With the arrival of the Paramount+ documentary miniseries “Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza,” alt-rock fans who attended the era-defining Lollapalooza festival in its national heyday will experience a rush of nostalgia, and viewers from Gens Z and Alpha will see and hear what Gen X has been crowing about since 1991. That’s the year Perry Farrell created a touring farewell party for his Jane’s Addiction, invited still-new bands such as Nine Inch Nails and Ice T’s Body Count for the ride, and found a tribe of like-minded rebel youth enthralled with his tribal gathering.
Farrell and the series’ director, Emmy nominee Michael John Warren, spoke with Variety about the new documentary in separate interviews. Warren is more naturally prone to rhapsodize about Lollapalooza’s rich history than Farrell, who isn’t so nostalgically inclined and has his sights set very much on what he believes could happen under...
Farrell and the series’ director, Emmy nominee Michael John Warren, spoke with Variety about the new documentary in separate interviews. Warren is more naturally prone to rhapsodize about Lollapalooza’s rich history than Farrell, who isn’t so nostalgically inclined and has his sights set very much on what he believes could happen under...
- 5/21/2024
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
The upcoming Paramount+ + documentary Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza traces the story of Perry Farrell’s alternative music extravaganza from its roots in 1991 as a Jane’s Addiction farewell tour all the way through its role today as one of the largest festivals on the planet. The three-part special, which features interviews with Farrell, Chance the Rapper, Flea, Trent Reznor, Ice-t, Tom Morello, Lars Ulrich, and Vernon Reid premieres May 21.
In this exclusive clip, Lollapalooza founders Perry Farrell and Marc Geiger talk about their efforts to revive the festival in 2004 as a tour featuring Morrissey,...
In this exclusive clip, Lollapalooza founders Perry Farrell and Marc Geiger talk about their efforts to revive the festival in 2004 as a tour featuring Morrissey,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, the founding MC5 drummer and the last surviving original member of the pioneering proto-punk group, died Wednesday, The Detroit Free Press reported. He was 75.
An exact cause of death was not given, though Thompson had reportedly suffered a series of medical issues in recent months, including a heart attack in April.
Thompson’s death comes just a few months after the February death of his MC5 bandmate, guitarist Wayne Kramer, and the April death of John Sinclair, the group’s manager. A few months after Sinclair’s death,...
An exact cause of death was not given, though Thompson had reportedly suffered a series of medical issues in recent months, including a heart attack in April.
Thompson’s death comes just a few months after the February death of his MC5 bandmate, guitarist Wayne Kramer, and the April death of John Sinclair, the group’s manager. A few months after Sinclair’s death,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Just last summer, experts on the intersection of AI and music told Rolling Stone that it would be years before a tool emerged that could conjure up fully produced songs from a simple text description, given the endless complexities of the finished product. But Suno, a two-year-old start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has already pulled it off, vocals included — and their latest model, v3, which is available to the general public as of today, is capable of some truly startling results.
In Rolling Stone‘s feature on Suno, part of...
In Rolling Stone‘s feature on Suno, part of...
- 3/22/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
I’m just a soul trapped in this circuitry.” The voice singing those lyrics is raw and plaintive, dipping into blue notes. A lone acoustic guitar chugs behind it, punctuating the vocal phrases with tasteful runs. But there’s no human behind the voice, no hands on that guitar. There is, in fact, no guitar. In the space of 15 seconds, this credible, even moving, blues song was generated by the latest AI model from a startup named Suno. All it took to summon it from the void was a simple...
- 3/17/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Wayne Kramer, the cofounder and guitarist-vocalist of the iconic Detroit punk band MC5, has died at age 75. The news was shared on Kramer and MC5’s official social media pages today, but a cause of death was not disclosed.
Born Wayne Kambes on April 30, 1948, the guitarist formed the MC5 (for Motor City 5) as a teenager with his friend, Fred “Sonic” Smith. They played locally, eventually becoming the house band at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit.
John Sinclair, a left-wing activist, became the band’s manager, and they soon were a staple of the late-’60s political movements, aligning with the White Panther Party, the anti-racist group that Sinclair cofounded.
The group’s sound was hard to define, but it was defiant, and was widely credited with sparking what was to come in punk. The group performed at the protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention and at other rallies before signing...
Born Wayne Kambes on April 30, 1948, the guitarist formed the MC5 (for Motor City 5) as a teenager with his friend, Fred “Sonic” Smith. They played locally, eventually becoming the house band at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit.
John Sinclair, a left-wing activist, became the band’s manager, and they soon were a staple of the late-’60s political movements, aligning with the White Panther Party, the anti-racist group that Sinclair cofounded.
The group’s sound was hard to define, but it was defiant, and was widely credited with sparking what was to come in punk. The group performed at the protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention and at other rallies before signing...
- 2/2/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Bruce Springsteen on Garland Jeffreys in Claire Jeffreys' Doc NYC Audience Award-winning Garland Jeffreys: The King Of In Between: “He’s in the great singer songwriter tradition of Dylan and Neil Young. One of the American greats!” Photo: courtesy of Claire Jeffreys
Claire Jeffreys brilliant Doc NYC Audience Award-winning (and a highlight of the 14th edition) Garland Jeffreys: The King Of In Between has on-camera interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Laurie Anderson on Lou Reed’s support, Harvey Keitel, Vernon Reid, Alejandro Escovedo, Alan Freedman, Robert Christgau, Graham Parker, Michael Cuscuna, David Hajdu, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Phil Messina sharing their insights on Garland Jeffreys, whom Springsteen calls a great singer songwriter in the tradition of Bob Dylan and Neil Young.
Claire Jeffreys with Ed Bahlman and Anne-Katrin Titze on Garland Jeffreys: “He went out with Bette Midler when she was doing The Continental Baths and he dated Alice Walker of The Color Purple.
