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…
Article written by James Barnes, Urban Coordinator Videography & Photos by Bryan Edourd, Class of 2025 BAMS (Boston Arts & Music Soul) Festival, or BAMSFest, is a culturally-led movement, pioneered and orchestrated by Boston native Catherine T. Morris. Established in June of 2018, the goal was to recognize and magnify the creative contributions of Black & Brown…
Listen to our interview with Cagen Luse, co-founder along with Barrington Edwards of Comics in Color, a two-day festival now in it’s fifth year in Boston held at Roxbury Community College. Cagen drops knowledge on his journey to becoming a cartoonist, Boston’s comic scene, the recent passing of Boston illustrator Robert Stull, as well as…
ERS+ and The Secret Spot’s very own DJ Mo Wilks vibed out with members of the Virginia-based soul band, Butcher Brown. Morgan Burrs (guitar) and Corey Fonville (drums) discussed their musical inspirations, how Butcher Brown came to be, and their latest album Letters From The Atlantic in this tell-all interview.
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…
