Pic by Marie Schockweiller
Get highhhhh
Chris turner just puts that free song out for you guys, his tribute to that Green stuff he loves so much ! I met him for the first time 2 weeks ago in Paris, then saw him again in Lyon and Rotterdam with Bilal , a video interview will be online very soon (thx again to Jesse Boykins III for linking us up). The guy is really talented, don’t sleep on him people !
Pic by Mikael Colombu.
Some videos of Bilal’s live in Rotterdam shot by Mikael Colombu and Marie Schockweiller edited by Mikael Colombu. The show was as usual amazing. Those guys are amazing live.
Here is another dope video by Bobbi Bombia this time. Nice resumé of the show !
I’m so glad and proud and happy that Free Your Funk organized this show, Bilal + Sly Johnson for the opening. It was a beautiful night for me, as a big fan of his music. Bilal stayed around 2 hours on stage (with DOPE musicians and dope live arrangements!), played several new songs, the album will be out Sept 14th and you sure have to buy it, it will be a must-have !
The video was taken by Mikael Colombu. With this talented guy we went back to see Bilal at Dour, the show was only an hour because of the schedule but they did a little show for the radio of the festival or something like this, it was dope, 20 minutes (videos soon on by Mikael!) with the beautiful “Move on”, one of the new song of the album, a really dope one. We will keep you post with the videos and all from those beautiful 2 shows.
Tracklist of the show @ La Bellevilloise :
1. Free
2. Something to hold on to
3. For you
4. Reminisce
5. Cake and eat it too
6. Robots
7. Lord don’t let it
8. Think It Over
9. Gotsa be cool
10. Restart / All Matter
11. All for Love
12. White turns to grey
13. Sometimes
14. Since I’ve been loving you
15. Make it over
16. Soul sista
Be there : July 13th in Paris La Bellevilloise
Soyez là : Mardi 13 juillet à la Bellevilloise !
I don’t know why I did not watch this video before, i’ve seen it on rappersiknow.com. Bilal is for me one of the best singer nowadays. Listen to this voice, I can’t wait to listen to the finish song, it seems really beautiful.
“I like to think about all the fun we had, up on a cloud thought we would never fall back to the world”
I wish you all a happy new year full of love & happiness. A new year in which I believe a lot and I’ve waited for since the beginning of 2009. For lot of people around and as well as for me, 2009 was a very hard year, death, illness, job loss, depression… I hope we will all grow from those proof of life (with the the family & friends’s support who i’m very thankful for) and see what life has to give to us and the freedom we have. Freedom to react in a positive or negtive way to the events, freedom to do, freedom to believe, freedom to work, freedom to give up or not, freedom to do everything we can to make things we want happen. I look at this new year as the beginning of something new, as a year full of positive events & musicaly productive. Even if 2009 wasn’t so bad in music, I’m thinking about Jay Electronica, Sa-ra & Shafiq, Jesse Boykins III, BlakRoc, Yann Kesz, Maxwell, Mos def or Little Dragon, I feel and I know lot of people feel it as well that 2010 is going to be a GREAT year for music. I’m thinking about the 2010 release we already know about as José James (I listened to the album, it’s a must have), Sade, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Gil Scott Heron, Erykah Badu, Silhouette Brown, Corinne Baley Rae etc. Bilal should release his album in 2010, also Jay Electronica + all the surprise we will have. It’s a sign that 2010 is going to be much better than 2009.
That you all find peace, love & happiness in this new year. I wish you the best.
Musically,
Loveonthebeat.net
Best 2009 concert : Prince live @ Bataclan, Paris.
Best 2009 new artist (to me, I know some discovered him before 2009) : Jesse Boykins III
Best 2009 party : Bobbito Garcia & Rich Medina @ Maroquinerie
Best 2009 twingo moment : Sean P freestyling in my car
Best 2009 album : I’m not going to answer, it’s so hard to pick up one.
Je vous souhaite une très bonne année empli d’amour et de joie. Voici enfin 2010, année que j’ai attendu depuis le début de 2009. Pour beaucoup de gens autour de moi ainsi que pour moi, 2009 a été une année très difficile, décès, maladie, licenciement, dépression… J’espère que nous allons tous grandir et apprendre de ces épreuves (avec le soutien de la famille & des amis pour lesquels je suis très reconnaissante) et que nous allons tous enfin réaliser ce que la vie a à nous offrir et la part de liberté que nous avons. Liberté de réagir positivement ou négativement aux événements, liberté de croire, de penser, liberté de laisser tomber ou non, liberté d’offrir, de recevoir, liberté de donner tout ce qu’on a pour avoir les choses que nous voulons vraiment. Je vois cette année comme le début de quelque chose de nouveau ainsi qu’une année musicalement productive. Bien sûr il y a eu des bonnes choses musicalement en 2009, je pense à Jay Electronica, Sa-ra & Shafiq, Jesse Boykins III, BlakRoc, Yann Kesz, Maxwell, Mos def ou Little Dragon. Cependant je sens que 2010 va être une très grande année musicalement. Déjà il y a toutes les sorties d’album dont nous somme sûr, comme José James (je l’ai et c’est vraiment un très bon album), Sade, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Gil Scott Heron, Erykah Badu, Silhouette Brown, Corinne Baley Rae. Il y a aussi le retour de Bilal et peut-être (enfin!) un album de Jay Electronica ? Et puis toutes les surprises musicales que 2010 nous réserve.
