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-KPFA DJ, AUTHOR, HISTORIAN, FUNK-HEAD-
RICKEY VINCENT.COM
NYC Summer 2014
The summer of 2014 I took a trip to New York City and got busy promoting Party Music, and connecting with some important people!
On Tuesday July 29th, I spoke at the Sisters Uptown bookstore in Harlem. What a great event, and a great night in The City.
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I got to visit with JOYCE JONES and HANK WILLIAMS at WBAI, some great folks!
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On July 30th I did a talk at Revolution Books in Manhattan! Lots of great connections made!
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I(left) MARCIE CHIN, my homegirl from the UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Doctoral program came to my talk!
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(below) Berkeley High School homies ERIC TALLER and trumpeter STEVE BERNSTEIN had a session just a few blocks away that nite!
It was great catching up with my peeps!