NPR’s Tiny Desk is celebrating the month with nine performances by Black women artists. Plus, KPBS' favorite local submissions to the Tiny Desk Contest.
NEW PODCAST: Join KPBS under the neon glow of the historic Les Girls Theater for Stripper Energy: Fighting Back from the Fringes.S1: It's time for Midday Edition on KPBS. Today's arts and culture show is about music and film. We're celebrating Black Music Month , then getting highlights from the Tiny Desk contest , plus a grindhouse film marathon. Here's to conversations that keep you informed , inspired , and make you think.
S1: Love it. And your show , Tiny Desk Concerts does a lot to showcase black music artists year round. And since shows like , You know , Video soul 106 and Park , they're long gone. Um , you know , since that's the case , this is one of the very few places you can see and hear artists. S1: Yeah. And I want to get into that tiny desk concert that you're doing in a minute. But you mentioned that for this Black Music Month , you're featuring an all woman lineup. Tell me about that and why it's important to give black women their flowers specifically right now.
S1: And I also just watched Lakisha Benjamin , who I'd never heard before , and I was blown away by her musicianship. She pulled out that alto saxophone and did her spoken word. I mean , tell me about her. UU: But I was told I could be anything that I wanted to be by God. So you can't make money off your dreams.
S3: So every year , NPR accepts thousands and thousands of submissions from bands across the country. And there's only two basic requirements for this. The first one is the band is unsigned to any recording contract. And the other is that there is a desk of some sort somewhere in your video.S3: Technically , no.
S3: The celebration is this Saturday from 1130 to 130. It's outdoors at the Globe's Copley Plaza. There's always live music and food and art making activities for kids and all ages , really. But one of my favorite things about this project is they always debut a new colab play. Colab is a is an arts engagement program of the globe. It's a community playwriting workshop , so you'll get a chance to see one of those works.
S3: Saint Peter Arnett , New village arts. It's directed by Candice Crystal , and it starts in low cost previews this Friday night with shows all weekend , and then it will officially have the opening night next weekend.S1: There's a couple of chances to check out artists in residence at museums. S8: Today I have Eddie Gorilla of Popcorn Reef and Matt Rothman of Bonkers Cinema. So to start off this conversation , Matt , why don't you tell me what you think Grindhouse is , in case there are people out there who don't know ? Well , I.
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