Je vous souhaite à tous de trouver la paix, la joie et l’amour cette année.
Musicalement,
Loveonthebeat.net
Pic by Eric Coleman
I found this mp3 of Bilal singing on Led Zeppelin‘s Since I’ve Been Loving You & Radiohead‘s Everything in its Right Place, on the blog Moovmnt. It was in 2007 but I never had the audio of it, I’ve seen some videos. My dad loves Led Zeppelin so I grew up on this kind of music, it’s just so good to hear Bilal’s voice on it (adding some “fucking” or taking out some words as he likes to do lol) especially with a great band like this – ?uestlove (Drums), Cap’n Kirk (Guitar), Tuba Gooding Jr (Sousaphone), Owen Biddle (Bass), James Poyser (Organ), Robert Glasper (Keys). I LOVE how the 3 songs are link together, the transition between the Radiohead’s song and “Sometimes” is perfect + the groovy moment is killing me!
Bilal – Since I’ve Been Loving You, Everything in its Right Place & Sometimes live [download]
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Since I’ve Been Loving You, I’m about to lose my worried mind
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Robert Glasper is a pianist that plays a lot with Bilal (signed now on Plug research) during his show (Also with Q-Tip or Maxwell). As they both live in New York and they went in the same jazz school, they play a lot together + often with Chris Dave on drums. I’ve seen them a lot when I was in New York and I really miss it, going to a Robert Glasper and Chris Dave show or to a Bilal show with a great band.
They were in London for the London Jazz Festival and so Gilles Peterson interviewed them, funny interview, very natural.
Bilal & Glasper in Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide show
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Robert Glasper – All Matter Featuring Bilal
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+ Go buy Robert Glasper album, he is such a great artist.
Robert Glasper est un pianist originaire de NY qui est souvent le pianiste de Bilal lors de ses concerts + Chris Dave à la batterie. Robert Glasper joue aussi en live avec Maxwell ou Q-Tip. J’ai vu Robert Glasper très souvent à New York que ce soit pour des concerts de Jazz en trio basse, piano et batterie ou comme musicien pour Bilal. Ils étaient donc au London Jazz Festinal, Gilles Peterson en a profité pour une interview.
Here is the lastest new of Bilal : This live video of a new song called “Levels“. Video by mochilla.com
Some of you might know this song from RappersIknow they called it “Singing This Song For Nothing”, the title is actually “Levels“, their version was from some months ago but this video is from last month.
You can see Pharoahe Monch was there as well as Shafiq (from Sa-ra) or Dj Spinna.
Live at Madison Square Garden !
Une chose qu’on ne verra jamais à Paris et c’est l’une des raisons pour lesquelles j’aime NYC et que cette ville me manque!
Enjoy
Jesse Boykins III is a singer I am still discovering – his voice, his music, his spirituality. I totally slept on his music when a friend of mine told me to listen to him because he was « the new (and nowadays the only one) neo soul singer » – dixit Jamal. As for me neo soul is Bilal and D’angelo, nobody can really do better than them but we have to leave a chance to the new generation, mine, the youngest. I listenned and weren’t that much impress at first. Then I saw a video live of Amorous and I totally felt in love with the music. The song is beautiful, Jesse Boykins III is really great on stage. He looks like he did that forever; He is natural, funny, plays with the audience (the feminine part of the audience, lol), is in harmony with his band. It’s really pleasant to see artists like this on stage, just having a great time and so giving a great time to the public. This is why I contacted him to ask him a few questions about his music, his influences, his move to NYC, his friendship with Bilal and the future. Yes, Jesse Boykins III is working on a new album called « Love Apparatus ».
You were born in Chicago but grew up in Jamaica. How long did you stay there and what was the music you were listening to ?
I was in Jamaica for about 8 years… most of my childhood. I grew up listening and being around mostly gospel, church hymns but my uncles always jammed reggae in the car and when the family get togethers.
Why did you move to Miami and what did you do, musicaly speaking ?
At the time my mother was in miami, while I was in Jamaica. I just wanted to be with my mom, hence the move. I owe a lot of my sound and influence to my move because that is where I met my mentor Ms Shenita Hunt. She was my middle and high school choir director. She basically open my ears as far as what and how I listened to music.
How was it to come to NY to the New School University ?
The New York move happen so fast. I remember getting a phone call on tuesday requesting me to make the orientation and being on a flight the next day, with one suitcase some socks and underwear, a pair of jeans, 3 t shirts and a sweater. I forgot to pack a towel… HA! I was glad to be in a new surrounding though. I was on edge for my 1st week in NY.
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