Solange, When I Get Home
Solange carries her history like a talisman. It’s there to remind her — and us — how to remain grounded while moving forward. With When I Get Home, she pays tribute to her roots in Houston by presenting a therapeutic and transfixing scrapbook that seamlessly brings together the past and the future of her home. With 19 songs the clock in at under 40 minutes total, Solange’s tribute takes an unusual form. She offers brief but potent statements; over half the tracks are under three minutes and...
Solange carries her history like a talisman. It’s there to remind her — and us — how to remain grounded while moving forward. With When I Get Home, she pays tribute to her roots in Houston by presenting a therapeutic and transfixing scrapbook that seamlessly brings together the past and the future of her home. With 19 songs the clock in at under 40 minutes total, Solange’s tribute takes an unusual form. She offers brief but potent statements; over half the tracks are under three minutes and...
- 4/4/2019
- by Jon Dolan, Brittany Spanos and Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
The first Nigeria 70 compilation was an ear-opener for fans of Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade, cultural ambassadors whose Nigerian exports blew the minds of funky post-punks and disco connoisseurs in the U.S. and U.K. in the 1980s. Nigeria 70 version 1.0 laid out a banquet of tracks by those men and lesser-known peers: The Lijadu Sisters, Sir Victor Uwaifo, and the mysterious William Onyeabor, subject of a major revival project decades later.
The fourth volume of Nigeria 70 expands the franchise without diluting it. Nearly half the tracks date to the ‘80s,...
The fourth volume of Nigeria 70 expands the franchise without diluting it. Nearly half the tracks date to the ‘80s,...
- 3/26/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing ground-breaking work outside the United States? Send us your ideas for bands to profile or up-and-coming musicians to follow. Please fill out this survey form. by Sam Bathrick After King Sunny Ade's performance at the Beacon Theatre in 1987, New York Times reporter Jon Pareless, in a fit of post-show glee, described the 17-piece ensemble as "The James Brown band in a triple exposure." King Sunny is a sovereign in the Nigerian music world and staple in any world music diet. But those who have had the honor of seeing him live on stage tend to recall other-worldly delights. Drumming up support for his latest release, Seven Degrees North (Blue Moon / Mesa), the label aptly dubbed his summer excursion "The...
- 9/4/2009
- by Modiba
- Huffington Post
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