I would run the world but the couch is, like, right there. Music is my love language. 🫶🏼

“Meet new school old school crooner BSKi, (pronounced “bee-skee”) with a touch Jamiroquai and neo-soul, it’s the pure poetry he’s writing that takes his sound to another level…” -Elevtrtrax.com

Brian Collazo, also known as BSKi, is a singer and songwriter based in New York. The first generation “Nuyorican” grew up in a musical family, influenced by everything from the sounds of ‘90s R&B and Hip Hop, to the classic bolero music his father would sing & play around the house. 

This musical upbringing led to a career as an in-demand session singer and live vocalist in New York, working with the likes of the Roots, Shawn Mendes, Lorde, Lisa Lisa and many others.

His own music blends R&B, Funk & Hip-Hop with afro-latin rhythms in a style he refers to as “sancochofunk” (sancocho=stew or gumbo); infusing an often tongue-in-cheek lyrical approach with a highly percussive and magnetic stage show. More experiential than merely musical, these vibes are crafted to make you move something.

BSKi’s latest single “Get on the Floor” is a collaboration with long-time musical partner Greg Mayo and pairs lush Janet Jackson-esque harmonies with Puerto Rican plena rhythms and a New York club aesthetic. Like he said, sancochofunk. ;)

When the borders break and no guard set
to hinder refuge in the arms of sister,
then once again, a family we will be,
the people of remembering, loving God.

https://thesefearsomemarvels.blogspot.com/

"When the borders break," banner image (2018) and poem (2021), by Amar Shah, CC BY-NC 4.0, https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUTBcXBcIN3KcwYGw_w6sNcDlZbGTi-l9LPVs0/

Portrait: "Untitled" (2021) by Fronx Wurmus, https://soundcloud.com/fronx

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Where words fail, music speaks. Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.

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