Abiodun Oyewole Bio

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) will present two nights of deep-rooted storytelling through music and poetry at The Nimoy with Martha Redbone Roots Project on Friday, February 9 followed by the continuation of the Poetry Uncut series: Part II as J. Ivy hosts performances by Ursula Rucker and Abiodun Oyewole on Saturday, February 10.

NYC Winter Jazzfest has announced the complete list of artists to be featured at the 20th annual NYC Winter Jazzfest! Please mark your calendars for January 10-18, 2024.

'Killin' Republicans' is a new rock opera by Dick D. Zigun, presented by Theater for the New City. Join the conversation as actress Jodie Foster, a Nigerian Afrobeat star, and her Mississippi oilman husband get drunk on a transatlantic flight. Running from November 30 to December 17 at Theater for the New City. Tickets are available at the box office.

NYC Winter Jazzfest has announced the initial list of artists to be featured at the 20th annual NYC Winter Jazzfest! Please mark your calendars for January 10-18, 2024.

Groundbreaking artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s enduring vision continues to have a profound impact on artists to this day, decades after his untimely death in 1988 at the age of 27. Despite his truncated life and career, each year, thousands of people visit his grave at The Green-Wood Cemetery, leaving behind tokens of devotion, gratitude, and celebration in the form of artwork, letters, and art supplies. 

Join in at The Green-Wood Cemetery for an extraordinary event, 'From Canvas to Stage: A Tribute to Basquiat,' featuring live performances by acclaimed musicians and poets against a backdrop of contemporary art inspired by the iconic Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Performance Space New York has announced upcoming programming for Taíno Needle Science Institute: Electric Works Laboratory, the acupuncture clinic that doubles as a guerilla academy, currently ongoing in Performance Space's Open Room, organized by Standing On The Corner Art Ensemble.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has announced the exciting line-up of the highly anticipated TD James Moody Jazz Festival. This year's program offers events combining jazz luminaries in collaboration with artists known for R&B, poetry, hip hop, and so much more. 

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes Hip Hop icons Chuck D, Rakim and Speech to perform with jazz great Christian McBride at the 11th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival on Saturday, November 19 at 8 P.M.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes Hip Hop icons Chuck D, Rakim and Speech to perform with jazz great Christian McBride at the 11th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival on Saturday, November 19 at 8 P.M.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced the exciting line-up of the highly anticipated TD James Moody Jazz Festival. This year's program offers events combining jazz luminaries in collaboration with artists known for R&B, poetry, hip hop, and so much more.   

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center celebrates the 10th annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival showcasing an all-star lineup of the country's best musicians, held Nov 5-21, including the award-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra, the New Jersey premiere of Christian McBride's The Movement Revisited, the Tony Award-winning Lillias White (currently on Broadway in Chicago), a special tribute concert to George Wein.

On September 21 and 28 at 7:00 PM, Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre will present '2020 Poetry Jam: She Speaks, He Speaks, We Speak, Generations Speak.' 

Generations of acclaimed Black poets spanning the Black Arts Movement to todaya??s Black Lives Matter will take the stage from iconic Sonia Sanchez to emerging Mahogany L. Browne and Shadenia Sivad and appear in Woodie King, Jra??s New Federal Theatrea??s She Speaks, He Speaks, Generations Speak: Black Words Matter,  a two part virtual poetry jam on September 21 and September 28 at 7:00pm.  The program is free.

Today, Abiodun Oyewole (of The Last Poets) released a new version of his song 'New York, New York.' The track is taken from the Windows On The World Soundtrack, which will be released on August 2nd via Ropeadope. Windows On The World is a new film written by Robert Mailer Anderson and directed by Michael D. Olmos. Accompanying the single's release is a short clip of Oyewole performing 'New York, New York' in the movie.

On August 2nd, Ropeadope will release the soundtrack for Windows On The World, a new film written by Robert Mailer Anderson and directed by Michael D. Olmos. The album is an expansive mix of genres ranging from americana to R&B, electronic, a spoken word track from Abiodun Oyewole (The Last Poets) and original jazz music from members of the SFJAZZ Collective including Eric Harland, David Sanchez, Edward Simon, Obed Calvaire, Robin Eubanks, Matt Penman, along with Taylor Eigsti and Ethan Iverson (The Bad Plus).

Today, The Last Poets released their new song “ A.M. Project” from their Jamaaladeen Tacuma-produced album Transcending Toxic Times (out tomorrow via Ropeadope). So far the full length has been praised by Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Complex, Glide, and Billboard, who described “A.M. Project” as “a wide-ranging, eight-plus minute track that… incorporates a number of 'personal things' ranging from love to substance issues and an overall search for purpose and meaning in life.”

Today, The Last Poets released their new song “Young Love” from their upcoming album Transcending Toxic Times (out May 10th via Ropeadope). So far the album has been praised by Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and Complex, who premiered “Young Love.”

On May 10th, The Last Poets will release their album Transcending Toxic Times via Ropeadope. Today, the group unveiled the album's first single “For The Millions.” 

Edward James Olmos and Ryan Guzman deliver rich captivating performances in the newly released film, WINDOWS ON THE WORLD, directed by Michael D. Olmos. World Premiere at this year's Sedona International Film Festival.