Subject: Nino Moschella

• Jesse DeNatale's Folk-Blues at Amnesia

  June 6, 2008

• Hitting the MAN-sion for Playboy

  August 30, 2006

• Jesse DeNatale

  Soul Parade

  July 5, 2006

• Soul Patrol

  Nino Moschella's earthy funk

  June 28, 2006

• Crown City Rockers Sign to K7

  Boom Bapster: Raashan Ahmad I caught Rashaan Ahmad opening up for Nino Moschella at the Shattuck Down Low last Friday. Got to give it up to Ra--he cannot be accused of keeping it "too real," yet he certainly keeps it 100% true-school hip-hop with his adidas sneakers and Cazal frames. Ra's rapid-fire emcee verses had that 'block party' feel to them, and even though the SDL wasn't as packed as it should have been, Ra's intensity never wavered onstage. Here's another reason to give Raashan props:

  June 22, 2009

• Art & Soul Organizer Explains What Happened To This Year's Festival

  You Know You Want This, Oakland: Shawn Colvin​ Earlier this week I wrote about discovering that Oakland's Art & Soul Festival--which happens August 15 & 16--had managed to almost completely ignore the youthful 16-35 demographic with its bookings for this year. There's no live hip-hop, indie, or alternative rock, easily the most popular genres for teenagers and young adults. It seemed only right to follow up that post and ask the people behind the festival why that is. According to Sa

  August 7, 2009