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"SOL MELODIQ @ NEU WITH THE LAST POETS"

Students of all colors gathered to celebrate Black History Month with the legendary Last Poets at afterHOURS Thursday.

The Black Engineering Student Society (BESS) sponsored the show, which featured Sol Melodiq, a Boston-based jazz/soul band, and the Last Poets, a group of socially-conscious poets and musicians that have been around since the 1960s.

Nahomie Louis, BESS treasurer and a senior engineering major, said the group chose The Last Poets and Sol Melodiq to perform because the poetry and music together would create an unusual combination, not typical of most shows at Northeastern.

Sol Melodiq formed at Berklee College of Music. Although the group writes some of its own songs, Sol Melodiq also covered a number of songs, including "The Light," originally by rapper Common, and "Ribbon in the Sky," originally performed by Stevie Wonder.

The Last Poets is on a college tour around the country. Thursday night, they had just flown back to New York from Eastern Michigan University before they hopped on another plane to Northeastern.
"The college audiences have been our biggest audiences over the years," Oyewole said. "Mainly I think because students' minds are fertile and they want to hear some words."

The Last Poets is made up of Umar Bin Hassan, Abiodun Oyewole and Don Babatunde. They formed the Last Poets in 1968 and are often referred to as the "grandfathers of rap," drawing inspiration from political and musical figures like John Coltrane, Malcolm X and Miles Davis, as well as politics, black culture and family.

Although the Last Poets said they were happy to perform at Northeastern, they had some reservations about performing for Black History Month.

"This is National Negro Employment Month. … I feel real bad that we should get [a show] out of that, because every day and every month should be Black History Month," Oyewole said.

Hassan said black history is American history.
- NU NEWS


Discography

Recordings on our upcoming EP
include originals "yourself' & "strangefruit"
available on myspace.com/solmelodiq

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The band is based in the Boston area, formed in the world-reknowned Berklee College of Music. Stacey Wade (keyboardist and organist for Al Green), and Jamaal Moore (saxophonist and percussionist) makes the central core of the band and have recently played for Boston locals such as Omega Red, Leonard Washington, Anjuli Stars and Phillip Bailey. They have recently performed at the Boston Urban Music Awards and is currently working on an album due this Fall. Fans of live music will not be disappointed in hearing this band as their brilliant blend of jazz, hip-hop, funk, and world music is mesmerizing and enjoyable for any audience.