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Archive for April, 2008

Brooklyn Girl In…Sicily and Barcelona [Episode #4]

The last leg of the Brooklyn Funk Essentials Tour lands Hanifah in Sicily and Spain. There she enjoys some gelato, fights a fever beneath a volcano named Aetna and bikes through the side streets of Barcelona.

U People Podcast – Episode #25 “Tastemakers and Room Shakers”

This week we are bringing the best and brightest in womens music along with some announcement about where U People is going in the near future. Sun Singleton is back with Kiki Hawkins to talk about upcoming shows and projects. Watch Hanifah’s fashion crisis spiral out of control and Olive’s patience with the dreaded giggles.

Ask Dr. G Love [Debut Episode]

In the debut episode of Ask Dr. G Love on www.iloveupeople.com Dr. G love answers questions for a couple curious about polyamory and a young lesbian still on the fence about herself.

U People Episode #24: “Acceptance and Rejection”

Hanifah returns from Europe and reflects on the tour. U People, the film receives new acceptance and rejection letters from film festivals. And Olive and Hanifah battle over whether musicals are truly for the “birds”.

Ayo

I first met Ayo (pronounced I-Yo)in 2004 at a club in Paris. Well actually I saw her guitar first among a crowd of other hip boho artist types.

 
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U People Podcast – Episode #23 “Making Movies”

This week Hanifah is still on tour but thats okay because Olive is still hanging in there. Check out the behind the scenes look at the “Do You Mind” video with director M. Asli Ducan. This week with Asli she explores a little bit of Harlem; a little bit of U People and a little [...]

Brooklyn Girl In.. Nice to Paris [Episode #3]

This episode follows Hanifah and the Brooklyn Funk Essentials on the first leg of their spring tour through France and Torino, Italy. There Hanifah deals with Italian toilet rest stops, rocks the stage in both cities and rural towns and meets up with lesbians of color in Paris who entertain new terms for “People of Color”.

U People Episode # 22 “Where is Hanifah?”

Hanifah is long gone on tour with Brooklyn Funk Essentials to parts unknown whatever shall Olive do. Get by with the help of friends of course. This week Kim Knox of Ubiquita NYC is on in the mix helping her focus and bring out the best in this weeks podcast. We have a big announcement [...]