Claire Jeffreys brilliant Doc NYC Audience Award-winning (and a highlight of the 14th edition) Garland Jeffreys: The King Of In Between has on-camera interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Laurie Anderson on Lou Reed’s support, Harvey Keitel, Vernon Reid, Alejandro Escovedo, Alan Freedman, Robert Christgau, Graham Parker, Michael Cuscuna, David Hajdu, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Phil Messina sharing their insights on Garland Jeffreys, whom Springsteen calls a great singer songwriter in the tradition of Bob Dylan and Neil Young.
Claire Jeffreys with Ed Bahlman and Anne-Katrin Titze on Garland Jeffreys: “He went out with Bette Midler when she was doing The Continental Baths and he dated Alice Walker of The Color Purple.
- 11/24/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Black Music Action Coalition called Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner’s exclusion of Black and female musicians from his upcoming book The Masters “an offensive and absurd erasure.”
The organization — which was founded in the summer of 2020 amidst the uprising against police brutality and wider reckonings with systemic racism and injustice — issued the statement after Wenner was widely criticized for comments about Black and female artists in an interview with The New York Times. In the interview, Werner said Black and female musicians “didn’t articulate at the level...
The organization — which was founded in the summer of 2020 amidst the uprising against police brutality and wider reckonings with systemic racism and injustice — issued the statement after Wenner was widely criticized for comments about Black and female artists in an interview with The New York Times. In the interview, Werner said Black and female musicians “didn’t articulate at the level...
- 9/19/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
“At the end of the day, we all do what we’ve learned,” hit-making DJ/producer David Guetta says on the new episode of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “The difference is that AI is gonna be able to learn everything. So of course AI is gonna win at the end because you’ll be able to say to say, ‘I wanna make, a soul record. And AI will have all the soul chord progressions in history, with the exact percentage of the ones that have been the most successful,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
The entertainment industry responded with shock and deep sorrow Friday at the news of actor Lance Reddick’s passing at the age of 60.
Those who worked with the actor, who appeared on long-running television shows like “The Wire” and “Lost” and in movies like the “John Wick” franchise and recent blockbuster “Godzilla vs. Kong,” mourned the performer and the person in equal measure. From across Twitter, love and support has been flowing.
Wendell Pierce, who starred alongside Reddick on “The Wire,” wrote: “A man2 of great strength and grace. As talented a musician as he was an actor. The epitome of class. An sudden unexpected sharp painful grief for our artistic family. An unimaginable suffering for his personal family and loved ones.” Jake Fogelnest, who worked with Reddick on “Corporate,” shared a similar sentiment.
A man of great strength and grace. As talented a musician as he was an actor.
Those who worked with the actor, who appeared on long-running television shows like “The Wire” and “Lost” and in movies like the “John Wick” franchise and recent blockbuster “Godzilla vs. Kong,” mourned the performer and the person in equal measure. From across Twitter, love and support has been flowing.
Wendell Pierce, who starred alongside Reddick on “The Wire,” wrote: “A man2 of great strength and grace. As talented a musician as he was an actor. The epitome of class. An sudden unexpected sharp painful grief for our artistic family. An unimaginable suffering for his personal family and loved ones.” Jake Fogelnest, who worked with Reddick on “Corporate,” shared a similar sentiment.
A man of great strength and grace. As talented a musician as he was an actor.
- 3/17/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Refresh for updates... The Wire actors Wendell Pierce and Isiah Whitlock Jr. and creator-ep David Simon are among the Hollywood colleagues, friends and fans paying tribute to John Wick and The Wire star Lance Reddick, who died today at 60.
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“A man of great strength and grace,” writes The Wire co-star Wendell Pierce. “As talented a musician as he was an actor. The epitome of class. A sudden unexpected sharp painful grief for our artistic family. An unimaginable suffering for his personal family and loved ones. Godspeed my friend. You made your mark here. Rip”
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“A man of great strength and grace,” writes The Wire co-star Wendell Pierce. “As talented a musician as he was an actor. The epitome of class. A sudden unexpected sharp painful grief for our artistic family. An unimaginable suffering for his personal family and loved ones. Godspeed my friend. You made your mark here. Rip”
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- 3/17/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Verlaine, frontman and guitarist for seminal NYC punk band Television, has died at 73.
The New York Times reported that the punk pioneer died Saturday in Manhattan. Jesse Paris Smith, daughter of Verlaine’s ex and frequent collaborator Patti Smith, told the outlet that Verlaine died “following a brief illness.”
Born Thomas Miller in Denville, New Jersey, he met Richard Meyers at a boarding school in Delaware, with the two moving to New York City and changing their names to Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell, respectively, to form the band Neon Boys along with drummer Billy Ficca.
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That band didn’t last, but then reformed as Television, adding guitarist Richard Lloyd. Television quickly became the darlings of the budding NYC punk scene, gaining a following with performances at legendary clubs CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City.
The New York Times reported that the punk pioneer died Saturday in Manhattan. Jesse Paris Smith, daughter of Verlaine’s ex and frequent collaborator Patti Smith, told the outlet that Verlaine died “following a brief illness.”
Born Thomas Miller in Denville, New Jersey, he met Richard Meyers at a boarding school in Delaware, with the two moving to New York City and changing their names to Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell, respectively, to form the band Neon Boys along with drummer Billy Ficca.
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That band didn’t last, but then reformed as Television, adding guitarist Richard Lloyd. Television quickly became the darlings of the budding NYC punk scene, gaining a following with performances at legendary clubs CBGBs and Max’s Kansas City.
- 1/29/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Chris Stein, and many more artists have paid tribute to Tom Verlaine, the influential singer and guitarist for punk legends Television, who died following a “brief illness” at the age of 73.
