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The Guardian
February 18, 2018
You run a label – XL – home to mavericks as diverse as Dizzee Rascal, Radiohead and Arca, and you produce records by your heroes – Gil Scott-Heron, Bobby Womack – in what one might laughably call your spare time. By many people's definitions, you'd be about as fulfilled, three-dimensional andÃÂ ...
KUNM
February 17, 2018
Some of the artists who will be featured include, Sly and The Family Stone, Gil Scott-Heron, The Bus Boys, The Chambers Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Albert King, Curtis Mayfield, The Isley Brothers, Buddy Miles, Funkadelic, and many, many more. A special note, our Cosmic Poet Mark Weber will drop by toÃÂ ...
Irish Times
February 17, 2018
... used their voices to improvise as if they were each a different instrument in a jazz quartet, coming together with controlled chaos. They were just as comfortable making a remarkably faithful 1980s electro rap homage (Cornbread) as they were writing Gil Scott-Heron-style poetry about homelessness (Park Bench People).
East Hampton Star
February 16, 2018
“Each color treatment has its own name, usually taken from a favorite 1980s song: 'Whitey on the Moon,' for instance, a haunting pattern of grays, comes from Gil Scott Heron.” “Each piece has varying light-fastness, so some of them are more light-fast, and all of them are finished to a wear tolerance that isÃÂ ...
The News-Press
February 16, 2018
But now that Marvel has added a black hero in a standalone movie with a black director, a mostly black cast, a plot full of African culture, a soundtrack full of African-American artists and even a trailer highlighting the civil rights-themed, Gil Scott-Heron song, “This Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, PittsÃÂ ...
the Irish News
February 15, 2018
Performing at an Oxford University ball in 1988 (it could be 87), me and my mates got paid in money, alcohol, food and seeing Dr Feelgood and Gil Scott Heron perform. After the gig I thought things could not get any better and I went outside to a kebab van that was parked up in front of the college gates.
Fashionista (blog)
February 15, 2018
Kerby Jean-Raymond collaborated with Raphael Saadiq to curate his runway show's moving, memorable music, performed by an all-Black choir that sang songs by Kendrick Lamar, Gil Scott-Heron, Boris Gardiner, Lalah Hathaway, Bruce Springsteen and Saadiq's own "Skyy (Can You Feel Me?)."ÃÂ ...
Biography
February 14, 2018
That movement included people like Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Larry Neal, Jayne Cortez, Gil Scott Heron and hundreds of others. Chicago was one of the urban centers of the Black Arts Movement. There was an emphasis on high quality, often experimental, cultural production and institution building.
HuffPost
February 9, 2018
He cites that Marvel's marketing campaign has targeted black customers specifically by releasing the film during Black History Month and jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron's “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” playing in the background of the film's initial trailer. “Black Panther” has already proven to be a smashÃÂ ...
Omaha Reader
February 2, 2018
Also in the band is vocalist and sax player Stemsy Hunter, whose credits include working with The Electric Flag, Buddy Miles and Gil Scott-Heron. Guitarist Calvin Keys worked early on with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, ultimately working with organ greats the Jimmy Smith Trio, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff andÃÂ ...
Michronicleonline
February 2, 2018
She has shared stages with KEM, Les Nubians, The Roots, Moonchild, the late Gil Scott Heron, Lecrae and many others. Jones uses her latest release, “PURE,” to launch a PURE movement in conjunction with Get Jayne and What's the Irony productions to wage her war against the mistreatment of women.
The Guardian
February 2, 2018
However contrived, this character is always fully and comfortably inhabited, and Washington brings off the funny moments. When entering the courthouse, Roman plaintively asks if he can be excused putting his iPod through the security scanner, because the last time he did that, a Gil Scott-Heron track lostÃÂ ...
Miami New Times
February 2, 2018
Pinderhughes looked to the influences of his activist, progressive family, along with the works of Baldwin and others like Saul Williams, Nina Simone, and Gil Scott-Heron, when he set out on the arduous, five-year process of composing The Transformations Suite. The composition blends elements of jazzÃÂ ...
Austin Chronicle
February 1, 2018
Bavu Blakes, himself an educator, harks back to a prime Gil Scott-Heron via the progressive polemics of "The Revolution Won't Go Viral." "The revolution won't sit right with the crowd or sync right with the cloud." The sharpest, most succinct words on Libertad belong to two brilliant women, poet Amalia OrtizÃÂ ...
