINT NO DISCO: THIS IS CBGB - interviews & choons...if you were there - relive! If you werent get schooled! The archive will only be up temporarily. Listen & support #radiofreebrooklyn @radiofreebk #nycpunk #punkhistory #cbgb #70snyc #downtownnyc #internetradio #oldschool #musicnerd #oldpunk #punkrock

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