Smith — Verlaine’s former partner and regular collaborator — posted a photograph of them together on Instagram. “This is a time when all seemed possible,” she captioned the Instagram post. “Farewell Tom, aloft the Omega.”
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“I have lost a hero,” Michael Stipe wrote,...
Smith — Verlaine’s former partner and regular collaborator — posted a photograph of them together on Instagram. “This is a time when all seemed possible,” she captioned the Instagram post. “Farewell Tom, aloft the Omega.”
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“I have lost a hero,” Michael Stipe wrote,...
- 1/29/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
David Bowie’s 1972 opus The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was his first truly classic album, and it remains one of the most important rock records of all time. Fifty-one years later, Ziggy‘s centerpiece “Starman” is being reimagined as the lead single off Ziggy Stardub, a beautifully crafted reggae version of Bowie’s iconic LP from New York’s Easy Star All-Stars, who have built a career on reinterpreting rock for the dread set.
“It’s the song most pivotal to the loose storyline of the original album,...
“It’s the song most pivotal to the loose storyline of the original album,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Patricia Meschino
- Rollingstone.com
“The only friends I had were pretty low-life,” Jeff Beck said, looking back at his childhood in newly unearthed audio of an interview with Rolling Stone’s Kory Grow. “They were one step away from jail, most of them. The guitar saved me from that.”
Beck – who died this week at the age 78 – looks back at his entire career, from the Yardbirds to the Jeff Beck Group to his fusion era and beyond in the interview, which can be heard in its entirety in the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast.
Beck – who died this week at the age 78 – looks back at his entire career, from the Yardbirds to the Jeff Beck Group to his fusion era and beyond in the interview, which can be heard in its entirety in the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast.
- 1/15/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
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Hollywood is mourning the death of Nichelle Nichols, who made history for her portrayal of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek.
Nichols died Saturday of natural causes at age 89, her son, Kyle Johnson, posted on Facebook.
“Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration,” he wrote Sunday. “Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all.”
Among those paying tribute to Nichols was President Joe Biden, who praised her as a “trailblazer of stage and screen who redefined what is possible for Black Americans and women.” His statement continued about her Star Trek role, “With a defining dignity and authority, she helped tell a central story that reimagined scientific pursuits and discoveries. And she continued this legacy...
Hollywood is mourning the death of Nichelle Nichols, who made history for her portrayal of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek.
Nichols died Saturday of natural causes at age 89, her son, Kyle Johnson, posted on Facebook.
“Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration,” he wrote Sunday. “Hers was a life well lived and as such a model for us all.”
Among those paying tribute to Nichols was President Joe Biden, who praised her as a “trailblazer of stage and screen who redefined what is possible for Black Americans and women.” His statement continued about her Star Trek role, “With a defining dignity and authority, she helped tell a central story that reimagined scientific pursuits and discoveries. And she continued this legacy...
- 7/31/2022
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ahead of a special belated 80th-birthday show, George Clinton gave a gift of his own to his old school in Newark, New Jersey, — a ton of musical equipment. In turn, Avon Elementary officially renamed its music room in honor of the funk legend.
The event took place Thursday, March 17, with Clinton receiving a warm welcome full of confetti and rousing cheers from students and teachers. During the George Clinton Music Room naming ceremony, Clinton performed a bit as well, unleashing — what else? — Parliament’s 1976 classic, “Give Up the Funk.”
Beautiful to see @george_clinton,...
The event took place Thursday, March 17, with Clinton receiving a warm welcome full of confetti and rousing cheers from students and teachers. During the George Clinton Music Room naming ceremony, Clinton performed a bit as well, unleashing — what else? — Parliament’s 1976 classic, “Give Up the Funk.”
Beautiful to see @george_clinton,...
- 3/18/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Greg Tate, one of the most incisive, insightful, and influential cultural critics of the past 35 years, has died. His publisher Duke University Press confirmed the author’s death to Rolling Stone, though a cause of death was not confirmed.
“Hard to explain the impact that Flyboy in the Buttermilk had on a whole generation of young writers and critics who read every page of it like scripture,” The New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb wrote on Twitter, aptly summing up the effect that Tate’s iconic 1992 essay collection had on the world.
“Hard to explain the impact that Flyboy in the Buttermilk had on a whole generation of young writers and critics who read every page of it like scripture,” The New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb wrote on Twitter, aptly summing up the effect that Tate’s iconic 1992 essay collection had on the world.
- 12/7/2021
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
Grunge legends like Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell and Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil will lead next year’s “Sounds of Seattle” Rock Camp, taking place February 17th-20th, 2022 in Los Angeles.
Original Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen, Jane’s Addiction’s Stephen Perkins and Nickelback’s Mike Kroeger will also take part in the Rock Camp, where attendees will rehearse and be mentored by their rock star “counselors,” leading up to public performances at famed L.A. venues at the Viper Room and the Whisky-a-Go-Go.
Thayil, a first-time Rock Camp counselor,...
Original Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen, Jane’s Addiction’s Stephen Perkins and Nickelback’s Mike Kroeger will also take part in the Rock Camp, where attendees will rehearse and be mentored by their rock star “counselors,” leading up to public performances at famed L.A. venues at the Viper Room and the Whisky-a-Go-Go.
Thayil, a first-time Rock Camp counselor,...
- 9/7/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Clarence Williams III, the actor who portrayed Linc Hayes on TV’s The Mod Squad as well as played Prince’s father in Purple Rain, has died at the age of 81.
Williams management confirmed the actor’s death to Variety, adding that Williams died following a battle with colon cancer.
The New York City-born Williams, the grandson of jazz great Clarence Williams, made his acting debut on Broadway and other theatrical productions in the mid-Sixties before he was cast in The Mod Squad, the influential counterculture police series that ran for five seasons on ABC.
