November 6, 2012 marks election day in these United States. Citizens are asked to leave their couches for a few minutes to exercise a privilege for which many anti-tax colonists once gave their lives. As we know, music can be a powerful medium for conveying political messages, uniting a group around a cause and mobilizing an electorate. So for election day 2012 I decided to shine a light on five songs that have impacted political discourse. This is not a definitive political playlist, but one worthy of your listen nonetheless. [...]
For those of you that took a break from the internet over the long holiday weekend, on Friday night the music world lost one of it unsung innovators as Gil Scott-Heron passed away at the age of 62. Scott-Heron combined his socio-political spoken word poetry with jazz and R&B music, helping to plant the seeds for the birth of hip-hop with his 1970 debut about Small Talk At 125th & Lenox . To honor the late Scott-Heron, let's take a listen to his signature song The Revolution Will Not Be Televised... [...]
Legendary singer-songwriter and poet Gil Scott-Heron passed away on Friday, May 27th. He was 62. Heron had recently returned to the spotlight after a 16-year absence with his critically acclaimed 2010 album, I’m New Here and 2011’s We’re New Here , a remix record helmed by Jamie Smith of The XX. Heron’s influence on the music world and beyond reached far throughout the decades. His passing, without a doubt, will be felt by many.
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I am unqualified to write about Gil Scott-Heron' s life or death, and I want you to know that I know this before I write about him or what I think his music means to the world and to me. I make no pretense of authority, knowledge, insight, personal interaction with or particular credible depth with which to pursue writing about him. What I can tell you is that everything I do know of Gil Scott-Heron I learned because of how deeply and profoundly his work moved and continues to move me and the understandings I [...]
Legendary musician Gil Scott-Heron , who helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs such as “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” died Friday at age 62. Lyrics: The Revolution will not be Televised Growing up I knew who Gil Scott Heron was but I did not fully understand his impact until I started studying music on my own! I sort of forgot about him for a short period [...]
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