How do you make a year old song fresh again? With a newly released music video, that’s how. Yes, you read that correctly. It’s been a year since Magnetic North & Taiyo Na, featuring Conchita Campos, dropped their single “Summertime” from their Home:Word album, but who cares? The colors and visuals of the music video match the song so well and shows exactly how I imagined a summer day in New York would be like.
Ah, yes! A great event on the East Coast I can attend! Score! Talented artists Magnetic North, Taiyo Na, afterschoolspecial, and Cynthia Lin Band are all getting together to perform at the Parkside Lounge in the great city of New York next Saturday, March 6th. Doors will open at 8:30 and the cover charge is only $5 bucks! If you live around the area and you’re 21+, make sure to be there because it’s going to be a sick night with great music.
Here are the details:
Magnetic North+Taiyo Na
afterschoolspecial
Cynthia Lin Band
Parkside Lounge
317 East Houston Street
New York, NY 10002-1103
Saturday, March 6
Doors at 8:30pm
$5 Cover
For more info or to get on a special guestlist- please e-mail Daniel@sdaff.org
afterschoolspecial:
Magnetic North & Taiyo Na:
Cynthia Lin Band:
Ellie Meets Talent, EMT, is back with another episode featuring the always handsome Taiyo Na and the talented duo Magnetic North. Reigning from the West Coast, T and Direct got together to form Magnetic North back in 2003 and it’s only looked up from there. The hip hop group, known for their “mix of refreshingly honest rhymes and organic beats,” are definitely AA forces to be reckoned with. Fast forward 6 years later, and the emcees have garnered respect, fans, and love from all over the country. Watch out for their new album to be released in late 2009.
Born and raised in the great City of New York, Taiyo Na, is a singer, songwriter, MC, producer, and spoken word poet. His debut album, “Love is Growth” received much acclaim with Okayplayer.com writing, “establishes himself as a multidimensional talent with a unique creative voice that fuses the rhythms of the city that raised him with the soul of the Asian immigrant culture that birthed him.” But don’t be fooled by his pretty boy looks, this AA artist is one of the most respected artists on our neck of the woods and exudes talent every time he hits a mic.
Na and Magnetic North have collaborated in the past, but expect their music video for “Summertime” to drop summer 2010. Our team was lucky enough to sit with the talented threesome to talk music, collaborations, crushes, and more. All here on the 4th episode of “EMT.”
