A revista Forbes, que também tem um apreço especial (doentio, talvez) pela produção de listas, convidou os seus leitores a escolherem as 40 celebridades mais poderosas de África. A lista está compilada e pode ser consultada em detalhe neste sítio, com fotografias e biografias curtas de cada um dos eleitos. Em 40 posições, cinco pertencem a escritores (com destaque para o primeiro lugar do
Fantastic Afro-Pop hit from Angelique Kidjo, coming from her 1992 album 'Logozo', which is well worth looking up. As is the very hard to track down 'Jungle Club Mix' of this track, off the 123. MP3: Angelique Kidjo - Batonga In 1967 Sevac Ekian recorded a ceremony of Ingoma Tribe in the East African State Burundi. Back home he developed the idea to arrange a "musical marriage"(mariage musical). Therefore he asked the producer Mike Steiphenson to create a fitting tune to those absorbing drums he brought. In 1971 [...]
Our review of the stellar new collection of Bob Dylan covers in support of Amnesty International.
photos by Eric M. Townsend Santa Questlove Rahzel + Shaggy tearing it up, free apple cider shots for the ENTIRE club from our main man + Brooklyn Bowl owner Pete Shapiro , and Big Freedia and her "Azz Everywhere" - you know, just another legendary Okayplayer Holiday Jam with The Roots. What else was amazing? Free dranks thanks to Heineken, aerialists doing the splits above The Roots, and opening DJ sets from OKP Editor [...]
Beirut - "O Leaozinho" (Caetano Veloso cover) by znaki.fm Beirut, the music project headed by Zach Condon, is going on tour. Good news. He's going on tour with Arcade Fire, the National, and Twin Sister. Better news. He's also contributed a track to the Red Hot Organization's benefit album, Red Hot + Rio 2 : a cover of Caetano Veloso's classic Tropicalia ballad, "O Leãozinho." David Byrne was the one who brought this sweet, haunting love song to the American [...]
Asa covering Gainsbourg - I'd posted this video a few weeks ago. Turns out the Nigerian-born singer uploaded a beautiful version of the song on her Soundcloud-page . For all to download. Which is nice. Asa - Ces petits riens See Serge and Catherine Deneuve sing (well, mime) the song here Asa's version is without a doubt heavily inspired by Angelique Kidjo's version: Angelique Kidjo - Ces petits riens
Sunday's several touts: ► Grammy award-winning artist Angelique Kidjo , who has been dubbed as "Africa's premier diva," plays Cal State L.A.'s Luckman Fine Arts Complex tonight. [That's her video for "Move On Up" featuring U2's Bono and John Legend in addition to Bill T. Jones' FELA! dancers.] ► Seattle's forefathers of grunge Mudhoney headline the Echoplex for a great 902s lineup with punk supergroup the Adolescents and local punk legends White Flag supporting. ► Thao & Mirah continue their tour in [...]
Blaze is a music festival run presented by The Barbican , for two years the festival has been a celebration of the boldest music from all over the world spanning jazz, rock, pop and classical. This year, Blaze will be held in collaboration with the CREATE festival which is a cultural celebration of dance, music [...]
This past Thursday night the stars came out at Carnegie Hall for the XXI Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert . Curated by Tibet House Vice President Philip Glass , the night included a beautiful duet with Taj Mahal and his daughter Deva, The Roots delivering a fantastic cover of Neil Young's Down by the River with a stirring outro of Hendrix's Hey Joe and Philip Glass soloing on piano with The Flaming Lips for Do You Realize. R.E.M. fans got [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Samuel Dietz, Getty Images There were no strobe lights, no smoke machines, no confetti guns or fans donning St. Nick hats, and there certainly wasn't a giant hamster ball ( Wayne Coyne 's favorite mode of concert transportation): all the things that made a Flaming Lips show a Flaming Lips show were absent. In the end, Coyne had just an acoustic guitar (albeit, in typical Lips fashion, with a [...]
