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Gil Scott-Heron

I’m afraid that one of the most talented and complex souls in music, a tortured yet beautiful soul, the creator of decades-worth of essential music and poetry, Gil Scott-Heron, has departed from this earth and returned to his maker. Starting at the beginning of the 1970’s, Gil Scott-Heron’s musical career flourished, waned, and then re-surged […]


Mos Def, Gil Scott-Heron, Le Loup, Marvin Gaye

Time for some selections that are drenched in soul, two tunes that are contemporary manifestations of soul music, unique in their own right, along with two tunes that are the original definitions of soul.  First up, a track off the new Mos Def, The Ecstatic.  Now if you’re like me, you may have been a […]