HW Pick: ‘Harlem Soul For The Holidays’ By Harlem DJ Ness Digi

This time we’ve picked the hot Harlem Soul For the Holiday music mix by the super talented Harlem DJ Ness Digi.

As usual it’s one of his great mashup of Harlem and non-Harlem artists from Alicia Keys, Kurtis Blow to Rare Earth, Dean Martin, Louie Armstrong.

You still reading? Click on the Digi bar and get your Harlem holiday soul vibe:

HW Pick: Simple As Easy, The Electric, DJ Vadim, Pugs Atomz And Sabira Jade (video)

We love the vibe of Simple As Easy, the sound exists somewhere between Erykah Badu and that smooth funky flavor of Ryan Leslie. It makes sense, since the Grammy nominated DJ Vadim has played with Stevie Wonder.

 

HW Pick: ‘Faith in Their Own Color: Black Episcopalians in Antebellum New York City’ And Harlem

On a September afternoon in 1853, three African American men from St. Philip’s Church walked into the Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and took their seats among five hundred wealthy and powerful white church leaders. Ultimately, and with great reluctance, the Convention had acceded to the men’s request: official recognition for St. Philip’s, the first African American Episcopal church in New York City.

Occupy Harlem General Assembly Meeting Today Dec., 21, 2011

“Occupy Harlem General Assembly will map out a strategic independent grassroots movement building plan for 2012 with occupy targets, conferences and principle collaboration with key partners including Occupy Wall Street.”

On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at St. Philip’s Church, 204 West 134^th Street (off Adam Clayton Powell Blvd) from 6 PM to 9 PM Occupy Harlem General Assembly (OHGA) features keynote speakers, Ramsey Clark, former US Attorney General, Glen Ford, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report and Carl Dix of Stop “Stop-and-Frisk” Civil Disobedience campaign.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Smart Harlemite Should Read (video)

A Reddit.com user posed the question to Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on the planet?”

Harlem’s Dr. Maya Angelou And Common’s N-Word Lyrics Uncommon (video)

After reciting a poem on “The Dreamer,” the opening track from Common’s new album “The Dreamer/The Believer,” with Harlem’s Dr. Maya Angelou reportedly expressed disappointment over the rapper’s use of the con the track.

HW Pick: I Dreamt I Was in Heaven, The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang

In the waning days of Indian Territory, the multi-racial, teenaged Rufus Buck Gang embarked on a vicious, childish, and deadly 13-day rampage that shocked even this lawless place. Their goal was to take back Indian lands. Based on the true story, this is a tale of how real-life figures “Hanging Judge” Isaac C. Parker, notorious half-black, half-Indian outlaw Cherokee Bill, one-quarter Cherokee “gentlemen bandit” Henry Starr, relative of the notorious Belle Starr,..

Harlem World Magazine Holiday Podcast with Harlem Writers Guild And More

Join us every Tuesday at 2 pm EST with host Danny Tisdale, guests and Harlem World Magazine contributors “Best Of” and “Top Spots”.

Today Eartha Watts-Hicks and Grace F. Edwards from the historic Harlem Writers Guild read for the holidays listen to it here.

Also, Walter Rutledge gives his Walter’s World: Weekend Picks for this week in Harlem.

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Ralph MacDonald, Harlem Born (video)

Ralph MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was an American percussionist and song-writer.

Ralph MacDonald, the Harlem born Grammy Award winning percussionist and composer, Dies at 67

The great percussionist and composer, Ralph MacDonald, born in Harlem in 1944 was one of the most recorded percussionists in jazz, soul and funk as well as a Grammy Award winning songwriter. He wrote with songwriters Bill Salter and William Eaton. Their composition ‘Where Is The Love’ became a multi-million seller for Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway and won two Grammy Awards…

HW Pick: “Passion In Motion” By Dawn Richard (video)

Dawn Richard is a American singer. Richard is a former member of the musical group Danity Kane, from 2005 to 2009.

The Cadillacs 1953, from Harlem (video)

The Cadillacs were an American rock and roll and doo-wop group from Harlem, New York; active from 1953 to 1962.