TV PARTY PODCAST: Gil Scott-Heron, The xx, Times New Viking!!
February 4th, 2010
Gil Scott-Heron’s first album in 15 years is called I’m New Here, and it is the result of an odd but fortuitous meeting between XL Recordings founder Richard Russell, and the man who has been called the godfather of hip-hop. In 2006, the then fifty-seven year old musician and poet, Gil Scott- Heron, was serving a prison term at Ritgers Island for cocaine possession and parole violation when Russell decided to take a chance on meeting his long time hero. Russell suggested the two collaborate on a project. Initial recordings for I’m New Here began after Scott-Heron’s release in 2007, but really moved forward in earnest over the last twelve months. The result is a stunning and strong master-work from an artist whose unflinching look at the under-side of American life is the result of his own harrowing journey through the pitfalls of the urban nightmare.CONTINUE READING
STREAMING MEDIA LINKS:
VIDEO: Gil Scott-Heron “Me and the Devil” XL Recordings
VIDEO: The xx “VCR” XL Recordings
VIDEO: Times New Viking “Born Again Revisited” Matador Records
WANT SOME VINTAGE GIL SCOTT HERON? YOU GOT IT!! YouTube Selections Follow…
Gil Scott-Heron “The Bottle” 1974
Gil Scott-Heron “Angel Dust” 1981
“Storm Music-The Gil Scott-Heron Story” BBC Four
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