Maya Azucena

“Big-ups to all my warriors.  I was thinking of you today and wrote:
If you’ve got it in you, take the chance/ there’s people out there who need you, need you to take the risk/ be vulnerable, cuz your pain is their story, and they find a friend in your words/ stomp madly on the […]

The Blue Note Show — May 24th
The Blue Note, an internationally-renowned club in the heart of Greenwich Village, is almost like a second home for Maya Azucena.  Whether headlining her own shows or making a surprise guest appearance with another artist, Maya augments the club’s prestigious reputation of featuring world-class talent whenever she takes the […]

Hello People,
So I stick by my theory that if you don’t see me (or hear me) it means I’m working. This past week I was in 4 countries, and still did 4 shows in New York City.
Interesting highlights from the past 2 weeks include:
YKASEC: I sang at a gala for this […]

I FORGAVE YOU THE OTHER DAY (the journal entry that became my monologue in Culture Bandit Soul)
7-29-08
I just forgave you the other day. It took me a long time. In fact, I had nightmares for over 4 years after leaving. They were dreams replicating my past, and in my dreams you’d make me […]

MY ASIAN CHRONICLES: BURMA Part 1
 
4-03-08
I am standing beneath a mango tree in Burma.  The Temple to Lord Baik Tha No has a quiet knowing power.  The sun is a hazy eye sleepily fanning open it’s lid, casting gentle white light on the leaves. 
 
I have waited for a place like this.
 
The birds speak loudly, proudly.  […]

2008 Fulbright Scholar, Angela Steele (recent graduate from Stanford University), and partner Lila Babb, met us on the road in Kunming China and included us in her blogs as part of her documentary studies of Hip Hop in China.
Posted April 22nd, 2008
Last Friday we had the opportunity to experience an unbelievable day of live music. […]