Siddhartha Mitter

New York, NY —

Sometimes there’s a handy phrase to describe a cultural movement, like punk rock, or hip-hop, or grunge. Sometimes there isn’t, and you have to see a performance or hear an album to decide for yourself what’s going on. “Still Life with Commentator” is that kind ...

New York, NY —

New York performance poet Sekou Sundiata has been compared to Langston Hughes and Marvin Gaye for his writing about Black America. But 9/11 left him confused about American identity. Out of that he’s built a multi-media work, a cycle of songs, poems and monologs, video ...