ibeyi | river

 
Ibeyi (French-Cuban twin sisters Kaindé and Naomi Diaz) are the musical offshoots of legendary percussionist Anga Diaz, blaze their own musical trail with the track River. The song is taken from their debut EP Oya release, out now courtesy of XL Recordings. The Ed Morris-directed video finds Kaindé and Naomi submerged within an aquatic medium. surfacing to exhale beautiful lyrics and douse blessings upon us all with evocative incantations, first in English, then finally in Yoruba.

The Oya EP is available on iTunes

But there is more than meets the untrained eye and ear here, and for youthful 19 year olds there is wisdom aplenty. There exists a correlation between their stage name Ibeyi (meaning children of miraculous birth) and the titles and significance of the tracks River and Oya. I’ll let you suss it out on your own. But know this, these songs are more than pretty sounds and eclectic renderings. No simple sound trinkets here. No, there is an observance of tradition, and a love and respect for ancestors at work here. Mad respect, Asé.

Spiritual. Original. Beautiful. Peace.
 

 

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The Rurals frontman Andy Compton has joined forces with Julie Monnin aka Ladybird and together as L.A.M.P they’re bringing us the fresh as daisies track “Springtime”. While listening to this right away you’ll notice the wide range of influences, from Jazz Funk, Classic R&B, Neo Soul and a sprinkling of Reggae.  The duo are gearing up to release their forthcoming debut release Shades of Green LP on June 2th via Peng Records. Peace.

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“Gil Scott-Heron’s posthumous memoir, The Last Holiday, plays back the life of a musician whose scorching political writings and recordings reflected the social injustice faced by African-Americans, inspiring today’s rappers.” —Elissa Schappell, Vanity Fair

Global loud mouth extraordinaire, societal rabble-rouser or fearless middle-finger waving poet agitator? Gil Scott-Heron wore all these labels shamelessly. He was, and still is, that singular black voice transcending the color line, challenging and thought-provoking. He was an attentive antenna transmitting the angst and global injustice of corrupt industry, ineffective political processes, and our blissful ignorance concerning not only race but the human conditional. He wanted to shock us out of our inefficacious complacency and to elevate our consciousness, to such a degree as to allow us all to acknowledge our sameness and collective and universal interdependency.

And perhaps now, albeit posthumously, he can occupy your eye space and breathe awareness into your very own precious and fortuitous existence. Here, the memoir The Last Holiday, with the help of writer-editor Tim Mohr, the thoughts and life story of Gil Scott-Heron are woven together into a coherent and wholly über interesting tapestry.  Revealing a man who walked the earth and let his words to the heavy lifting and the fighting. For more about this wonderful book, well read the memoir. It can be purchased at fine independent book stores everywhere, or visit Grove Press and for additional books, music and poetry by Gil Scott-Heron visit gilscottheron.net. Peace.

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