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Giant Step 20th Anniversary: Aloe Blacc + Raphael Saadiq, Central Park Summerstage, July 17 2010
by Ernest Barteldes
Giant Step 20th AnniveraryAloe Blacc + Raphael SaadiqJuly 17, 2010Central Park SummerstageNew York, NYFor his first appearance in New York, Los Angeles-based singer Aloe Blacc came on stage backed by a solid nine-piece band, showcasing his take on the classic soul revival that harkens back to the likes of ...
Water from Gregory Porter
New jazz artist Gregory Porter exhibits such vocal mastery that no less a jazz luminary than Wynton Marsalis has gone on record to call him “a fantastic young singer." The debut album, Water, is out now on Motema Music. For the recording of Water, Gregory Porter tapped a powerful cadre of strong players, among them the ...
Leela James: My Soul
by Ernest Barteldes
As she begins a relationship with a new label, Leela James presents a selection of all-original songs, contrasting Let's Do It Again (Shanachie, 2009), where the classic soul singer paid tribute to iconic soul singers and songwriters who informed her career. The collection is refreshing, starting with the powerhouse" I Ain't New To This," which contains ...
Levi's Pioneer Sessions: Raphael Saadiq Covers the Spinners + MP3
Levis Pioneer Sessions keeps rolling out more recreations of classic hits, this time with Giant Step favorite Raphael Saadiq covering Its a Shame by The Spinners, the legendary Detroit ensemble. When Tony! Toni! Tone!'s Raphael Saadiq went solo, his goal was to modernize R&B without cutting ties with its past, creating complex tunes that honored Motown ...
Os Paralamas do Sucesso at The 8th Brazilian Film Festival, Central Park Summerstage June 12, 2010
by Ernest Barteldes
Paralamas do Sucesso 8th Brazilian Film Festival in New York Central Park Summerstage June 12, 2010 On their first Summerstage appearance in over two decades, Brazil's Paralamas do Sucesso (Herbert Vianna: guitar, vocals; Bi Ribeiro; bass; Joao Barone: drums) took the stage prepared to showcase their most popular ska-influenced ...
Gil Scott-Heron Video: "I'm New Here"
Check out Gil Scott-Herons video for the title track to his album, Im New Here. Its a deliberately simple take on a sparse acoustic song, capturing him live in the studio with subtle background projections of his Harlem neighborhood. Herons first album in more than a decade, ...
Tia Fuller Releases Decisive Steps + MP3
Alto/soprano saxophonist/flautist Tia Fullers newest Mack Avenue release, Decisive Steps, is a sumptuous CD of ten tracks that illustrate her artistic fearlessness. A member of Beyoncs band for four years, Fullers agile, buoyant and elegant full-bodied sax lines effortlessly improvise a number of moods and grooves, as evidenced by the take-no-prisoners tempo of the title track. ...
Gilles Peterson Digs Cuba
Two years ago, Gilles Peterson visited Cuba for the first time on a reconnaissance mission to check out the new generation of Havana-based artists. The fruits of his labor culminated in the album he presented, Havana Cultura, which was recently released, but now his Brownswood Recordings imprint is preparing the release of Havana Cultura Remixed out ...
King Britt Interview
It may be hard to believe but the legendary Philadelphia DJ/Producer King Britt has been in the music game for twenty years now. Beginning his career in 1990 as E-Culture on the Strictly Rhythm label, Britt quickly became the DJ for the Grammy winning hip-hop group Digable Planets. Segueing into production work, hes remixed tracks for ...
New Re-Issues from Fela Kuti and Knitting Factory Records
Our friends at Knitting Factory Records and Fela.net have announced the second set of Fela Kuti reissues, Na Poi: These 7 CDs, which include 14 albums released primarily in the mid-70s, contain some of the most powerful music of Felas career, representing Fela and Africa 70 in their prime. In this collection, Felas political ...
