Seattle hip-hop duo Blue Scholars could definitely call 2007 their biggest year. The last twelve months have seen the band release their album Bayani through Rawkus Records, and play gigantic gigs on the main stage at the Sasquatch Festival and supporting Q-Tip at CMJ 2007.
In celebration of all of their accomplishments, the group is presenting their own version of a hometown throwdown called “The Program.” The five-night event will take place December 18th through the 22nd and brings together the cream of the crop from the Northwestern circuit, ranging from some of the leading DJs, activists, visual artists and record labels.
The shows will take place at Neumo’s in Seattle, in conjunction with local radio station KEXP and local newspaper The Stranger. If you can’t make it out to the gigs, no sweat, since every night will be broadcasted live on SynchronicityLive.com.
In advance of “The Program,” the duo will play a few shows on the west coast. The mini-tour begins this Thursday, December 6.
Blue Scholars live:
December 6 – Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan
December 7 – Bend, OR @ Domino Room
December 8 – Spokane, WA @ The Boulevard
December 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
December 16 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord
Blue Scholars @ Neumo’s:
December 18 – Blue Scholars, Swollen Members, Unexpected Arrival, Siren’s Echo :: DJ DV One
December 19 – Blue Scholars, Common Market, D. Black, Sleep of Old Dominion, Can-U :: DJ Vitamin
December 20 – Blue Scholars, Saturday Knights (Light In The Attic) , Khingz, Grynch :: DJ B-Mello
December 21 – Blue Scholars, Dyme Def, J. Pinder, GMK :: DJ Jake One
December 22 – Blue Scholars, Ohmega Watts (Ubiquity), Cancer Rising, The Physics :: DJ blesOne
For more info, check out MassLineMedia.com.
-Matt Pullman
Blue Scholars: www.bluescholars.com
Rawkus Records: www.rawkus.com
Photo credit: Ryan Lewis