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Mitsue : Mitsue shared her New York hip hop/ rap stylings with the red carpet crowd of the Acid Dolls Spring Summer Fashion launch at the Honolulu Design Center.

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Mitsue shared her New York hip hop/ rap stylings with the red carpet c ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2009 5:48pm PST

AFA '09 - Ahmad Jamal, Soukous Stars, Booker T. Jones, and Julia Huff : Over the course of the weekend, on the main stage, a lot of talented performers shared their craft. Here are 45 of my favorite photos from those shows.

Booker T. Jones was an interesting performer.  He wasn't the most animated man on stage, but he was clearly passionate about his music.  The good news is that his band was pretty colorful.  This was especially true of his bassist who had ink all over.  Although his music wasn't my style, he was great to hear.

Julia Huff had a great voice, although I had never heard her sing before.  On the downside, she used her voice to sing covers of other artists' songs.  On the plus-side, she sang many of them as good (or better) than the original artist - including a Jill Scott track, which says a lot!

Ahmad Jamal was nice on stage.  That is a smooth man right there.  The best part of his Jazz set was that I could take my earplugs out for a night.  He had a lot of fun on stage.  A while back I saw Ben Vereen perform in Wicked.  Everyone else on stage was "acting" and Ben was clearly in his element, is was like watching a master perform.  Ahmad had that same air about him.

Lastly, the Soukous Stars were probably the most entertaining act of the weekend outside of Mr. Clinton.  Their two dancers, Jessica and Maria, were fantastics and really got the crowd into the show.  The lead sing showed his stuff too, and must have been reliving a past life on stage.  He was an intesting contrast to Maria and Jessica, but to his credit - they all put on a great show!

AFA '09 - Ahmad Jamal, Soukous Stars,...

KBev

Over the course of the weekend, on the main stage, a lot of talented p ...

Updated: Sep 07, 2009 11:31am PST

AFA '09 - Pharcyde, Souls of Mischief, Camp-Lo and Locals (Sep 09) : On the only night with Hip-hop at the festival, they had three groups and some local artists.  Souls and Pharcyde were good, but I don't know their stuff the way I know artists from AFA in years' past.  Still, SoM's "93 'til Infinity" album is a fantastic album, way ahead of its time.

Anyway, here are a few photos from the hip hop stage. If I have some of the names wrong, please let me know.

AFA '09 - Pharcyde, Souls of Mischief...

KBev

On the only night with Hip-hop at the festival, they had three groups ...

Updated: Sep 06, 2009 3:47pm PST

Subterranean - Jedi Mind Tricks and Esoteric (Sep 09) : Perhaps the rowdiest crowd I've seen at SubT was 9/09 for Esoteric and Jedi Mind Tricks (I got there too late to catch Reef the Lost Cauze, but saw him when AoTP took the stage).

Given the crowd, it was hard to get too many good shots.  At one point, some fool spilled his drink all over me (and splash the Nikon).  Thank God it is sealed like any good pro-body should be.  When JMT took the stage and brothers started slam dancing, I made my way to the exit, in case it went down.  It didn't, which was good.

After the show, Jus Allah, Eso and others were upstairs.  Again, all really nice guys.  

*** I think I have some of the AoTP members captioned incorrectly.  Please comment with corrections.  Thanks

Subterranean - Jedi Mind Tricks and E...

KBev

Perhaps the rowdiest crowd I've seen at SubT was 9/09 for Esoteric and ...

Updated: Sep 05, 2009 6:53am PST

Jared Ashley :

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Updated: Aug 24, 2009 3:44pm PST

DISCIPLE/KUTLESS : Disciple/Kutless 
Paris, TX
Photographer: Oscar Ramirez
Photographer: Bianca Montes

DISCIPLE/KUTLESS

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Disciple/Kutless Paris, TX Photographer: Oscar Ramirez Photographe ...

Updated: Aug 18, 2009 6:25am PST

Judas Priest : August 16, 2009
St.Pete Times Forum
Tampa, Florida

Judas Priest

eyelevelphotography

August 16, 2009 St.Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida

Updated: Aug 18, 2009 4:36am PST

Scream The Prayer Tour 2009 : Scream The Prayer 2009
Dallas, TX 7/25/09
Photographer: Bianca Montes
Photographer: Donielle Edler

Scream The Prayer Tour 2009

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Scream The Prayer 2009 Dallas, TX 7/25/09 Photographer: Bianca Monte ...

Updated: Aug 11, 2009 8:59pm PST

Select Concert Pics of 2007 : The best shots from 2007...

Select Concert Pics of 2007

cherylspearls

The best shots from 2007...

Updated: Aug 11, 2009 11:43am PST

Lykke Li Lollapalooza 2009 Aftershow : With Miike Snow and Esser, Friday, August 7th, 2009 at the Bottom Lounge, Chicago. <a href="http://radiofreechicago.typepad.com/reredesign/2009/08/lykke-li-bottom-lounge-872009.html">Review</a> (Radio Free Chicago)

Lykke Li Lollapalooza 2009 Aftershow

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With Miike Snow and Esser, Friday, August 7th, 2009 at the Bottom Loun ...

Updated: Aug 09, 2009 12:05pm PST