Strange Fruit Foundation offers concert series in Greensboro (2024)

AHEAD OF US INCLUDING SOME LIVE MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES SATURDAY NIGHT A HIP HOP BAND WILL PERFORM AS A PART OF THE CITY SUNSET CONCERT SERIES AT CITY CENTER PARK IN GREENE, GREENSBORO AND AN ARTIST FROM THAT BAND IS STARTING ANOTHER SERIES, UNCORKED SOUNDS STARTS ON JULY 18TH AT MELROSE COFFEE AND WINE BAR IN DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO, AND THEN THERE WILL BE LIVE MUSIC EVERY THURSDAY IN AUGUST AFTER THAT AS PART OF THIS SERIES. SO HERE TO PREVIEW ALL OF THIS IS CYRIL HOWELL JUNIOR, THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF STRANGE FRUIT FOUNDATION. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. SO CAN YOU JUST FIRST TELL US ABOUT YOUR NONPROFIT, STRANGE FRUIT, HOW IT CAME ABOUT? YEAH, SURE. STRANGE FRUIT, UH, CAME ABOUT, UH, JUST, UH, WANTING TO, UH, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES OF VALUE FOR BIPOC MUSICIANS, SPECIFICALLY AND ALSO CREATE MORE OF AN ENVIRONMENT FOR LIVE MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, BEING IN UNDERGROUND ARTISTS AND ASPIRING MUSICIANS MYSELF, UH, JUST KIND OF LED ME IN THAT DIRECTION. GREAT. SO I KNOW YOU WERE ONE OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND THIS SATURDAY SHOW OR YOU’RE PERFORMING IN IT. CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING THERE? YES. MY BAND, THE NUBIAN COLLECTIVE, WILL BE PERFORMING AT CENTER CITY PARK. UH, MUSIC STARTS AT SEVEN, AND WE’RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. UH, UH, BASICALLY, WE’RE A HIP HOP BAND, BUT WE, UH, DO, UH, INFUSE OTHER GENRES SUCH AS JAZZ, FUNK, SOUL, ROCK, UM, ALL KINDS OF MUSIC. UH, GREAT GROUP OF TALENTED MUSICIANS, UH, THAT HELP US EXPRESS THAT. YEAH. LOOKING AT THE GROUP PHOTO, IT DOES SEEM LIKE YOU GUYS ALL HAVE VERY DIFFERENT VIBES. BUT YOU’RE ALL KIND OF CAN COLLABORATE AND COME TOGETHER, SO I’M SURE THAT WILL BE A REALLY UNIQUE SOUND. BRING THAT TO DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO AND THEN LET’S TALK ABOUT THE THEME OF THIS NEXT SERIES, UNCORKED SOUNDS. TELL US ABOUT THAT. YEAH. SO UNCORKED, UH, THIS CONCERT SERIES IS BASICALLY A LOT OF MUSICIAN AND ARTIST FRIENDS THAT I KNOW THAT I FEEL LIKE ARE REALLY GOOD AT THEIR CRAFT. UM, SO, UM, THAT SERIES IS, IS IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF, UM, GREAT ARTISTS THAT ARE DOING HIP HOP, UM, R&B, SOME OF THE GENRES THAT I JUST MENTIONED THAT WE DO IN OUR BAND. UM, BUT YEAH, SO, UH, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, UNHEARD PROJECT, UH, KICKED THAT OFF FOR US ON JULY 18TH AT MELROSE. UM, COFFEE AND WINE BAR. GREAT. WHO ARE SOME OF THE OTHER ARTISTS? THIS IS HAPPENING THURSDAY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST AS WELL. SO WHO WILL BE FEATURED THEN? UM, YEAH. SO WE, UH, HAVE KATIE BOULEVARD, KAYLEE MARSH, UH, KYRON SCOTT, AARON BLUE AND KAY MARION ALSO GOING TO BE PERFORMING. UM, AND THAT’S EVERY THURSDAY IN AUGUST. OKAY. WELL, IF ARTISTS ARE HEARING THIS AND THEY’RE LIKE, I WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH STRANGE FRUIT, BE A PART OF THESE KINDS OF EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS. HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT THEY DO THAT? THEY CAN GO TO STRANGE FRUIT ORG AND SIGN UP AND THERE’LL BE, YOU KNOW, SPACE FOR THEM TO SEND US THEIR MATERIAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN CHECK THEM OUT. OKAY. WELL, I’M CURIOUS, DARYL, HOW WOULD YOU SAY THAT THESE KINDS OF SERIES AND THESE LIVE MUSIC EVENTS THAT YOU’RE PUTTING ON, HOW DOES THIS BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER? AND AS YOUR BIGGEST MISSION IS, YOU KNOW, PROMOTING THOSE LOCAL ARTISTS? RIGHT. UM, SO, SO BASICALLY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE UNDERGROUND ARTISTS AND ARTISTS THAT ASPIRE TO DO ANYTHING, UM, THERE HAS TO BE A SPACE FOR THEM TO PERFORM. UM, THE MARKET NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED HERE. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CREATING THAT COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS, VENUE OWNERS, UM, ANYONE WHO’S IMPORTANT WITHIN THAT, THAT CIRCLE, YOU KNOW, TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN SUCCEED, UM, YEAH. GIVING THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT THAT VOICE REALLY TO BE PUT ON DISPLAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. YOU KNOW, THE THING. OH, NO. NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY I WAS GOING TO SAY. AND THEN THE FANS, YOU KNOW, GET TO, UM, ACTUALLY ENJOY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY’RE USED TO. DEFINITELY. NO. THANK YOU FOR HITTING ON THAT. THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING FOR TELLING US ALL ABOUT THE SERIES UPCOMING. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT, UNCORKED SOUND SERIES, AS WELL AS TOMORROW’S EVENT, IT IS ALL ON STRANGE FRUIT FOUNDATION.ORG. AND TO RECAP FOR YOU FOR THOSE EVENTS, SATURDAYS CONCERTS STARTS AT 7 P.M. AT CENTER CITY PARK ON NORTH ELM STREET IN GREENSBORO, AND THEN THE FIRST UNCORKED SOUNDS SHOW IS JULY 18