gil scott-heron

20 Jazz Albums You Might Have Missed in 2020

20 Jazz Albums You Might Have Missed in 2020

During the new-year season of best-of-the-year lists, I find myself looking backward—even at a year as difficult as 2020. Time was dilated—I thought I had too much of it but, as usual, there was too little for all the great music.

The 60 Best Songs of 2010

The 60 Best Songs of 2010

Journey back to 2010 for 60 slices of musical greatness highlighted by one of the most delightful expletive-ridden hits in pop music history.

Various Artists: Afterschool Special: The 123s of Kid Soul

Various Artists: Afterschool Special: The 123s of Kid Soul

A collection of kids, pushed by parents or teachers or by their own dreams of pop stardom, aspire to follow in the path of the Jacksons.
Persona and Modern Music in 17 Songs

Persona and Modern Music in 17 Songs

Persona -- the “I” of the song -- has evolved, broadened, and expanded to more fully represent a diversity of experiences as well as emotional, political, and cultural orientations.
Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man

Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man

In this excerpt from his book on legendary soul singer Gil Scott-Heron, Marcus Baram recounts Scott-Heron's crucial time touring with Stevie Wonder.

Dead Stars Tell No Tales: Whitney Houston’s Death Casts New Light Onto Memoirs by Two ’70s Pop Stars

Bill Ortiz: Winter in America EP

On Losing Superman: Gil Scott-Heron’s Rise, Fall, and All-Too-Brief Second Act

Gil and the Devil: Remembering Gil Scott-Heron

Waveform: New Highlights in the Electronic Underground

Gil Scott-Heron, Derrick Hodge: 27.June.2010 – New York

Gil Scott-Heron: Free Will