Living Colour frontman Corey Glover has formed a new band, Sonic Universe, who have shared their debut single “I Am” from their forthcoming album, It Is What It Is, out May 10th.
The group sees Glover in collaboration with guitarist/producer Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob), bassist Booker King, and drummer Taykwuan Jackson.
Glover’s longtime band Living Colour — which remains active — is a good frame of reference for Sonic Universe. On “I Am,” the band lays down a very Living Colour-esque brand of funk metal while Glover’s commanding voice soars in full flight. Doubling as the album opener, the upbeat jam is a fitting way to launch a new chapter in the singer’s career.
Running 10 tracks in length, It Is What It Is was produced, engineered, and mixed by Orlando at Sonic Stomp Studios. Pre-orders are available via earMUSIC.
As mentioned, Glover still remains active with Living Colour...
The group sees Glover in collaboration with guitarist/producer Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob), bassist Booker King, and drummer Taykwuan Jackson.
Glover’s longtime band Living Colour — which remains active — is a good frame of reference for Sonic Universe. On “I Am,” the band lays down a very Living Colour-esque brand of funk metal while Glover’s commanding voice soars in full flight. Doubling as the album opener, the upbeat jam is a fitting way to launch a new chapter in the singer’s career.
Running 10 tracks in length, It Is What It Is was produced, engineered, and mixed by Orlando at Sonic Stomp Studios. Pre-orders are available via earMUSIC.
As mentioned, Glover still remains active with Living Colour...
- 2/15/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Twenty-two years ago, no one could avoid “Smooth,” that unlikely combo of Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas that won multiple Grammys, sold millions, and haunted all of us at weddings. But neither man seemed to take the idea of a sequel all too seriously. “We always talked about doing something,” Thomas says. “Usually I’d get a text from Carlos at 3 in the morning with Otis Redding doing ‘Day Tripper’ and Carlos saying, ‘We’re gonna do this song!’ It was always two guys drinking too much wine and having...
- 8/18/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Joe Sumner, frontman of Fiction Plane and son of Sting, has shared a new song, “Hope,” along with a short celebrity-filled clip to encourage voter turnout ahead of the 2020 elections.
“Hope” is a bustling pop-rock track with rumbling drums and stirring guitar lines to bolster Sumner’s heart-on-sleeve lyrics: “Hope, won’t you come back to me,” he sings during the chorus, “And make me a believer/And set my heart free.”
As a last-minute get-out-the-vote effort, Sumner corralled a variety of celebrities and musicians to cover the song, which...
“Hope” is a bustling pop-rock track with rumbling drums and stirring guitar lines to bolster Sumner’s heart-on-sleeve lyrics: “Hope, won’t you come back to me,” he sings during the chorus, “And make me a believer/And set my heart free.”
As a last-minute get-out-the-vote effort, Sumner corralled a variety of celebrities and musicians to cover the song, which...
- 10/30/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
David Bowie’s pianist, Mike Garson, is spearheading a virtual tribute to the late musician, A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!, which will air on the idol’s birthday, January 8th, 2021, and feature performances from Trent Reznor, Billy Corgan, and more.
The lineup of guests also includes Perry Farrell, Joe Elliott, Gavin Rossdale, actor Gary Oldman, Macy Gray, Ian Astbury, Lizzy Hale, Gail Ann Dorsey, Bernard Fowler, Corey Glover, Lena Hall, and Judith Hill. Anchoring the show will be an all-star band of musicians who played with Bowie over the course of his career,...
The lineup of guests also includes Perry Farrell, Joe Elliott, Gavin Rossdale, actor Gary Oldman, Macy Gray, Ian Astbury, Lizzy Hale, Gail Ann Dorsey, Bernard Fowler, Corey Glover, Lena Hall, and Judith Hill. Anchoring the show will be an all-star band of musicians who played with Bowie over the course of his career,...
- 10/27/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The David Bowie tribute show A Bowie Celebration is returning the road this year for a special run of shows that will feature complete performances of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars and Diamond Dogs.
The group is led by keyboardist Mike Garson, who played alongside Bowie from the original Ziggy Stardust tour in 1973 all the way through his last tour in 2003-04 and his final live appearance in 2006.
Also in the band is Reality-era Bowie guitarist Gerry Leonard, Serious Moonlight/Glass Spider bassist Carmine Rojas,...
The group is led by keyboardist Mike Garson, who played alongside Bowie from the original Ziggy Stardust tour in 1973 all the way through his last tour in 2003-04 and his final live appearance in 2006.
Also in the band is Reality-era Bowie guitarist Gerry Leonard, Serious Moonlight/Glass Spider bassist Carmine Rojas,...
