
Olu Dara gives Queens the blues:
The eclectic musician—and Nas' father—bridges genres and ignores labels
Bio: James Guida is the author of Marbles, and of essays that have appeared in Tin House, Orion, and The Yale Review, among other places.

Olu Dara gives Queens the blues:
The eclectic musician—and Nas' father—bridges genres and ignores labels
Bio: James Guida is the author of Marbles, and of essays that have appeared in Tin House, Orion, and The Yale Review, among other places.
"Some kind of people think they're doing it on their own, but you're not doing it on your own at all," Dara says. For him, music is emphatically about people—this is one more reason to keep him company tomorrow night, when he gives one of his rare New York appearances at Queensbridge Park. More
Posted on July 27th, 2010 7:55am