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Not About Winning: Team Philadelphia Shocks The Brave New Voices Judges + New Poet Stars On The Horizon (VIDEOS)
In previous posts, I had discussed how the “Brave New Voices” Team Philadelphia had challenged the judges on a technicality of one of the other teams who got into the finals. Apparently the other team went over their allotted time and as a result Team Philadelphia got into the finals. In the final episode which […]
Team Philadelphia Uses Their Brave New Voices to RIGHTFULLY Advance Into Finals! (VIDEO)
Drama alert! If you saw Russell Simmons’ “Brave New Voices” on Sunday night you would have seen that at first our Team Philadelphia didn’t get into the finals…BUT because of their “brave new voices”, they called the judges on a technicality of one of the other teams who got into the finals. Apparently the other […]
Partners in Poetry: 2 Pros Who Make Team Philadelphia Look Real Good (VIDEOS)
Have you been watching Russell Simmons’ “Brave New World” on HBO? If you have, you would have seen great performances from our Team Philadelphia . Highlighted this week on the show were moving performances from Alysia Harris’ (C’10, The Excelano Project) and Josh Bennett (C’10, The Excelano Project, Brave New Voices 2008 slam champion). Watch Alysia’s “That […]
“Slamming” Penn Undergrads on HBO’s “Brave New Voices”
Over the years on DT, I posted about The Excelano Project, a captivating group at Penn that performs the Spoken Word. Apparently, 4 members of this group have caught the attention of Russell Simmons and will be starring in Simmons’ new HBO show “Brave New Voices” debuting this Sunday night at 11pm ET/PT. Per the […]
This Spoken Word Artist is not going to Africa for Safari or Volunteering; “he’s just going” (VIDEO)
Over the past few years I have been amazed at the Penn alumni and undergrad talent that has come out of this new genre of entertainment called “spoken word“. Before there was Alysia, Aysha, Josh and Caroline, there was Carlos. And if you recall, Carlos Andrés Gómez (C’04) was my #2 pick of my then […]
