Free Download: Africa by Lunchbox Theory

April 28, 2010

Man is some music tracks deep into this free session courtesy of the blog Lunchbox Theory in conjunction with DJ Underdog, a mixtape compilation entitled “Africa, Africa, Africa” [full album download] and so far “Oh my days” equivalent of “Oh my gosh” *smiles*. If you like Fela Kuti, Osibisa, Mariam Makeba, Sonny Ade, pidgin [broken [...]

New Music: Invisible Inc – The Exit Strategy

April 27, 2010

This episode rolled into action with a little known free music compilation “Oscillations – Part 1” by Jus Like Music and Apple Juice Break with the track entitled “Paradise” by the collective Invisible Inc [Ghost, Verb T and Kashmere]. Invisible Inc recently released the fineness and value at £3.50 “true story” album “The Exit Strategy” [...]

New Music: Jinesis – Candy

April 26, 2010

Ahem, ahem! You good people know when I go on for miles about we do a bit of romance and all that jazz. Well this is one of those moments and this freshly of the press’ish with this video for the number entitled “Candy” of the free session “I’ll Be” [full album] by the brother [...]

Short Film: Miyashita – “Our Park”

April 25, 2010

A short film on the fight to keep a public space and park in Miyashita, Japan. Have a butcher’s and it be known. Having documented the ongoing struggles of the homeless inhabitants of Tokyo’s Miyashita Park, “Our Park” is a short documentary that takes a further in-depth look into public space. The selling and subsequent [...]

New Music: Sola Rosa – Get It Together

April 24, 2010

Its always appreciative especially in this day and age of look hard for fine music and one steps into a realm that is different from the norm in terms of style and sound, we are talking about “The Land of the Long White Cloud” [New Zealand] here, with quality acts like Fat Freddy Drop, Julien [...]

Guest Post: Beverley at Royal Albert Hall

April 23, 2010

This is the second guest post of many to come. A few satellite correspondents from around the way, a brother David Nguyen on Maxwell and now the aspiring sister Sanya Lerin hailing from London Town on, one of this shores finest Beverley Knight, take it away.. After recently going to see Beverley Knight at the [...]

New Visual Art: Philece. R [Creative Truth]

April 22, 2010

A sister Philece. R definitely got talent on the visual scheme of things, all one needs do, is pay a visit to Creative Truth, voyeur and appreciate an array of visual fine art flavours [paint, pencil and digital]. Philece. R comes across as a very passionate individual with regards to her Art and and creativity [...]

Rest In Peace: Tribute to the legendary Guru

April 21, 2010

A person’s passing is a tragedy for many in particular the immediate closed ones and family, we are born, live and die. The life stage one seeks to be a genuine human being, living and in service to others with whatever God-given talent and gift one possesses in the process and hopefully bringing upliftment, change, [...]

Pharoahe Monch on Guru [RIP]

April 20, 2010

We sure will make our tribute to the legendary and pioneer Guru of Gangstarr and authentic hip hop, Pharoahe Monch wrote this reflective piece on his blog and thought....

New Music: Special Kind of Fool by TY

April 19, 2010

Some new and classy soulful hip hop by the locally known and internationally accepted TY ladies and gentlemen, some good to quality music folks! That opening to the gradual steps and wait for the release of a brother’s fourth studio effort “Special Kind of Fool” out today, of which the infectious and helps with the [...]

RZA featuring Xavier – I’ve Never Seen

April 18, 2010

The legendary RZA of the Wutang Clan produced and released this in 2004 entitled "Ich Kenne Nichts" german for "I've Never Seen" a single featuring Xavier Naidoo, a German singer, songwriter and emcee that makes the track his own.

New Music: DeLon – We Strugglin’

April 17, 2010

American (Los Angeles) born and Sri Lanka bred is the brother Dilan Jayasingha going by the stage name DeLon an aspiring rapper and record producer. A survivor of the Sri Lanka Tsunami, DeLon set up the Sri Lanka Foundation to aid in the battle against nationwide poverty and rebuilding, kudos to him and best. His [...]

Short Film: Noam Chomsky on Love

April 16, 2010

Noam Chomsky as Howard Zinn [RIP] is a veteran political activist and professor of MIT, here he talks bigthink about love. Excerpt [Transcript] Question: What is love? Noam Chomsky: I just know it’s—has an unbreakable grip, but I can’t tell you what it is.  It’s just life’s empty without it. [Source: bigthink] Ladies and gentlemen, [...]

New Music: Rocky Dawuni Hymns

April 15, 2010

Back in the day when listening to reggae there was Bob Marley, Lucky Dube, King Yellow Man and not forgetting the Ghananian reggae artist Rocky Dawuni [those where days]. Rocky Dawuni has come along way in bringing his spiritual, love and social conscious reggae afrique soul fusion and established himself as a formidable force for [...]

Spoken Word & Music: Poet LKJ

April 14, 2010

The legendary dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson live on tour sometime ago performing the reflective classic choon “More Time” from the album of the same name released in 1999 through LKJ Records. Have a butcher’s and it be known. Linton Kwesi Johnson – “More Time” [Courtesy Banatchec]