ERS+ – Boston’s Black Experience, 88.9FM HD2 / wersplus.org, sat down with Psychotherapist Sonia Erlich. She is the Deputy Director for Workforce Development and Clinical Training for TEAM UP. Mo Wilks and Sonia discuss positive ways to process and check in with yourself to deal with stress. These simple tools can be used on the…
DJ Mo Wilks interview Boston singer/songwriter Kae Alayah Singer songwriter Kae Alayah stopped by Studio 8-8-9 to talk with The Secret Spots’ Mo Wilks about her musical background, inspirations and glimpse into her performance at the Momentun BAMSFest Boston opening night. She’ll be onstage at the Sinclair in Harvard Square with other local Boston area…
Welcome back to Studio 8-8-9, I’m DJ MO WILKSSummer in Boston is thankfully in full effect. Cookouts, road trips, gatherings with friends and family increase as does the signalling of the summer film season. I’m not referencing the summer blockbuster series season, although there appear to be some super offerings taking filmgoers to worlds of…
Momentum 2025 Boston kicks off June 25, 2025. It is a six-day arts and culture music creative festival that is part of BAMSFest (bamsfest.org) June 28th. BAMSFest, the festival’s crowning jewel event, celebrates it’s the seventh year of highlighting local and national arts, dance and cultural creatives inside Massachusetts held at Dorchester’s historic Franklin Park…
Tony Wilson stopped by Studio 8-8-9 to chop it up with host interviewer Bryan Edouard aka Bishop Toussaint. Tony and Bryan discussed Tony’s annual performance commemorating the night James Brown Saved Boston. Wilson annually recreates the historic evening Brown gave an energetic performance at the then old Boston Garden. It followed the aftermath of…
PinkSweat$ – Boch Center – Feb 17th 2025 by Anytza Delgado, WERS – Urban Coordinator The Boch Center in Boston was transformed into a soulful living room as Pink Sweat$—Daniel Bowden—took the stage for his “Welcome Home Tour.” Born in West Philly and raised in a deeply religious household, Bowden’s early years weren’t typical for…
This link is for the photo of Kendrick Lamar in a crowd of backup dancers: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2025/02/11/kendrick-lamar-brings-viral-diss-track-to-super-bowl-stage/ America’s Game The whole of America was watching as Kendrick Lamar took the field at halftime. Some people were wondering what songs he would perform. Some people were wondering what he might say about his “beef” with Drake that…
written by Fenton Wright GNX Album Review: Album: GNX Favorite Songs: heart pt. 6 , man at the garden, reincarnation, gloria For Fans Of: Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy Q, JID The ‘Culture’. Over the past year this is what Kendrick Lamar has sought to reclaim and redefine. In his eyes hip-hop has lost what its original meaning…
(Below is a transcript of some of the interview) Good evening. I’m DJ Mo Wilks of The Secret Spot, and we’re taking a deep dive arts-wise from studio 8-8-9 to celebrate the joy of Christmas and the holiday season. Musically, the season just isn’t here until we hear our musical gifts from artists you have…
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