Yusef Komunyakaa
Tomas Doncker And The True Groove All-Stars Present “Endangered” at the 19th Biennial Dodge Poetry Festival, NJPac, Saturday, October 22nd, Reviewed
a lot of people who live in fear, for an hour ten Doncker and Dodge put a headlight on it
Tomás Doncker and The True Groove All-Stars Honoring Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet: Yusef Komunyakaa” At NYU-Kimmel Center, Saturday, May 11th, 2019, Reviewed
the depth of imagery of the spirit, and the romance of art of poetry
Tomas Doncker And The True Groove All-Stars “The Black Magnolia Project, Volume One” Reviewed
where the world changes places and the sensual overload blurs the darkness into light
The True Groove Allstars’ “Another Kind Of Night” At Parkside Lounge, Thursday, March 21st, 2019, Reviewed
a deeply gorgeous and brooding dissertation on the need to face nihilism with hope
Live Through This: rock nyc’s Top Concert Picks Week Of March 18th, 2019
a vision of unsurpassed power and sorrow
Cuomo Appoints Yusef Komunyakaa 11th State Poet, rock nyc Readers Know Him For “Big Apple Blues”
“I am honored to serve as New York State poet. I embrace this historical support of artists and I shall endeavor to cultivate this atmosphere where poetry and the lives of working people intersect.”