- 2/3/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
For the third year in a row, veteran members of various David Bowie’s backing bands are hitting the road to play music from his vast catalog. This year’s incarnation of the A Bowie Celebration tour is lead by Spiders From Mars keyboardist Mile Garson (who played with Bowie from 1972 all the way to his final live appearance in 2006), guitarist Earl Sick, bassist Carmine Rojas, multi-instrumentalist Mark Plati and guitarist Charlie Sexton along with vocalists Bernard Fowler and Corey Glover.
The setlist switches a bit from show to show,...
The setlist switches a bit from show to show,...
- 1/14/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
A group consisting of David Bowie band members – including Bowie’s longtime keyboardist Mike Garson and Diamond Dogs guitarist Earl Slick – will hit the road together this winter under the moniker A Bowie Celebration.
A Reality Tour guitarist Gerry Leonard and Serious Moonlight Tour bassist Carmine Rojas will also take part alongside Living Colour singer Corey Glover, Rolling Stones collaborator Bernard Fowler and drummer Lee John. Each gig promises “an ever rotating mix of hits and deep cuts” from Bowie’s catalog.
The 2019 winter dates begin February 6th in Mesa,...
A Reality Tour guitarist Gerry Leonard and Serious Moonlight Tour bassist Carmine Rojas will also take part alongside Living Colour singer Corey Glover, Rolling Stones collaborator Bernard Fowler and drummer Lee John. Each gig promises “an ever rotating mix of hits and deep cuts” from Bowie’s catalog.
The 2019 winter dates begin February 6th in Mesa,...
- 9/10/2018
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
How can anyone complain about an American Idol episode that packed in performances from more than 50 singers, a heaping portion of maniacal/delightful bitchery courtesy of “The Vocal Coach from Hell,” and a genuine emotional breakdown from soundbite-spewing cool kid Heejun Han? Actually, if you’ll give me a second, I’m sure I can come up with something — Season 10 Vegas survivor Hollie Cavanagh once again getting the seen-but-never-heard treatment? one of the strongest vocalists in the competition getting burned by a last-minute judges’ switcheroo? the continued existence of Randy Jackson on my TV screen? — but sometimes, you have to...
- 2/17/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
From sneaker drives to rock shows, the city's celebrities are raising funds for earthquake relief.
By Jayson Rodriguez
Susan Sarandon attends a Haiti Disaster Relief Fundraiser in New York on Wednesday
Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage
All over New York City Wednesday night, actors, DJs, musicians, athletes and other celebrities took part in events collecting money and other donations to help Haiti recover from last week's 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
Actress Susan Sarandon was joined by designer Rachel Roy, model Selita Ebanks and "30 Rock" funnyman Judah Friedlander, among others, at Manhattan's SPiN New York ping pong club. Artists for Peace and Justice co-sponsored the event with Modelinia, and all of its donations and auction proceeds are going to the Haiti Disaster Relief Fund.
Nearby in Midtown, writer and MTV "Real World" alum Kevin Powell was joined by executives from Bad Boy and Def Jam records for the Hearts 4 Haiti clothing and food drive at Arena.
By Jayson Rodriguez
Susan Sarandon attends a Haiti Disaster Relief Fundraiser in New York on Wednesday
Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage
All over New York City Wednesday night, actors, DJs, musicians, athletes and other celebrities took part in events collecting money and other donations to help Haiti recover from last week's 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
Actress Susan Sarandon was joined by designer Rachel Roy, model Selita Ebanks and "30 Rock" funnyman Judah Friedlander, among others, at Manhattan's SPiN New York ping pong club. Artists for Peace and Justice co-sponsored the event with Modelinia, and all of its donations and auction proceeds are going to the Haiti Disaster Relief Fund.
Nearby in Midtown, writer and MTV "Real World" alum Kevin Powell was joined by executives from Bad Boy and Def Jam records for the Hearts 4 Haiti clothing and food drive at Arena.
- 1/21/2010
- MTV Music News
Michael Wadleigh’s Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music, a comprehensive, Oscar-winning documentary of the biggest musical event the world has ever seen, makes its way onto Blu-ray glory with the Director’s Cut (1994) in a truly impressive presentation Warner Brothers has chosen to call The Ultimate Collector’s Edition. Lasting just 15 minutes shy of 4 hours, Woodstock features performances by musicians who left a lasting impression on the world scattered in between clips of the festival, its audience and its organizers.
The significance of Woodstock is hard to overplay; in an age of public turmoil, when rifts existed between countless subsets of American culture, Woodstock set everything aside for three days political expression through music. Some artists delivered mini-sermons before playing their set while others let their instruments do all the talking. There are those who insist Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner” used guitar distortion to...
The significance of Woodstock is hard to overplay; in an age of public turmoil, when rifts existed between countless subsets of American culture, Woodstock set everything aside for three days political expression through music. Some artists delivered mini-sermons before playing their set while others let their instruments do all the talking. There are those who insist Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner” used guitar distortion to...