Williams management confirmed the actor’s death to Variety, adding that Williams died following a battle with colon cancer.
The New York City-born Williams, the grandson of jazz great Clarence Williams, made his acting debut on Broadway and other theatrical productions in the mid-Sixties before he was cast in The Mod Squad, the influential counterculture police series that ran for five seasons on ABC.
- 6/6/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Eugene McDaniels’ influential and endlessly sampled soul classic Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse is set for a 50th anniversary reissue this summer.
Released on Atlantic in 1971, the politically and socially incisive album — championed by Questlove and Prince and sampled by artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys and Eric B & Rakim — will receive its first official vinyl U.S. release since it arrived 50 years ago when Real Gone Records reissues the LP on July 9th. The purple vinyl reissue, cut from the original master and limited to 1750 copies, is available to preorder now.
Released on Atlantic in 1971, the politically and socially incisive album — championed by Questlove and Prince and sampled by artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys and Eric B & Rakim — will receive its first official vinyl U.S. release since it arrived 50 years ago when Real Gone Records reissues the LP on July 9th. The purple vinyl reissue, cut from the original master and limited to 1750 copies, is available to preorder now.
- 5/27/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Chick Corea, the virtuosic keyboardist who broadened the scope of jazz during a career spanning more than five decades, died on Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. A post on his Facebook page confirmed the news. Corea was 79.
“Throughout his life and career, Chick relished in the freedom and the fun to be had in creating something new, and in playing the games that artists do,” his family wrote in a statement. “Through his body of work and the decades he spent touring the world, he touched and inspired the lives of millions.
“Throughout his life and career, Chick relished in the freedom and the fun to be had in creating something new, and in playing the games that artists do,” his family wrote in a statement. “Through his body of work and the decades he spent touring the world, he touched and inspired the lives of millions.
- 2/11/2021
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
Bruce Hornsby and James Mercer teamed for a performance of their recent song, “My Resolve,” as part of The Late Show’s Play at Home series.
Adhering to social distancing guidelines, Hornsby and Mercer recorded the song separately, with the former laying down piano and lead vocals, and the Shins frontman providing harmonies and backing vocals. The song’s chorus grapples with defeat and determination, with Hornsby and Mercer singing together, “In my resolve I move the rock/Or maybe fall down trying/My ineptitude stares me down/In its face I cower.
Adhering to social distancing guidelines, Hornsby and Mercer recorded the song separately, with the former laying down piano and lead vocals, and the Shins frontman providing harmonies and backing vocals. The song’s chorus grapples with defeat and determination, with Hornsby and Mercer singing together, “In my resolve I move the rock/Or maybe fall down trying/My ineptitude stares me down/In its face I cower.
- 9/8/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
“What’s the name of that fantastic Netflix series about hip-hop?” Bruce Hornsby asks. “You’re going to have to make a plea for my inclusion!”
Hornsby is joking, of course, but this summer has brought another reminder of the keyboardist-singer’s unexpected impact on the genre. Nearly 35 years ago, Hornsby had an out-of-the-box hit with “The Way It Is,” which combined an elegantly hooky piano with lyrics confronting racism (“They passed a law in ’64/To give those who ain’t got a little more/But it only goes so...
Hornsby is joking, of course, but this summer has brought another reminder of the keyboardist-singer’s unexpected impact on the genre. Nearly 35 years ago, Hornsby had an out-of-the-box hit with “The Way It Is,” which combined an elegantly hooky piano with lyrics confronting racism (“They passed a law in ’64/To give those who ain’t got a little more/But it only goes so...
- 8/3/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Hal Willner — the respected producer who worked with Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull, was a long-time Saturday Night Live staffer and compiled a series of eccentric all-star tribute albums — died Monday at the age of 64. A rep for Willner confirmed the producer’s death to Rolling Stone. While a cause of death has yet to be announced, a source close to Willner tells Rolling Stone he was suffering from symptoms consistent with the coronavirus.
“Absolutely devastated to get this news about my weird and lovely pal, Hal,” tweeted Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
“Absolutely devastated to get this news about my weird and lovely pal, Hal,” tweeted Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
- 4/7/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Janet Jackson has marked the 30th anniversary of her landmark Rhythm Nation 1814 with the first-ever digital release of nine rare remix albums from the era.
Rhythm Nation 1814: The Remixes collects nearly 90 remixes spread across mini-LPs for “Alright,” “Black Cat,” “Come Back to Me,” “Escapade,” “Love Will Never Do (Without You),” “Rhythm Nation,” “Miss You Much” and “State of the World.”
Additionally, three rare B-sides from the era – “The Skin Game,” “You Need Me” and “The 1814 Megamix” are also included in the compilation, which collects various 12″ and 7″ vinyl releases and...
Rhythm Nation 1814: The Remixes collects nearly 90 remixes spread across mini-LPs for “Alright,” “Black Cat,” “Come Back to Me,” “Escapade,” “Love Will Never Do (Without You),” “Rhythm Nation,” “Miss You Much” and “State of the World.”
Additionally, three rare B-sides from the era – “The Skin Game,” “You Need Me” and “The 1814 Megamix” are also included in the compilation, which collects various 12″ and 7″ vinyl releases and...
- 9/20/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Doors’ Robby Krieger led a sultry rendition of “Back Door Man,” the blues standard that appeared on the band’s debut album, with vocalist-guitarist Orianthi and Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro at a guitar all-stars gig. As she sings, she alternates between declaring, “You’re my backdoor man” and “I’m your backdoor man,” claiming the sexuality that Howlin’ Wolf and Jim Morrison put into the song for herself. Krieger plays a slippery, melodic solo before passing it over to Navarro for a flashier, metal-tinged blues lead and...