WPSU
January 31, 2018
... Joe & Eddie, Muddy Waters, The Black Keys, Leo Kottke, The White Stripes, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, The North Mississippi All Stars, and more. In the second hour, hear Shamika Copeland, Gil Scott Heron, Townes Van Zandt, Ry Cooder, Hot Tuna, Shuggie Otis,ÃÂ ...
Daily Review
January 23, 2018
The performance of Brian Jackson and the local Southern Gospel Choir concentrated on the R&B (actual R&B, not the-auto tuned trash that marketers label R&B today!) and soul of Jackson's long-time collaborator, the late Gil Scott-Heron and Nina Simone (the vocal duties for the latter were performed byÃÂ ...
The Washtenaw Voice
January 23, 2018
Then Black Ice took the stage. Black Ice remade the Gil Scott-Heron single “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” for the premiere of “Free Angela—and All Political Prisoners”, a historical documentary produced by Jay-Z and Will and Jada Smith. The poems he shared monday were equally revolutionary.
Daily Trojan Online
January 22, 2018
Juxtaposing Chicago rapper Noname with legendary spoken word artist Gil Scott-Heron, and queueing songs from Childish Gambino's “Awaken, My Love!” next to tracks from Virgin Ubiquity II by Roy Ayers, I saw his face light up as he relived memories with the song “I Am Your Mind.” Money was often tightÃÂ ...
Pitchfork
January 13, 2018
Gil Scott-Heron's literary side was nurtured by his grandmother who introduced him to the poems and stories of Langston Hughes when he was a young boy. He was raised by her in Jackson, Tenn., where he read Hughes' texts in the Chicago Defender, a black newspaper the old lady had delivered weeklyÃÂ ...
The Australian
January 12, 2018
The revolution will not be televised. Six words that will forever be associated with Gil Scott-Heron, the New York poet turned activist turned soul singer, the charismatic performer known in some circles as the godfather of hip hop. The man himself never much liked that comparison, but modern rappers areÃÂ ...
The Australian
January 12, 2018
The revolution will not be televised. Six words that will forever be associated with Gil Scott-Heron, the New York poet turned activist turned soul singer, the charismatic performer known in some circles as the godfather of hip hop. The man himself never much liked that comparison, but modern rappers areÃÂ ...
Scroll.in
January 1, 2018
The title has been co-opted by too many lazy copy editors to convey anything remotely resembling revolution, but don't let cliches get in the way of appreciating the marvellousness of this song. For me, its astute critique of its times, especially the media and vapid celebrity culture, remains as relevant as everÃÂ ...
Mixmag
December 31, 1999
But this time it was Russell who needed a few words of encouragement to help get him in the studio for the first session of what would become soul icon Gil Scott-Heron's final album. The resulting record was almost universally adored on release in 2010, pairing Scott-Heron's gruff and world-weary vocalsÃÂ ...
Magnetic Magazine (blog)
December 31, 1999
In addition to being a label owner, Russell is also a musician and record producer, producing for the likes of Damon Albarn, Bobby Womack, Gil Scott-Heron and Ibeyi. The LP features two previously released singles “Close But Not Quite” featuring Sampha and “Mountains Of Gold” with Sampha, Ibeyi, WikiÃÂ ...
MTV.com
December 31, 1999
So to begin the show with Nina and to end the show with Gil Scott Heron was a great bookend. To use Jack White in the fight scene, to use Isaac Hayes and the other music that you hear, I just wanted to say that this was American culture. This was American music. It's time for us to acknowledge that, yes,ÃÂ ...
Pitchfork
December 31, 1999
As of late, Umoh's voice caught the ear of Richard Russell—the XL label boss who helped discover Adele and worked on Gil Scott-Heron and Bobby Womack's final albums—who recruited the singer to guest on his 2017 EP, Close But Not Quite. Umoh is also fulfilling his dream of collaborating with DannyÃÂ ...
Brooklyn Rail
December 14, 2017
Looking upwards, I cannot help but think of a line Gil Scott-Heron riffs at the end of “Johannesburg,” “Let me see your I.D. to prove you're you instead of me.” The New Museum marks the 40th anniversary of the museum's founding with Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon; presenting works by moreÃÂ ...
