Igmar Thomas’ Revive Big Band honors rap and jazz innovators J.Dilla and Thelonius Monk with “Thelonius,” featuring Talib Kweli. The two-part suite is a reimagining of Dilla’s instrumental “Thelonius” from Common’s Like Water For Chocolate and Monk’s bebop standard “Thelonius.” Summerstage commissioned Thomas in 2016 for A Journey Through TheContinue Reading
Talib Kweli and producer J. Rawls have released their album The Confidence Of Knowing, and they performed “Native Sons” on The Tonight Show. Fans remember J. Rawls producing “Brown Skin Lady” from Kweli and Yasiin Bey’s 1998 Black Star debut album. Kweli salutes the Native Tongue Movement, advocates for socialContinue Reading
Talib Kweli’s “One For Biz” video featuring Wildchild and Q-Tip looks like a warm vacation getaway. Madlib produced the tribute to the late Biz Markie, and he appears in the video with Talib and Wildchild. The trio takes in the sun and a little bit of the stage as theyContinue Reading
Jessica Care Moore and Steffanie Christi’an have joined to become We Are Scorpio, a powerful Black woman rock duo. The poet, who was the first to win amateur night at The Apollo, and the singer most recently heard on Inner City’s last album, decided to revel in their astrological sunContinue Reading