- 3/23/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The soundtrack to 1993 chase flick Judgment Night — on which 10 rap artists collaborated with 11 rock groups — was a gold-certified triumph of the post-Nirvana major label wild west. Dropped shortly after Lollapalooza wound down its third summer, here was a similarly divide-breaking gathering of genre-crossing cool: Cypress Hill spitting hard bars over a slinky Pearl Jam groove and dank Sonic Youth noise, Mudhoney and Sir Mix-a-Lot sharing a dirty Seattle scumbag sesh, Helmet’s taut riffs slowing down for steely-eyed House of Pain verses, Teenage Fanclub bummer jangle matching with De La Soul’s reflective rhymes.
- 9/13/2018
- by Christopher R. Weingarten
- Rollingstone.com
When it comes to improvised music, there’s something about duets with drummers. Ever since the 1974 release of John Coltrane’s landmark Interstellar Space session, on which the saxophonist was joined only by drummer Rashied Ali, countless musicians — from fellow saxists to trumpeters, pianists, guitarists and even double-bassists — have squared off with trap-set players, embracing the spontaneity and intensity of the stripped-down setting. New York drummer Donald Sturge Anthony McKenzie II is bringing a new energy to the format with his Silenced project, centering on first-take, unedited duets with a variety of stellar improvisers,...
- 8/31/2018
- by Hank Shteamer
- Rollingstone.com
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- 9/8/2017
- Pastemagazine.com
George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic, along with former key members Bootsy Collins and keyboardist Bernie Worrell, dropped by the Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday to perform the funk group's 1978 hit "Flash Light" ahead of an all-star New York "funkraiser" for Worrell that night. Jon Batiste and the Late Show also sat in on the performance of the party-starting classic.
In January, Worrell revealed that he's battling a "mild form" of prostate cancer and stage-four liver cancer. To help Worrell with his medical bills, friends and admirers of the Rock...
In January, Worrell revealed that he's battling a "mild form" of prostate cancer and stage-four liver cancer. To help Worrell with his medical bills, friends and admirers of the Rock...
- 4/5/2016
- Rollingstone.com
He’s no womanizer like his Masters of Sex character Dr. Austin Langham, but Teddy Sears has had an appreciation for the female form for some time now—as long as there’s no food involved.
Sears admits he didn’t get what all the fuss over 9 1/2 Weeks’ iconic refrigerator scene was about: “That scene when all the foodstuffs come out? You lost me. That’s when I turned it off.” Then again, he was only 9 or 10 years old at the time.
It’s unlikely the same could be said of Langham if he had come of age during Kim Basinger’s controversy-stirring prime.
Sears admits he didn’t get what all the fuss over 9 1/2 Weeks’ iconic refrigerator scene was about: “That scene when all the foodstuffs come out? You lost me. That’s when I turned it off.” Then again, he was only 9 or 10 years old at the time.
It’s unlikely the same could be said of Langham if he had come of age during Kim Basinger’s controversy-stirring prime.
- 8/22/2014
- by Lanford Beard
- EW.com - PopWatch
The heavy metal trio reportedly inked a $1.8 million deal with Sony.
This isn't your typical boy band.
Brooklyn-based trio Unlocking the Truth is on the rise after harnessing the power of YouTube to go from busking for change in Times Square to performing at Coachella. Now, they've reportedly inked a $1.8 million record deal with Sony. Not bad for a group of 12- and 13-year-olds.
Meet Alec Atkins, Jarad Dawkins and Malcolm Brickhouse, the heavy metal middle school band making waves for their raw talent and frankly, for being adorable. They've been best buds since pre-school and cite Metallica, Slipknot, Disturbed, Living Colour, Chelsea Grin, Motionless in White and Escape the Fate as their biggest influences. "Metal is in their blood," declares a line in their website bio.
They may have signed a mega-money deal with Sony, but according to the New York Post, Unlocking the Truth still needs to prove that they can translate YouTube hits into...
This isn't your typical boy band.
Brooklyn-based trio Unlocking the Truth is on the rise after harnessing the power of YouTube to go from busking for change in Times Square to performing at Coachella. Now, they've reportedly inked a $1.8 million record deal with Sony. Not bad for a group of 12- and 13-year-olds.
Meet Alec Atkins, Jarad Dawkins and Malcolm Brickhouse, the heavy metal middle school band making waves for their raw talent and frankly, for being adorable. They've been best buds since pre-school and cite Metallica, Slipknot, Disturbed, Living Colour, Chelsea Grin, Motionless in White and Escape the Fate as their biggest influences. "Metal is in their blood," declares a line in their website bio.
They may have signed a mega-money deal with Sony, but according to the New York Post, Unlocking the Truth still needs to prove that they can translate YouTube hits into...
- 7/14/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
The longtime member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers didn’t have his bass guitar plugged in during their Super Bowl halftime performance, leading many to believe it wasn’t live. Now he’s taking to Twitter to tell his fans that he wasn’t trying to trick them.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers joined Bruno Mars on stage for the Feb. 2 Super Bowl halftime performance and it was epic. The band jumped around with Bruno and The Hooligans, putting on an impressive show. But now fans feel fooled after realizing Flea‘s guitar wasn’t plugged in, but he’s promising his loyal followers that it wasn’t done to deceive anyone.
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea Reveals Why He Didn’t Play Live
Flea, 51, took to Twitter on Feb. 4 to address the backlash that he didn’t play live during the Super Bowl halftime performance.
No trickery. No choice,...
The Red Hot Chili Peppers joined Bruno Mars on stage for the Feb. 2 Super Bowl halftime performance and it was epic. The band jumped around with Bruno and The Hooligans, putting on an impressive show. But now fans feel fooled after realizing Flea‘s guitar wasn’t plugged in, but he’s promising his loyal followers that it wasn’t done to deceive anyone.
