Greg Tate

Greg Tate is a writer, musician, and culture provocateur who thrives in Harlem. Tate was a staff writer at The Village Voice from 1987–2003. His books include Flyboy In The Buttermilk, Essays on American Culture (Simon and Shuster, 1993); Everything But The Burden, What White People are Taking From Black Culture (Harlem Moon/Random House, 2003); Midnight Lightning: Jimi Hendrix and The Black Experience (Acapella/Lawrence Hill, 2003); and Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader (Duke University Press 2016). A founding member of the Black RockCoalition, Tate has led the Conducted Improv ensemble Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber since 1999.