Raymond “Boots” Riley was born on April 1, 1971 and is a founding member and lead vocalist for The Coup, a radical, edgy, Oakland-based underground hip-hop gro...
Pam Warren, a.k.a. Pam the Funkstress or Purple Pam, was born on November 11, 1966 in Shreveport, Louisiana and died on December 22, 2017.
Warren was a DJ, ...
Pauline Oliveros’s life’s work as a composer, performer, and humanitarian was about deepening her own and other people’s sensibilities to the facets of sound. ...
Steven Arnold was born on May 18, 1943 in Oakland. He was a surrealist who worked in various mediums: film, photography, painting, illustration, theater, and a...
Casper Banjo was considered disabled, black, and gifted. Born in Memphis, TN, Banjo often faced racism growing up in the forties and fifties, which was one of ...