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea Reveals Why He Didn’t Play Live
Flea, 51, took to Twitter on Feb. 4 to address the backlash that he didn’t play live during the Super Bowl halftime performance.
No trickery. No choice,...
- 2/4/2014
- by Chloe Melas
- HollywoodLife
Critics have accused the Red Hot Chili Peppers of not performing live during the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 3, but I still think they put on an amazing show either way!
From Beyonce to Britney, some of the world’s biggest pop stars have been criticized for not performing live — but has their lip syncing really made their performances any less entertaining? Some very observant Twitter users put a damper on the Red Hot Chili Peppers‘s Super Bowl performance when they noted that Flea‘s bass guitar wasn’t even plugged into anything. Obviously this isn’t the kind of “unplugged” performance the world wants to hear, but regardless, I was thrilled to see that the aging rockers still know how to put on a helluva show!
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Super Bowl Halftime Performance — Great Even If Not Live
The band injected some red hot rock into...
From Beyonce to Britney, some of the world’s biggest pop stars have been criticized for not performing live — but has their lip syncing really made their performances any less entertaining? Some very observant Twitter users put a damper on the Red Hot Chili Peppers‘s Super Bowl performance when they noted that Flea‘s bass guitar wasn’t even plugged into anything. Obviously this isn’t the kind of “unplugged” performance the world wants to hear, but regardless, I was thrilled to see that the aging rockers still know how to put on a helluva show!
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Super Bowl Halftime Performance — Great Even If Not Live
The band injected some red hot rock into...
- 2/4/2014
- by tierneyhl
- HollywoodLife
Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers put on a stellar halftime show during an otherwise tedious Super Bowl, but were Rhcp performing live? According to some noted guitar experts, the answer is a solid no.
Despite some initial hesitation, the world seemed to thoroughly embrace Bruno Mars‘ Super Bowl halftime performance on Feb. 2. However, some very observant Twitter users put a dent in the Red Hot Chili Peppers portion of the performance when they noticed that Flea‘s bass guitar wasn’t even plugged in. Yikes.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Didn’t Perform Live At The Super Bowl
Hat tip to Vulture, who picked up on Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid‘s Tweet about Flea not playing live. “That guitar is plugged into Nothing,” he wrote, as the band took the stage with Mars for a rousing rendition of “Give It Away.”
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Reid, who...
Despite some initial hesitation, the world seemed to thoroughly embrace Bruno Mars‘ Super Bowl halftime performance on Feb. 2. However, some very observant Twitter users put a dent in the Red Hot Chili Peppers portion of the performance when they noticed that Flea‘s bass guitar wasn’t even plugged in. Yikes.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Didn’t Perform Live At The Super Bowl
Hat tip to Vulture, who picked up on Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid‘s Tweet about Flea not playing live. “That guitar is plugged into Nothing,” he wrote, as the band took the stage with Mars for a rousing rendition of “Give It Away.”
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Reid, who...
- 2/3/2014
- by Shaunna Murphy
- HollywoodLife
Last night, the Red Hot Chili Peppers — who, if the rumors are to be believed, were added to the Super Bowl halftime lineup to lend some rock warhorse credibility to a show headlined by pop neophyte Bruno Mars — pretended to play their instruments. At least that’s the case with the band’s bassist, Flea. “That guitar is plugged into Nothing,” tweeted Vernon Reid, moments after the Chili Peppers took the stage to play their heaving funk-rock hit “Give It Away.” Reid, who knows something about guitars, had noticed the conspicuous absence of a cable connecting to the input jack of Flea’s bass guitar to an amplifying device: no cable running to a speaker, no cable plugged into a wireless pack, no nothin’. Flea is a great musician, but the trick of making an unamplified bass audible over the roar of tens of thousands in a cavernous football stadium...
- 2/3/2014
- by Jody Rosen
- Vulture
After profiling its first-ever sports figure, Billie Jean King, tonight at 8pm, PBS doc series "American Masters" will turn to Jimi Hendrix with "Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin'," slated to premiere Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 9pm. The two-hour doc is directed by Bob Smeaton of "Festival Express" and "Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child," and an expanded home video edition will be released on the same day the film airs on PBS, as well as a CD and limited edition vinyl set for "Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival," the first-ever release of one of the guitar virtuoso's most sought-after performances. "Hear My Train A Comin'" will include previously unseen performance footage and home movies taken by Hendrix and drummer Mitch Mitchell as well as interviews with Paul McCartney, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Eddie Kramer, Steve Winwood, Vernon Reid, Billy Gibbons, Dweezil Zappa and Dave Mason. Check...
- 9/10/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
S&A featured the Kickstarter campaign for this last fall, which was successful. The film looks like it's done, or close to being done since it's listed as one of 109 films screening at the SXSW film festival in March. Author, filmmaker, producer Nelson George presents a documentary feature titled Finding The Funk, a journey through the origins and influence of funk music, from James Brown to D'Angelo. Among those to be featured in the film are: Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins, Mike D of the Beastie Boys, D'Angelo, Marcus Miller, Mtume, Nona Hendryx, Vernon Reid, Maceo Parker, Bernie Worrell, Steve Arrington, Reggie Hudlin, Sheila E, Shock G, and others. Cliff...
- 2/28/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
S&A featured the Kickstarter campaign for this last fall, which was successful. The film looks like it's done, or close to being done since it's listed as one of 109 films screening at the SXSW film festival in March. Author, filmmaker, producer Nelson George presents a documentary feature titled Finding The Funk, a journey through the origins and influence of funk music, from James Brown to D'Angelo. Among those to be featured in the film are: Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins, Mike D of the Beastie Boys, D'Angelo, Marcus Miller, Mtume, Nona Hendryx, Vernon Reid, Maceo Parker, Bernie Worrell, Steve Arrington, Reggie Hudlin, Sheila E, Shock G, and...
