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2bers & Urban Verbs tomorrow @ 7pm! 1st 40 in the door get FREE Album Donwloads from Urban Verbs!
Thanks to my man Artis Jackson at Nightvision for posting a blog on the 2bers DIG Album Release Concert & Benefit tomorrow at the Historic El Rey Theater in Albuquerque. Urban Verbs just announced that the FIRST 40 FOLKS IN THE DOOR WILL RECEIVE FREE ALBUM DOWNLOADS BY ALL THREE MEMBERS OF URBAN VERBS! #BOOYAH
for immediate release Contact: Collin Troy 505.803.5210
BURQUE MUSIC LEGENDS BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC:
2bers album release concert to benefit local charter school,
civil rights organizations
Albuquerque, New Mexico—27 March 2012—On Saturday, April 7th at the Historic El Rey Theater, 2bers will release their new album DIG. Proceeds from the album release concert will benefit the Media Arts Collaborative Charter School, Equality New Mexico, and the Albuquerque Center on Peace and Justice.
Never too young to be legends, the Burque hip hop pioneers have been innovating the community’s music for over ten years and now they plan to innovate the community itself.
By partnering with nonprofits, they are creating the opportunity to bring their community-centered art to a new, like-minded audience. This DIY (Do-It-Yourself) model is not simply a “buy local” mantra (though that is encouraged); it is a “give local,” “party local,” and “live local” concept that creates community rather than profits off it. “We’re trying to take things to new level,” says Collin Troy of 2bers, “not only for ourselves, but for the city itself.”
“Hip hop music has been a positive force in our lives and it still is for emerging generations” says Troy. “It’s a resource and tool to create change and our job as artists is to be an example of how hip hop can be a community resource.”
The April 7th album release concert at the Historic El Rey Theater will open with a full theatrical performance of Urban Verbs: Hip Hop Conservatory & Theater. Feature performance by veteran bands La Junta and Zoology will follow, along with New Mexico’s all-female percussion band, Mala Maña. This is an all-ages event. Doors open at 6:00pm. Tickets are $7 student/$10 pre-sale/$12 day of.
Learn more about the 2bers at www.2bers.com
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JazzBars with Hakim Be & Friends is coming up this Tuesday (February 7th) at Jazzbah. This month’s features “friends” will be Eph’sharpe and BlesInfinite of The 2bers! In advance of this month’s show (& Etta James Tribute), you can get a FREE DOWNLOAD of a collaborative track by Hakim Be and BlesInfinite. CLICK ON THE PHOTO ABOVE to get the track at Facebook. Share with your friends and then come see it performed live at the Jazzbah on Tuesday, February 7th! Can’t wait to see you there.
Also checkout the upcoming Jazzbars press release at www.immastar.com
