WORD!CRAFT One Year Anniversary at Goddard College!

      

A traveling, monthly, participatory, spoken word/hip hop event for all ages! It will take place on Friday, January 30th at "The Pit" in the WGDR Radio Station at Goddard College in Plainfield, VT from 6:30-10. It will be aired live on the earwig radio program. If you can’t make it, tune into 91.1 FM, 91.7 FM, or stream online at http://www.wgdr.org/listen-live! This is an alcohol free event. This month’s theme is “Imagine”, so whatever that means to you, bring it in written and/or improvised verse. You can also just come to listen and support lyrical artists. This is a free event, but we do accept donations.

Godforbid & Thirtyseven - "Fear of Death and the Need for Reproduction"

Back when Wombaticus Rex was still a new thing, the NEK was bumping Alaskan Fishermen pretty heavy. It's not exactly a famous name but it does fit every requirement for a "cult classic," a Lo-Life concept album on Skillionaire Enterprises back when Thirstin Howl the 3rd was getting introduced to a whole new global audience by his Lyricist Lounge appearances. What all that boils down to is a bunch of people doing illegal things on back roads and learning every word off Fire & Ice, the first Alaskan Fishermen album. Back then, Godforbid was one of my favorite rappers.

Ten years later and we're releasing an album. An inspirational story, heart-warming & saccharine sweet stuff, I know. This was recorded at Vault 46 in Boston, who are sadly shutting down later this year, and mixed / mastered by the General Walter Westinghouse at NEKtones Studio in beautiful Burlington, VT. The results are rather massive.



Update: The EU/UK hip hop site The Word is Bond have concluded this was "a gorgeous slice of Americana tinged hip hop." BAM.

A Full Moon Hip Hop Extravaganza in the NEK!

Collective Rhymes presents an evening of local, independent hip hop featuring Mycelium MC, Caveman, DJ Crunchee (Productions), and special guests. There will be solo sets, All Good Things Poetry Project Hip Hopera, a freestyle competition (calling all area MC's to come show off your freestyle skills!), and dance party. There is no cover charge and it's a 21 and older show, sorry youngsters. More info at mcmycelium74@gmail.com or 802-755-6336. Check it out on https://www.facebook.com/mc.mycelium for updates on 

special guests leading up to the show! 

  Some cool chits to help us spread the word about a dope show! 

Shouts out to DJ Crunchee for the handy work on the flyers! Peace

"Burning Through the Breaks" - SKYWISE

From the backwoods of the Northeast Kingdom, some damn tasty instrumental work from SKYWISE. This is definitely a backwoods man of mystery at work, but the material speaks strongly for itself. Sample-based compositions that bang hard: it's hard to ask for more than that from a beat tape.

Highly recommended stuff from a promising new Vermont talent.