- 6/13/2009
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- "Loose Women" is a testament to the importance of connections and is more indicative of the filmmaker's powers of persuasion rather than any particular ability behind the camera. This extremely low-budget item boasts cameo appearances by such actors as Charlie Sheen, Stephan Lang, Giancarlo Esposito and Keith David, and among the contributors to the soundtrack is Mark Bryan from Hootie & the Blowfish. But the film, which recently received its world premiere at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, is not likely to show up on any of their resumes.
The debut feature of director Paul F. Bernard (the production notes describe his filmmaking experience as "practical and vast"), the cannily but inaccurately titled "Loose Women" is a comedy-drama about three female roommates in New York's East Village. Rachel (Sherry Ham, who also wrote the screenplay), a struggling actress, is depressed over the lack of momentum in her career and the fact that she's about to turn 30. Her mood is not helped when her aspiring-actress friend, Tracy (Marialisa Costanzo), breezes into town and lands a soap opera job on her very first day of looking. The third member of the trio is Gail (Melissa Errico), a seemingly stable schoolteacher with a secret life as a prostitute.
When Gail is arrested and subsequently institutionalized by her repressive mother and sister, Rachel, with the aid of a friendly cop (Tom Verica), sets out like a self-described Nancy Drew to rescue her friend from her family's evil clutches.
The film, which began as a breezy and semi-amusing contemporary comedy, becomes an unconvincing angst-ridden melodrama, not helped by unintentionally funny dialogue and stiff acting from most of the principals. Errico, currently a theatrical darling in New York thanks to her acclaimed work in such revivals as "My Fair Lady" and "One Touch of Venus", comes off best, and Corey Glover (late of the band Living Colour) has some nice moments as an overeager suitor.
The cameos are mostly embarrassing. Lang hams it up unmercifully as a rambunctious drunk, Esposito and David play a pair of effeminate hairdressers in a style that's something out of "In Living Color", and Sheen delivers a tedious, over-the-top monologue about Barbie dolls that's clearly an imitation of Quentin Tarantino's much better verbal riffing in "Sleep With Me".
The film's technical credits are also less than stellar, with muffled sound and choppy editing only part of the problem.
LOOSE WOMEN
An Inmotion Entertainment presentation
Director-producer:Paul F. Bernard
Executive producers:J.D. Matonti, James Scura
Producer:Chris Mantonti
Screenplay:Sherry Ham
Director of photography:Peter Reneris
Editor:Marie Pierre Renaud
Music:Pat Irwin
Color
Cast:
Rachel:Sherry Ham
Gail:Melissa Errico
Tracy:Marialisa Costanzo
Chris:Tom Verica
Jack:Corey Glover
Ann:Amy Alexandra Lloyd
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The debut feature of director Paul F. Bernard (the production notes describe his filmmaking experience as "practical and vast"), the cannily but inaccurately titled "Loose Women" is a comedy-drama about three female roommates in New York's East Village. Rachel (Sherry Ham, who also wrote the screenplay), a struggling actress, is depressed over the lack of momentum in her career and the fact that she's about to turn 30. Her mood is not helped when her aspiring-actress friend, Tracy (Marialisa Costanzo), breezes into town and lands a soap opera job on her very first day of looking. The third member of the trio is Gail (Melissa Errico), a seemingly stable schoolteacher with a secret life as a prostitute.
When Gail is arrested and subsequently institutionalized by her repressive mother and sister, Rachel, with the aid of a friendly cop (Tom Verica), sets out like a self-described Nancy Drew to rescue her friend from her family's evil clutches.
The film, which began as a breezy and semi-amusing contemporary comedy, becomes an unconvincing angst-ridden melodrama, not helped by unintentionally funny dialogue and stiff acting from most of the principals. Errico, currently a theatrical darling in New York thanks to her acclaimed work in such revivals as "My Fair Lady" and "One Touch of Venus", comes off best, and Corey Glover (late of the band Living Colour) has some nice moments as an overeager suitor.
The cameos are mostly embarrassing. Lang hams it up unmercifully as a rambunctious drunk, Esposito and David play a pair of effeminate hairdressers in a style that's something out of "In Living Color", and Sheen delivers a tedious, over-the-top monologue about Barbie dolls that's clearly an imitation of Quentin Tarantino's much better verbal riffing in "Sleep With Me".
The film's technical credits are also less than stellar, with muffled sound and choppy editing only part of the problem.
LOOSE WOMEN
An Inmotion Entertainment presentation
Director-producer:Paul F. Bernard
Executive producers:J.D. Matonti, James Scura
Producer:Chris Mantonti
Screenplay:Sherry Ham
Director of photography:Peter Reneris
Editor:Marie Pierre Renaud
Music:Pat Irwin
Color
Cast:
Rachel:Sherry Ham
Gail:Melissa Errico
Tracy:Marialisa Costanzo
Chris:Tom Verica
Jack:Corey Glover
Ann:Amy Alexandra Lloyd
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 11/27/1996
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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