Best albums of 2012, No 10: Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe
In our countdown of our critics' favourite albums of the year, we've already run through numbers 40-21 and 20-11, and now it's the top 10. Each day for the next two weeks...
→ 3 December 2012 2.02pm — Comment on this
Singer Terry Callier dies aged 67
Jazz, soul and folk singer experienced late career success after his work was rediscovered by Massive Attack and Beth OrtonSoul and jazz singer Terry Callier has died. Th...
→ 29 October 2012 10.11am — Comment on this
Listen now to the new xx single, Angels
Listen to the new offering from the xx – and tell us what you thinkReading on mobile? Watch hereIt's surprising to think that the first xx album came out in 2009. I...
→ 16 July 2012 5.03pm — Comment on this
Angel Haze – ‘Werkin’ Girls’
Last week, Angel Haze’s ‘New York’ flipped a Gil Scott-Heron song and impressed us. Also from her Reservation EP out next week, ‘Werkin’ Gir...
→ 13 July 2012 2.47pm — Comment on this
Album of the week: Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man In The Universe
After Richard Russell and XL helped Gil Scott-Heron’s discography end on a high note before he passed away almost exactly a year ago with I’m New Here and the...
→ 8 June 2012 11.04am — Comment on this
Bobby Womack announces first new album in 13 years
Co-produced by Damon Albarn and Richard Russell, The Bravest Man in the Universe will also feature Lana Del ReyBobby Womack has announced his first new album in 13 years,...
→ 9 March 2012 11.06am — Comment on this
Gilles Peterson Worldwide 2012-02-15 Original Mix Up Selection
“Watch out for new cuts from Buriel track, a Kon re-work of Gil Scott Heron, Soul Clap, Gang Colours, and Paul Weller. Plus tracks from Lyn Christopher & Loleatta H...
→ 15 February 2012 9.19am — Comment on this
The story of Gil Scott-Heron's memoir
Jamie Byng of publisher Canongate and Richard Russell of XL Recordings talk to Alexis Petridis about the life and work of Gil Scott-Heron. Both men collaborated with him ...
→ 13 January 2012 5.43pm — Comment on this
How Gil Scott-Heron and Stevie Wonder set up Martin Luther King Day
In an extract from his memoir written before he died last year, Gil Scott-Heron talks about when he toured with Stevie Wonder to establish Martin Luther King Day as a nat...
→ 8 January 2012 8.00pm — Comment on this
TV on the Radio
As fiercely political as Gil Scott-Heron and with the progressive futurism of Prince, TV on the Radio might be the most culturally significant indie rock act of the past ...
→ 16 September 2011 1.32am — Comment on this
Download Jamie xx’s FACT Mix
Jamie xx, the xx producer and Gil Scott-Heron collaborator, has a recorded a new half-hour mix of house and garage for FACT. The mix features a few Jamie xx remixes and a...
→ 12 September 2011 9.58pm — Comment on this
Readers recommend: songs about eavesdropping – results
From Pulp's peeping Tom to Gil Scott-Heron's Watergate rap, here are the songs you've been phone-tapping your feet toEavesdropping: the act of secretly listening in to ot...
→ 14 July 2011 1.18pm — Comment on this
'Gil Scott-Heron saved my life'
After a traumatic childhood Abdul Malik Al Nasir seemed to be heading for jail or an early death. Then, at the age of 18, he met the famous poet and musician – with...
→ 19 June 2011 8.30pm — Comment on this
A POET WITH SOUL: THE BALLADS OF GIL SCOTT-HERON
I wrote a short piece on GSH that I thought hadn’t run yet but, dope as I am, it actually came out on the 2nd. It builds on what I wrote in this post, and tries ...
→ 9 June 2011 7.02am — Comment on this
