Greg Tate

Greg Tate

Greg Tate is an American author who has spent the last two decades formulating a critical language that has redefined African-American cultural theory and writing. An essayist and long time staff writer for The Village Voice, Tate has published widely, with writings on art, music, and culture appearing in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Spin, Artforum, The Nation, and DownBeat, and Africa-based magazines such as Glendora Review and Chimurenga.

The impact of Tate's writing lies in the seminal productive tensions he navigates between post-structural theory and black cultural nationalism; academia and street culture. Tate has been inspired by black innovators such as Miles Davis, Hendrix, Sly Stone, George Clinton and the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat . Furthermore, Tate has defied fixed notions about what constitutes authentic black culture, and has inscribed a new radical trajectory that is simultaneously rebellious yet intelligently written.

Now in his 50s, Tate continues to challenge cultural hegemony, writing on everything from hip-hop to Youtube. His books include "Flyboy In the Buttermilk", "Midnight Lightning: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience" and "Everything But the Burden: What White People Are Taking From Black Culture". He is also a founding member of the Black Rock Coalition and the conductor and music director of Burnt Sugar, a band that fuses jazz, rock, funk, and African music in a lyrical, exploratory and improvisational manner.

Works

*cite book |author=Tate, Greg |title=Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |year=1992 |pages= |isbn=0-671-72965-9 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=
*cite book |author=Tate, Greg |title=Everything But the Burden: What White People Are Taking From Black Culture |publisher=Broadway Books |location=New York |year=2003 |pages= |isbn=0-7679-0808-2 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=
*cite book |author=Tate, Greg |title=Midnight Lightning: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience |publisher=Lawrence Hill Books |location=Chicago, Ill |year=2003 |pages= |isbn=1-55652-469-2 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=

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