Grammy award-winning Beninise singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo will play two dates in Mumbai next month. Kidjo's official website confirms that the Afropop legend will hit Indian shores in March, with gigs scheduled at the Blue Frog and the NCPA. Kidjo is one of the most influential and iconic figures in African music. She has released nine studio album, with Djin Djin (2007) winning her a Grammy for Best Contemporary World Music Album. She has collaborated with the likes of Bono, Carlos Santana, Buddy Guy (who recently performed in Mumbai as part of the Mahindra Blue Festival [...]
New Interactive USB Album from Emmy Award-winning Musician Peter Buffett 'Running Blind', a collection of singles - music videos, photos and other exclusive content included Emmy Award-winning composer, musician, philanthropist and New York Times best-selling author Peter Buffett will release a special USB drive containing the album, Running Blind ( BeSide Records ), on February 22, 2011. Buy CDs, MP3s, Books, more: [...]
In 1999, composer Jonathan Elias gathered James Taylor, Alanis Morissette, Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, and many others to create The Prayer Cycle, an album calling for awareness in an era where many feared for their children's future. Now, some 12 years later, Elias is revisiting the concept for Prayer Cycle 2: Path to Zero , a new benefit album supporting Global Zero , an organization promoting worldwide nuclear disarmament. The seven-track release, written and produced by Elias himself, will be available from Across the Universe Records on May 10th. Just like last time, [...]
With no immediate plans for more sustained touring, the members of the String Cheese Incident have announced plans for another special weekend-centric run of shows with their Winter Carnival , which is set to take place from March 10-12 at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, CO. Joining the Colorado-based jam act as openers will be Ott (3/10), J.D. Crowe & The New South (3/11) and Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk (3/12). In addition to six sets of SCI music, the festivities will also [...]
Over the last 20 years, composer and co-founder of Tibet House Philip Glass has gathered musicians at Carnegie Hall in support of Tibet House and the preservation of that region's culture. Last year's impressive lineup included Iggy Pop, Gogol Bordello, Regina Spektor, and many others. The 21st edition of the Tibet House Benefit concert looks to be equally spectacular now that this year's lineup has been released. As always, Glass himself will perform and act as artistic director. The Roots, R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, and James McCartney, son of Paul McCartney, are [...]
Happy Jew year! New season of TV coincides with the Jewish New Year. Coincindence? Showtime kicked it off early with the newest season of Weeds which has almost nothing to do with the show in the first season...but hey, what else are you going to watch...every thing good has been cancelled. Here are the 11 Best Little Boxes: 1. Elvis Costello 2. Melvina Reynolds 3. Man Man 4. Jenny
Angélique Kidjo : Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) [ purchase ] Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) is the version that everyone seems to know, but there actually also was a non-parenthetical "Voodoo Chile" on Hendrix's 1968 LP, Electric Ladyland , which is a 15-minute slow, soulful burn. But the (Slight Return) version's the one that's got all those covers by rock's best guitarists, including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Eric Clapton. You've heard all those, though. I thought I'd share a non-guitar-focused version by [...]
Toronto – Angelique Kidjo played the Toronto Star Stage during Canada Day to an audience that started the evening neatly sitting in their seats and ended it dancing on the stage. The music that she brought blended a number of African styles with a powerful and soulful voice. It was evident from the get go that Angelique wanted people to have fun and dance. She told us so at the very beginning of the show: it was OK to sit right now, but she wanted people to dance, and soon! The crowd was happy to get into [...]
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Every week, we find out what the new theme is, and every week there are artists I want to post who don't have a song that fits. This week has given me the chance to get to some of these artists. Here are three more. Tish Hinojosa : Rancherita [ purchase ] Tish Hinojosa is a Mexican-American. The album I have, Homeland, is a celebration of her heritage, so it's only natural that some of the songs are in Spanish. Rancherita means "little ranch girl", [...]
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