Lyric Café: What "Politics" Means To Me...
Lyric Café poets and musicians discuss the meaning behind the word "Politics." Check out this video to see artists such as Sonja Rae, 5th L, Eric Roberson an...
View ArticleLyric Café: Poets On The Significance of President Obama
Lyric Café poets and musicians discuss the significance of President Obama. Watch to see what The Lyric Cafe Spoken Word Artists have to say about what Presi...
View ArticleKomplex Performs on The Lyric Cafe
"Where Langston Hughes meets Mos Def," he walks like a poet and talks like a MC. Poet. Hip-Hop Artist. Host. Author. Actor. Educator. Professional. He closes...
View ArticleAtlanta Jazz Festival: When I Think Of Lyrics....
Filmed at the 2010 Atlanta Jazz Festival this is the first installment of Lyric Cafe's When I Think of Lyrics...
View ArticleQ-Nice Intro's The Lyric Cafe Lounge at the 5th Annual Soul Music Summit
Q-Nice gives an introduction to the Lyric Cafe Lounge at the International Soul Music Summit. www.TheLyricCafe.com.
View ArticleAllad Performs at the 5th Annual Soul Music Summit: Performance 2
Allad performs his spoken word piece at the Lyric Café lounge from the 5th Annual Soul Music Summit.
View ArticleAllad Performs at the 5th Annual Soul Music Summit: Eye and Eye is Real
Allad took the mic in The Lyric Cafe Lounge, performing "Eye and Eye is Real" at the 5th Annual Soul Music Summit.
View ArticleInterview With Spoken Word Artist George Watsky Outside Of The Kennedy Center
George Watsky takes time to discuss his favorite lyrics at The Kennedy Center. He cites Charlie Tuna of Jurassic 5 before jumping into a rendition of " Concr...
View ArticleInterview With Spoken Word Artist Joshua Brandon Bennett Outside Of The...
Joshua Brandon Bennett takes some time to talk with The Lyric Cafe about his favorite lyrics. Joking about the depth of his choice Joshua recited Lupe Fiasco...
View ArticleLydia Performs At The 5th Annual Soul Music Summit: John Lennon "Yesterday"
Lydia gives The Lyric Café Lounge at the 5th Annual Soul Music Summit a unique and original arrangement of John Lennon's "Yesterday."
View ArticleTrue Daly Performs At The 5th Annual Soul Music Summit: "Food For Thought"
The Lyric Café Lounge at the 5th Annual Soul Music Summit gave up and coming poets the opportunity to hone their craft. This is the first of two performances...
View ArticleDeja K Taylor Performs On The Kennedy Center Stage
Leading off with a sample from Lauryn Hill's "Ready Or Not", Deja K jumps into a lyrical spoken word performance that is sure to not only bring you to your f...
View ArticleGeorge Watsky Performs On The Kennedy Center Stage
George Watsky performs an original spoken word piece at The Kennedy Center. An environmental poem about the struggles of being a consumer and advertisers who...
View ArticleInterview With Spoken Word Artist Jamaica Osorio Outside Of The Kennedy Center
The Lyric Café stopped to speak with Jamaica Osorio outside of The Kennedy Center about her favorite lyrics, a line from David Wilcox's "Farthest Shore;" and...
View ArticleJoshua Brandon Bennet Performs On The Kennedy Center Stage
Joshua Brandon Bennet performs a spoken word piece at The Kennedy Center. Joshua brings the crowd to applause as he counts down the ten constants he sees in ...
View ArticleInterview With Spoken Word Artist Kataalyst Outside Of The Kennedy Center
Outside of The Kennedy Center, Kataalyst spoke with The Lyric Café, sharing his favorite poet and poem, Amir Sulaiman's Danger. Kataalyst recited the poem in...
View ArticleInterview With Spoken Word Artist Ashia Outside Of The Kennedy Center
The Lyric Cafe's "When I Think of Lyrics" campaign continues as Ashia shares her favorite lyrics, Nina Simone's "You Know How I Feel," outside of The Kennedy...
View ArticleInterview With Spoken Word Artist Jinnhie Outside of The Kennedy Center
The Lyric Café took the time to speak with spoken word artist Jinnhie before she took The Kennedy Center's Stage. Jinnhie spoke with the Lyric Café about her...
View ArticleInterview with Spoken Word Artist Safia Outside of The Kennedy Center
Outside the Kennedy Center, Lyric Café got a chance to talk with Safia, a native of Sudan, about what her favorite Lyrics, "And Just Like The River, I've Bee...
View ArticleDC Youth Poetry Team Performs On The Kennedy Center Stage
DC Youth Poetry Team performs at The Kennedy Center. Accompanied by violin, The DC Youth Poetry Team delivers a stirring performance calling to attention arc...
View ArticleJamaica Orso Performs On The Kennedy Center Stage
Lyric Cafe highlights an amazing performance by Jamaica Orso on The Kennedy Center stage. Jamaica begins with an A Capella rendition of Maroon 5's "Harder to...
View ArticleJinnhie Performs on The Kennedy Center Stage
Spoken word artist Jinnhie shares her definition of lyrics, winning over the audience as she performs on The Kennedy Center stage.
View ArticleJohn Goode Performs for The Lyric Cafe (2)
John Goode's second performance on The Lyric Cafe. J Goode shows his comedic abilities as he takes the mic and asks "remember when men were men?"
View ArticleAkeil Thomas Performs for The Lyric Cafe
Akeil Thomas performs for The Lyric Cafe, he uses the word "con" as a prefix in it's many forms, words and meanings.
View ArticleAnita Baker Interview at the 2010 Soul Train Awards
At last year's 2010 Soul Train Awards, Anita Baker was honored as a legend for her endless contributions to the music industry. She took a moment to speak ab...
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