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Album review: Jupiter & Okwess International, Hotel Univers (Out Here)
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 18 days ago
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Jupiter Bokondji is best known to British ears as one of Damon Albarn's collaborators in DRC Music. Here, his group Okwess International cooks up feverish, writhing polyrhythms as Jupiter addresses local social and spiritual concerns from his home in
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Gorillaz creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett talk about their stage musical version of a Chinese fable — EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
New York City :: NY :: USA | 19 days ago
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William Struhs The duo behind the virtual rock band Gorillaz is busting into three dimensions for a change, and in a very big way. Monkey: Journey to the West, a stage-musical adaptation of a 16th-century Chinese folk tale, features an East-meets-
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Blur at Primavera Sound Festival, Parc del Forum, Barcelona
Barcelona :: Spain | 23 days ago
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Say hola' to la luna, says Damon Albarn, turning thousands of heads towards the full moon that is casting its beautiful glow, adding to a magical atmosphere. Only last year, Blur's frontman suggested that their Hyde Park Olympics gig could be their
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Gorillaz Fans, Meet 'Pig Monster,' A New Character Design From Damon Albarn And Jamie Hewlett's 'Monkey: Journey To The West'
New York City :: NY :: USA | 28 days ago
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the latest character design by Jamie Hewlett for the next incarnation of "Monkey: Journey to the West." Apparently not content after forming two of the best Brit pop and indie-hip-hop hybrid bands ever, Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz , has
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Album: The Live New Departures Jazz Poetry Septet, Blues for the Hichhiking Dead (Gearbox)
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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Vinyl specialists Gearbox have done poet Michael Horovitz proud with this beautiful two-LP box-set of an epic live recording from 1962. English beats Horovitz and Pete Brown declaim verse to the often inspired and very off the cuff music of a band
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Grunge Vs. Britpop
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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I asked Joe The Boxer because his idea seemed to get rather cruelly voted down...So here, to start this week, is one final Guest Blog, the last in 2013's Right This Blog! series...take it away, Mr. The Boxer.....Scroll through the list of band and
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Bobby Womack is a soul survivor
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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And the singer, one of only a handful of soul music survivors from the genre's golden era of the 60s and early 70s, certainly knows more famous dead people than most. He reels off names such as Elvis, Marvin, Janis, Jimi, and Sam. That last one, by
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Bieber may face battery charge
Hong Kong :: China | 1 month ago
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Bits and pieces are still coming out from Monday night's Met Gala. Sources at the event say fashion-wannabe Kanye West left quite an impression on the star-studded audience (and we're not talking about the wallpaper-like floral dress worn by
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Soul survivor: How Bobby Womack overcame heart failure, drug addiction and even apparent Alzheimer's
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Backstage at Coachella, the international rock'n'roll A-listers are lounging in the cool air of the desert evening. Muse are kicking about, 24 hours ahead of their headline appearance at the Californian festival. Paul Simonon and Mick Jones, formerly
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Coachella 2013: Blur, Stone Roses headline for the in-the-know
London :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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As late Friday night was turning Saturday morning at the Coachella festival , on-again-off-again and currently-on Brit-pop band Blur left festivalgoers with arguably the night's most poignant moment. Hunched over a piano, lead singer Damon Albarn,
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