If you've been longing for something new from Prince don't bother waiting for the lawyers and his estate to resolve who owns the rights to what's in that vault, just rip into Janelle Monae's Make Me Feel. Everything about this track and the slinky sexed up strut of its video is pure Prince, so it wasn't a surprise to find out that he was working with Monae on her new material … [Read more...]
Michael Franti – Podcast
Michael Franti first came to prominence fronting the hip hop band The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, particularly through the song Television, The Drug Of The Nation – a scathing attack on politics, corporate greed, sloganeering, the mass media and those who failed to question the messages they were fed or the motivations behind them in the “United States of unconsciousness”. … [Read more...]
Good To Be Alive Today – Michael Franti & Spearhead
Michael Franti has always been at his best when he’s motivated by a cause. The danger with politicising music is that too easily it can become a turn off when you’re forever harping on about what’s wrong with the world. In Franti’s case though his eternal optimism and predilection towards writing music that makes you want to get up and dance have proven to be an infectious … [Read more...]