Friday Music Bonus Edition

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Niagass comments on Senegal’s president Wade’s running for another term: We’ve been listening to Robert Glasper’s new album since it came out and we think you should too. He played ‘Always Shine’ with Lupe Fiasco and Bilal on Letterman this week: About these ads

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Music Break. Friday Bonus Edition

An eclectic one. Ethiopian and Ivorian pop, Philly neo soul, Swedish and South African rap and Brazilian jazz. Philadelphia neo soul keeps it topical. One thing we could not figure out: Bilal–half breaking with the dress code of his hosts Kindred–does a guest verse and throws in a line about ‘USA to Africa’: “And your […]

Music Break

First Donny Hathaway, now Bob Marley. One of my favorite singers, Bilal–fresh from taking on Donny Hathaway’s “Someday We’ll All be Free“–also tries his hand at remaking Bob Marley’s “Is This Love?.” He is accompanied by The Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble. Verdict? (Via Large Up) –Sean Jacobs

‘Someday We’ll All Be Free’

I first saw this video this summer when it was posted online. I love the swing treatment given to Donny Hathaway’s 1973 song by The Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble and singer Bilal, Recorded live in Los Angeles, June 2010.

Timeless

This blog does not waste any opportunities to post visuals of Mulatu Astatke performing. Via Mochilla, where there is a lot of other videos of our favorite artists like Bilal and Jackson Conti.

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