Tag: "John Legend"

Common : The Dreamer/The Believer
0 Comments. 1,065 Views. Posted 7 Mar 2012 @ 9:31am.
  Common (aka Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.) and civil rights activist Maya Angelou have opposing views when it comes to the rapper’s use of the n-word, but their wider political vision is intrinsically the same. Common’s ninth studio album, The Dreamer/The Believer, opens with The Dreamer, which culminates in a poem by the highly influential American author, poet and recipient of the... Read More
Lowrider
0 Comments. 2,555 Views. Posted 12 May 2011 @ 11:21am.
Your name: "Paul Bartlett aka Sticks Swiftly." Your band's name: "Lowrider."   What's the deal with the band's name: "I know, what IS the deal with that?"   Define your sound in five words or less: "Honest head boppin' Australian soul."   Someone is walking past as you're playing, they get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? "Can you believe the price of... Read More
The Docs That Rocked The World
0 Comments. 2,363 Views. Posted 13 Apr 2011 @ 1:14pm.
Blow Up Cinema is bringing Melbournian's a month of the world's best music documentaries with their screening of The Docs That Rocked The World. The Docs That Rocked The World will be a month long event featuring documentaries on DIG!, Gimme Shelter, Soundtrack for a Revolution and Joy Division.The films will feature the stories of The Rolling Stones and The Dandy Warhols as well as... Read More
John Legend Bluesfest Sideshow!
0 Comments. 2,199 Views. Posted 11 Feb 2011 @ 11:42am.
Straight after Bluesfest, John Legend is headlining a one off all ages show in Melbourne at the Palais Theatre on Tuesday 26 April!  John Legend’s latest collaboration is with hip hop group The Roots on Wake Up! The critically-acclaimed album debuted in the Top 10 of the US Billboard 200 chart and features one original composition alongside covers of 1960s and 1970s... Read More
John Legend
0 Comments. 731 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
During the hype of the Obama election, John Legend and hip-hop favourites, The Roots, collaborated to raise community awareness with a compilation of ‘60s and ‘70s covers. What could have been a fairly passable album, with modern-soul crooner Legend playing the solo-preacher, became a bluesed-up, funk-fest courtesy of The Roots’ incredible backing instrumentals... Read More
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