- 1/31/2013
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Fresh off their reunion performance at the Grammys, The Beach Boys have been added to the line up for the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
The initial lineup for the annual festival, which takes place from June 7-10 this year, was announced on Tuesday. Radiohead, Phish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform in Manchester, Tenn.
Both Radiohead and the RHCPs have history with the fest. The Beach Boys, meanwhile, are just musical history, incarnate.
Here is the full lineup for Bonnaroo 2012:
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Phish
Bon Iver
The Beach Boys featuring Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks
The Avett Brothers
The Shins Foster
The People
Skrillex
Aziz Ansari
Dispatch
Feist
The Roots
Alice Cooper
SuperJam
Black Star
The Word featuring John Medeski, Robert Randolph and North Mississippi Allstars
Ludacris
Ben Folds Five
Flogging Molly...
Hollywoodnews.com: Fresh off their reunion performance at the Grammys, The Beach Boys have been added to the line up for the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
The initial lineup for the annual festival, which takes place from June 7-10 this year, was announced on Tuesday. Radiohead, Phish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform in Manchester, Tenn.
Both Radiohead and the RHCPs have history with the fest. The Beach Boys, meanwhile, are just musical history, incarnate.
Here is the full lineup for Bonnaroo 2012:
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Phish
Bon Iver
The Beach Boys featuring Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks
The Avett Brothers
The Shins Foster
The People
Skrillex
Aziz Ansari
Dispatch
Feist
The Roots
Alice Cooper
SuperJam
Black Star
The Word featuring John Medeski, Robert Randolph and North Mississippi Allstars
Ludacris
Ben Folds Five
Flogging Molly...
- 2/14/2012
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Phish, Radiohead, Blackstar, Civil Wars, Roots, Beach Boys also on the bill.
By Gil Kaufman
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis
Photo: Getty Images
The lineup for the 11th annual Bonnaroo Festival features a powerhouse lineup for headliners including Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Phish, along with some recent Grammy winners such as Bon Iver and Edm star Skrillex.
As always, the roster of acts who will descend on the 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, for the four-day festival held June 7 to June 10 is a wildly eclectic mix of jam, rock, hip-hop, bluegrass and just about everything in between. The reunited Beach Boys are also on the list, along with the Shins, Avett Brothers, Black Star, shock rock icon Alice Cooper, Feist, rapper/actor Donald Glover as Childish Gambino, the Roots and legendary reggae-spike punk act Bad Brains.
The full roster includes more than 125 bands and 20 comedians performing on 13 stages,...
By Gil Kaufman
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis
Photo: Getty Images
The lineup for the 11th annual Bonnaroo Festival features a powerhouse lineup for headliners including Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Phish, along with some recent Grammy winners such as Bon Iver and Edm star Skrillex.
As always, the roster of acts who will descend on the 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, for the four-day festival held June 7 to June 10 is a wildly eclectic mix of jam, rock, hip-hop, bluegrass and just about everything in between. The reunited Beach Boys are also on the list, along with the Shins, Avett Brothers, Black Star, shock rock icon Alice Cooper, Feist, rapper/actor Donald Glover as Childish Gambino, the Roots and legendary reggae-spike punk act Bad Brains.
The full roster includes more than 125 bands and 20 comedians performing on 13 stages,...
- 2/14/2012
- MTV Music News
First there was The Areas of My Expertise. Then came More Information Than You Require. And now there is That Is All, the final book in John Hodgman's trilogy on "complete world knowledge."
The book will be released on November 1, and to make the people aware of its impendingness, Hodgman and director Tom Scharpling have created the above promo, featuring a list of cameos that is as thorough as the book's topics. Dick Cavett? Got him. Brooke Shieds? Got her. Justin Long waiting for Hodgman to return to the all-white "I'm a PC and I'm a Mac" room? Yes, indeed.
And the list goes on. Tucked away in the Celebrity Cameo Room of Hodgman's deranged millionaire's lair are also Scott Adsit, Fred Armisen, Samantha Bee, Paul Feig, Jason Jones, Ted Leo, John Lutz, Jack McBrayer, Christopher McCulloch, Nas, Vernon Reid, Paul Rudd, Kristen Schaal, Kenny Shopsin, and Questlove.
And...
The book will be released on November 1, and to make the people aware of its impendingness, Hodgman and director Tom Scharpling have created the above promo, featuring a list of cameos that is as thorough as the book's topics. Dick Cavett? Got him. Brooke Shieds? Got her. Justin Long waiting for Hodgman to return to the all-white "I'm a PC and I'm a Mac" room? Yes, indeed.
And the list goes on. Tucked away in the Celebrity Cameo Room of Hodgman's deranged millionaire's lair are also Scott Adsit, Fred Armisen, Samantha Bee, Paul Feig, Jason Jones, Ted Leo, John Lutz, Jack McBrayer, Christopher McCulloch, Nas, Vernon Reid, Paul Rudd, Kristen Schaal, Kenny Shopsin, and Questlove.
And...
- 10/26/2011
- by Carol Hartsell
- Huffington Post
When historical documentaries spotlight the dynamic past, they also reveal, if one is prone to see, an uncomfortable present. This can fuel nostalgia and a yearning to return to that great by-gone era just witnessed on the screen. While making you feel good about the past, docs can make you feel lousy about today. After watching the premier Brooklyn Boheme, and listening to the Q&A afterwards, a lot of us felt lousy about today.
