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About Me

The Black Rock Coalition (BRC), now celebrating its 22nd year, is a non-profit, member-supported organization founded to facilitate the maximum development, exposure and acceptance of Black alternative music and its creators.Founded in 1985 by guitarist Vernon Reid, journalist Greg Tate and producer Konda Mason in reaction to the constrictions that the commercial music industry places on Black artists, the BRC is a collective of artists, writers, producers, publicists, activists and music fans assembled to maximize exposure and provide resources for Black artists who defy convention. To date, the BRC is the only national nonprofit organization dedicated to the complete creative freedom of Black artists.

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Member Since: 3/12/2005
Band Website: blackrockcoalition.org
Band Members: The BRC has active members around the world, a multi-disciplined executive board and an advisory board stacked with heavy hitters. Luminaries who have been members of the BRC include: Meshell Ndegeocello, Bernie Worrell, 24-7 Spyz, the members of Living Colour, Bill Stephney, Craig Street, Sekou Sundiata, Chocolate Genius, Don Byron, Nona Hendryx and countless others. Artists who have participated in BRC activities and showcases in recent months include Doug Pinnick, Spacey T, Keziah Jones, Tamar-kali, Suffrajett, Graph Nobel, Imani Coppola, David Ryan Harris, Jeffrey Gaines, Sophia Ramos, FunkFace, Pillow Theory, Apollo Heights, Avery Brooks, DK Dyson, Carl Hancock Rux, Caron Wheeler, and DJ Reborn.We have more than a thousand e-mail subscribers and over 3,000 names on our mailing list.
Influences: Our influences are progressive Black artists, famous and unknown, who are doing their thing regardless of what you or I think about it...
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Record Label: Black Rock Coalition Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Black Rock of Ages

So, here we are in an information age, at once empowered by technology and limited by access. Every musician can make her own CD, but how does she let the world know it exists? How does she make indus...
Posted by black rock coalition on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:30:00 PST