Neneh Cherry’s Broken Politics is her fifth album and the title is an honest description of the music’s focus. She previewed the material with the singles “Kong” and “Shot Gun Shack” that addressed the refugee crisis in Europe and gun violence. Four Tet produced the album that is far away fromContinue Reading
Neneh Cherry’s “Shot Gun Shack” is titled after a phrase she heard at the funeral for jazz legend Ornette Coleman. The lyrics investigate global gun violence and the power of guns in society. Shotgun houses were the most popular style of home in the south during the end of theContinue Reading
Neneh Cherry returns after a four-year hiatus with a video for her new single “Kongo.” Directed by Jenn Nkiru, various families are captured in still moments and Cherry is filmed looking straight into the camera and later wearing all white. “Kongo” is about Europe’s refugee problems and their history ofContinue Reading