CSI in the News - CSI Today
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Freestyle music comes to <strong>CSI</strong> (w<strong>in</strong> tickets)<br />
Posted by bjohnson August 19, 2009 10:15AM<br />
Provided by <strong>the</strong> artistJonelle is one of several artists perform<strong>in</strong>g<br />
at Freestyle Blast! at <strong>the</strong> College of Staten Island Aug. 22.<br />
LIVE AID: Judy Torres, George Lamond, JP Justice, Coro, Fasc<strong>in</strong>ation, Lydia Lee Love, Jonelle &<br />
more.<br />
When: 8 p.m. Aug. 22.<br />
Where: Center For <strong>the</strong> Arts at College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd., Willowbrook.<br />
Tickets: $50-$55.<br />
More <strong>in</strong>fo: 718-982-2787, DocoLat<strong>in</strong>Groove.com.<br />
STATEN ISLAND, NY--Freestyle music is back -- or did it ever go away<br />
Noel, <strong>the</strong> svelte breakdanc<strong>in</strong>g hipster who had a hit with lovesick track "Silent Morn<strong>in</strong>g" <strong>in</strong> 1987 is<br />
most def<strong>in</strong>itely ripe for a "Where Are They Now" episode. But basic elements of this syncopated<br />
Lat<strong>in</strong> dance music brought to <strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong>stream <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> late 1980s seems alive and well.<br />
"It died a little bit, but just <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> last few years, every time I turn on <strong>the</strong> radio, some popular artist is<br />
do<strong>in</strong>g a track with freestyle <strong>in</strong>fluence <strong>in</strong> it," says Jonelle Aquil<strong>in</strong>o, who signed with freestyle-centric<br />
Tazmania records <strong>in</strong> 1994. "Black Eyed Peas came out with 'Boom Boom Pow,' which I th<strong>in</strong>k has a<br />
heavy freestyle <strong>in</strong>fluence. If you listen, it's everywhere."<br />
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