TAG: Gil Scott-Heron

Jul10

Gil Scott-Heron, The XX and Air at London’s Somerset House

London is blazing right now (finally), and there is nowhere else like the triumphant Somerset House, set neatly on the Strand overlooking the River Thames to celebrate not only one of London’s most royal open air venues, but a 10 series ten line-up of gigs from the likes of Gil Scott-Heron, The XX, Florence & The Machine, Air, The Temper Trap, Soul II Soul and surprisingly N-Dubz… The Somerset House Summer Series are doing it for London’s yout!

It’s a legends series that follows past sell out shows by… Adele, Air, Amy Winehouse, Belle & Sebastian, Bloc Party, Doves, Duffy, Erykah Badu, Goldfrapp, Grace Jones, Hot Chip, Justice, Lambchop, Lily Allen, Mogwai, Orbital, Pendulum, PJ Harvey, Robert Plant, Sigur Ros, The Prodigy and The Roots – who just smashed …

Apr13

URB Coachella Selects

The Coachella Acts We Don't Want You To Miss 

There’s a lot of bands we are excited to see, but we came up with a select assortment spanning the spectrum of genres (and decades). While you will notice Thom Yorke and Muse are missing from our list, that doesn’t mean we don’t endorse them. Au contraire, we do and we know everyone wants the bragging rights to make Facebook updates like “Thom Yorke killed it,” so we just skipped to other folks.

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Jan20

Gil Scott-Heron – Me and The Devil (Video)

The pioneer of early modern hip-hop styles and spoken word poetry, Gil Scott-Heron, gives us another emotionally charged track.  It seems to me like there is little one can say at this point except keep on truckin’ brotha.  What you have done for hearts and minds within the musical landscape through out the years has been nothing short of amazing.  Thank you for always keeping our eyes open and our ears tuned in to hear your words.

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