Mixmag
December 12, 2017
Inspiration for the overall sound profile found on the new album comes from iconic artists like Grace Jones, James Brown, Soul Makossa, Talking Heads, Gil Scott Heron and more. Moby has also made a playlist to showcase his influences. The lead single 'Like a Motherless Child' describes the void leftÃÂ ...
Inverse
December 12, 2017
Set to an adrenaline-pumping mash-up of Vince Staples “Bagbak” and Gil Scott-Heron's “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” the trailer introduced fans to Black Panther's fantastic homeland, Wakanda. A new international trailer follows the same beats as that amazing first trailer, and uses the sameÃÂ ...
The Root
December 5, 2017
On Kanye West's song 2010 album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, there is an often overlooked track entitled: “Who Will Ssurvive America?” The song features Gil Scott-Heron taking a dystopian look at how the world is coming to the realization that America is a bastard “hosed down daily with aÃÂ ...
Business Insider
November 22, 2017
“There's a scene where he goes through a metal detector and before putting his iPod through it Denzel said the line, 'I lost the bass range on Gil-Scott Heron's 'Winter in America' last time I put this in there.' That was a line Denzel came up with on the spot,” Gilroy said. “So the choice of song — that's a veryÃÂ ...
Jazzcorner
November 16, 2017
... Gil Scott Heron's "Peace Go With You Brother","Come Unto Him" from Handel's Messiah and "Trouble In Mind", a classic blues, by Richard M.
The Hillishome
November 16, 2017
Expect to hear selections by Duke Ellington, Gil Scott- Heron, Roberta Flack, Meshell Ndegeocello, and more. The show will be followed by a ...
Aljazeera.com
November 16, 2017
... the late Gil Scott-Heron, Tunde Adebimpe from the band "TV on the Radio," Massive Attack, and leading South African anti-apartheid figures ...
Drowned In Sound
November 16, 2017
No, this is not Trump's America, but rather the picture Gil Scott-Heron paints in his song 'Winter In America,' recorded 44 years ago.
Charleston City Paper
November 15, 2017
People are there for fresh cuts and spicy gossip, not to hear you talk about infrastructure while misquoting Gil Scott-Heron. So, unless you plan ...
The Undefeated
November 10, 2017
Starting with the legendary Richard Pryor and Grammy-winning jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron in season 1, there have been 24 black host-musician ...
ideastream
November 7, 2017
Carl Stokes, in his second term as mayor, read a selection of gospel lyrics and some poetry by writers Langston Hughes and Gil Scott-Heron.
Norwich Evening News
November 7, 2017
John has been touring relentlessly as both a headline and supporting act, opening shows for Iron & Wire, Tinairwen, Gil Scott-Heron, John ...
The Michigan Daily
November 7, 2017
This phrase originated with the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, it gained popularity largely through Gil Scott-Heron's jazz ...
Bam! Smack! Pow!
October 21, 2017
... beats and rhythm is mixed in with the classic song/poem “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” from the talented songwriter Gil Scott-Heron.
Birth.Movies.Death.
October 16, 2017
It's even set to maybe the craziest remix of Gil Scott-Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" I've ever heard. Ryan Coogler and co.
W Magazine
October 16, 2017
A Black History Month release date does not come as a surprise, considering Gil Scott-Heron's “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” ...
The Guardian
October 12, 2017
Other artists on the line-up include jazz composer and Gil Scott-Heron collaborator Brian Jackson performing with the Tasmanian Southern ...
Spectator.co.uk (blog)
September 30, 2017
Che Scott-Heron Newton, the daughter of late American jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron, told the Telegraph that chicken feasting was a 'gross ...
Telegraph.co.uk
September 27, 2017
Student Che Scott-Heron Newton, the daughter of late American jazz poet Gil Scott-Heron, led the criticism, calling the chicken shop tour a ...
Shadowproof (blog)
August 31, 2017
Shadowproof obtained 28 pages of FBI records regarding Gil Scott-Heron under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Born in Chicago in ...
San Francisco Chronicle
June 2, 2017
Gil Scott-Heron helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs ...
PigeonsAndPlanes
December 31, 1999
Russell produced Gil Scott-Heron's 2010 album I'm New Here, which would turn out to be the American artist's final studio album. “I sought out Gil, I really wanted to make that record with him,” Russell explains. “When we first met, he said, 'There you are.' So I think there was definitely something a bitÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
December 31, 1999
To parody Gil Scott Heron's “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, Sen. Sanders' revolution was televised and due to low votes, it was ...
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