A short half-hour doodle of regrets and recollections, Gil Scott-Heron’s I’m New Here made an impact that spread far. We’re New Here, a Scott-Heron-approved remix album by baby-faced post-dubstepper Jamie XX won as many plaudits as the original album; XX's reworking of ‘I’ll Take Care of You’ was turned into a charting hit by Drake, with a little help from Rihanna; and most notably, a nod to Kanye West on the album, acknowledging the star’s own sampling of ‘Home Is Where The Hatred Is’, was returned when West allowed an extended sample of ‘Comment [...]
It's the June mixtape. Below are the tracks that have got me through the past month. It even features a small bit of a double feature working 'Wimbledon 19802 by Indian Wells and the Jon Hopkins piano version of 'Modern Driveway' originally by Luke Abbott. This was easily the most fun mix to make, especially [...]
Abur Junio, ya hemos recorrido la mitad de este apocalíptico 2012 y parece que hace buen tiempo!!!. Alguno estará pensando en festivales, que si Optimus Alive , que si Bilbao BBK , sin olvidarnos, como no, del FIB y la pobre gente que se pone nostálgica con el pasado Primavera Sound , sin embargo aquí hemos estado pensado más en el balance de lo que llevamos de año, el resultado? pues el Top5 [...]
Sultry summer days deserve slaps of all shapes and sizes and sounds. And, as you may have noticed, we've made a few changes around here lately, so it seemed only appropriate to break in the new site with a collection of things we've had on repeat while the weather's been warming up. Highlights include Hodgy Beats restructuring some vintage D'Angelo, Mario's "Let Me Love You" getting a groovy overhaul, Poolside coming with a sticky summer jam, and Big Boi and Theophilus keeping it settled, if not subtle. Oh, and that DIIV video is crazy too. [...]
One of Chicago's most intriguing I-guess-you-could-call-it-a-fe stival festivals, Brilliant Corners Of Popular Amusements , is returning this fall. The event, now in its third incarnation, will take place at the new Riverfront Theater , located at 650 W. Chicago, on Friday, September 21, Saturday, September 22, and Sunday, September 23. The lineup for the 2012 installment of Brilliant Corners includes John Cale , Bobby Womack , Conor Oberst , Zola Jesus and more. And while last year's event had a rock [...]
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Once we heard Bobby Womack's first single off The Bravest Man In The Universe we wrote : In the beginning of Bobby Womack's "Please Forgive My Heart" he sings "I can try to say I'm sorry, but that won't be quite enough to let you know that I feel," his gravely chords resonating like a worn saw trying to cut through...Albarn's style bubbles familiarly of Plastic Beach with moving piano progressions broken up by chirps, hollow bass thumps, and sharp hi hats. If the albums is anything like this track, this will surely be [...]
Questo disco non dovrebbe essere attribuito a Bobby Womack , lui ne dovrebbe piuttosto avere crediti per qualche (molti) "featuring", spesso neanche strettamente necessario. Forse deve essere stato pensato come un interessante esperimento mettere un mostro (quasi) sacro della Musica Soul di sempre a confronto con suoni attuali, forse il risultato sarebbe stato lo stesso con Sam Cooke o Wilson Pickett , però lo scollamento tra suono e voce risulta evidente. Siamo comunque ancora nell'ambito del filone "soul revival", per capirci. Damon Albarn , produttore, dopo averlo invitato per un "featuring" nel [...]
If you Google Bobby Womack , the first result, as of late June 2012, is his official website . It’s pretty safe to assume that although it’s peppered with quotes about loss and heartbreak from his autobiography, Womack didn’t actually write the 68-year interactive timeline documenting his entire music career sitting on the homepage. The only immediate sign of Womack’s own influence on his very fancy, very modern website is a quote reading: “I was ostracised from the music community when I was 21 (on marrying Barbra Cooke, Sam Cooke's widow). I feel like after 45 years Damon [...]
Soul singer Bobby Womack returns with a new album of adventurous neo-soul songs. WATCH THE REVIEW
Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The Universe By Olly Douglas Here, the last living soul legend has set the bar once more with his first new material in over 18 years, but not in the way you’d expect. It seems The Bravest Man In The Universe is symbolic of a wound that is slowly healing; Bobby Womack’s broken voice acting as the coagulant between his often blurry and traumatic past, and his openness to exploring new musical avenues. [...]
Ever since Rick Rubin stepped into a studio with Johnny Cash, ensuring that the singer spent the last years of his life rescued from the wilderness, the idea of teaming legends who have lost their way with the new generation has verged on becoming a cliche - saved by the fact that the results are, more often than not, pretty impressive. At first glance, both sides of the generation gap evident on The Bravest Man In The Universe fit the brief perfectly. Bobby Womack had an influential career that crashed in spectacular circumstances, rounded off by [...]
Earlier this week we posted Volume One of the Best New Releases for the Week of June 12th, featuring songs from Jaill, The Tallest Man on Earth, Guided By Voices, and many others. This, Volume Two, features singles from new LP and EP drops by Hot Chip, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Sea of Bees, Phoebe [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Clip officiel de "Whatever Happened To The Times" par Bobby Womack.
Bobby Womack The Bravest Man In The Universe XL Recordings [2012] Fire Note Says: Bobby Womack gives us one of 2012’s best albums! Album Review: The Bravest Man in The Universe is the first album of new material from [...]
The idea of the tortured artist is a cliché. But aren’t clichés mostly true? Bobby Womack is truly a tortured artist, for he is an artist who has been tortured- by circumstance, by things out of his control. When a young Womack quit singing gospel in favor of pop music, Womack’s father, disgraced by his son’s secular conversion, kicked him out of the house. Womack retreated to California. Then, in 1976, Womack’s son Truth died as an infant. Womack coped through cocaine, an addiction he discussed in his biography, I’m a Midnight Mover . Womack would later [...]
Continue imagining yourself as invincible as you will, such is natural. But before taking on The Bravest Man In The Universe —soul legend Bobby Womack’s first original work in nearly two decades—be prepared to face a man who has long accepted his own mortality. He isn’t afraid to display that acceptance; such is clear with one look at the album cover, featuring Womack’s weathered, wrinkled hand and its impossibly bent thumb. But the cover itself could be a brilliant microcosm for what lies behind it. That bent up thumb disrupts any preconceived notions we may’ve had regarding [...]
myworldmusicfriends.com On XL boss Richard Russell's second attempt at re-contextualizing a grizzled African-American musical icon, the concept doesn't fare quite as well. Gil Scott Heron's last recording was successfully bleak and shocking for its lack of conventional soul sounds. With Womack, who in many respects is synonymous with soul music, this approach is simply wrongheaded. Contemporary, chillwave-informed synths dominate, sounding like leftover demos from the '80s. Moreover, Russell and partner-in-crime Damon Albarn sound like they've chopped up and re-edited Womack's vocal tracks, which results in an... Read More [...]
Bobby Womack - Deep River
Jun 13, 2012, 8:00am
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Erring on positive qualities and traditional soul vocals, Bobby Womack has lost none of his potency with his new record.
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