For some 15 years in the 1980s and 1990s, Fort Green and to a lesser extent neighboring Clinton Hill were home to an extraordinary community of Black and Hispanic artists. In the film we hear from former and current residents, including filmmaker Spike Lee, actress Rosie Perez, jazzman Bradford Marsalis, comedian and actor Chris Rock, and rock guitarist Vernon Reid. Spike Lee calls this time “the Brooklyn equivalent of the Harlem Renaissance.”
While the Harlem movement...
For some 15 years in the 1980s and 1990s, Fort Green and to a lesser extent neighboring Clinton Hill were home to an extraordinary community of Black and Hispanic artists. In the film we hear from former and current residents, including filmmaker Spike Lee, actress Rosie Perez, jazzman Bradford Marsalis, comedian and actor Chris Rock, and rock guitarist Vernon Reid. Spike Lee calls this time “the Brooklyn equivalent of the Harlem Renaissance.”
While the Harlem movement...
- 9/25/2011
- by Stewart Nusbaumer
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
"Twenty years ago," blogs the New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones today, "I spent an afternoon shuffling around Rocks In Your Head, a record store that once did business on Prince Street. (It closed in 2006.) My friend Jim worked the counter, and we were listening to a new album, over and over: Nirvana's Nevermind. At some point, Vernon Reid — the guitar player and founder of Living Colour — came in. He listened to four songs, nodded approvingly, and approached the counter. 'Metallica plus R.E.M. That's really smart.' He bought a copy and left."
Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills, who formally announced the amicable dissolution of R.E.M. yesterday, will surely be hoping their band will be remembered as more than half the formula for another band ten years their junior (and, for what it's worth, I personally believe they will be), but if this anecdote is the first...
Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills, who formally announced the amicable dissolution of R.E.M. yesterday, will surely be hoping their band will be remembered as more than half the formula for another band ten years their junior (and, for what it's worth, I personally believe they will be), but if this anecdote is the first...
- 9/22/2011
- MUBI
Directors: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler Writers: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler Starring: Laurence Fishburne (narrator), Norwood Fisher, Angelo Moore, Chris Dowd, Dirty Walt Kibby II, David Kahne, Ice T, Larren Jones, Kendall Jones, Flea, Gwen Stefani, George Clinton, Mike Watt, Vernon Reid, Questlove, Dazireen Moore Let’s start at the very beginning...and the Black history of Los Angeles leads effortlessly right into the meeting of the original core members of Fishbone at a predominantly Caucasian high school. From there John Norwood Fisher (bass, vocals), Phillip "Fish" Fisher (drums), Angelo Moore (vocals, saxophone), Kendall Jones (guitar), "Dirty" Walter A. Kibby II (vocals, trumpet) and Christopher Dowd (keyboards, trombone, vocals) plunged right into the white La punk scene of the early 1980s. As a band, they were a pure democracy; everyone with their own personality and input, creating a sound that is still to this very day an unclassifiable hodgepodge of musical styles.
- 2/7/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
My brother is ten years my senior, and consequently it is probably not a surprise that when I was very young this little brother absolutely idolized him. He was undoubtedly my pop culture mentor, and to this day his influence still guides me. He was my guru for movies, music, television, literature, and their offshoots -- more or less all the standard and tangential topics of discussion that we find on Pajiba.
He was out of the house at age 16, and one of my more vivid and repeated memories in the following few years was not so patiently waiting at our front window for him to drive up on those late Friday nights when he was scheduled to visit home for the weekend. I would gaze out at the street, wonder why he was not there yet, return to the living room, and be back checking the window just a few minutes later.
He was out of the house at age 16, and one of my more vivid and repeated memories in the following few years was not so patiently waiting at our front window for him to drive up on those late Friday nights when he was scheduled to visit home for the weekend. I would gaze out at the street, wonder why he was not there yet, return to the living room, and be back checking the window just a few minutes later.
- 1/6/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
I don't normally go see cover acts, mostly because of the constant belly aching from my friends in "real" bands about how those "Freebird" playing yahoos are always taking money out of their pockets. And after getting burned one too many times by lame tribute acts (Ok, just that once, but you know who you are and you should be ashamed!), I was wary of the "Experience Hendrix" tribute tour because I love Jimi Hendrix and refuse to let some hack ruin him for me.
But with a lineup that includes Jimi's original Band of Gypsys and Experience bassist Billy Cox, guitar wizards Steve Vai, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, Aerosmith's Brad Whitford, Eric Johnson and Robert Randolph, in addition to Living Colour, members of Los Lobos, Ernie Isley, Susan Tedeschi and former Stevie Ray Vaughan drummer Chris Layton, you kind of couldn't lose, right? I mean, this was not...
But with a lineup that includes Jimi's original Band of Gypsys and Experience bassist Billy Cox, guitar wizards Steve Vai, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, Aerosmith's Brad Whitford, Eric Johnson and Robert Randolph, in addition to Living Colour, members of Los Lobos, Ernie Isley, Susan Tedeschi and former Stevie Ray Vaughan drummer Chris Layton, you kind of couldn't lose, right? I mean, this was not...
- 11/18/2010
- by Gil Kaufman
- MTV Newsroom
A feature-length documentary about the black arts movement that exploded in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, from the mid 1980s through the 90s. The film features Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Rosie Perez, Vernon Reid, Carl Hancock Rux, Saul Williams, Lorna Simpson, Alva Rogers, Kevin Powell, Toure, and Bill Stephany to name a few.
Directed by Nelson George & Diane Paragas.
There’s no IMDb page nor website for it, so I don’t have much other info on the film, screenings, etc; however, I’m sure it’ll play somewhere in New York, eventually… somewhere in Fort Greene maybe?...
Directed by Nelson George & Diane Paragas.
There’s no IMDb page nor website for it, so I don’t have much other info on the film, screenings, etc; however, I’m sure it’ll play somewhere in New York, eventually… somewhere in Fort Greene maybe?...
- 2/6/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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
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