New York has consistently been a central focus for underground and subversive art. It was where the Harlem Renaissance nurtured the undiscovered African American artists of the 1920s. It was where much of the European Avant-Garde fled to escape the rise of Nazi fascism in the 1930s & 40s, and it was where experimental musicians, writers, & visual & conceptual artists created the Downtown loft scene in the '60s.
The Chavis brothers came from North Carolina in the late '80s, to a New York City that was not sure how to relate to Black musicians performing music that was not easily recognisable as 'Black Music'.
Like many of the artist who have come looking for a home in New York, the brothers Chavis' experience was unexpected and incomparable.
Listen to our show with Daniel Chavis here:
https://soundcloud.com/resonance-fm/00-00-00-is-black-music-25?in=resonance-fm/sets/is-black-music-2014
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