tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79002672592024291402024-03-05T09:51:53.024+02:00negrita's chroniclesnegrita's chronicles: the random thoughts and scattered ramblings of a nomadic afropolitan...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900267259202429140.post-56363957509063728322015-12-10T19:38:00.000+02:002015-12-10T19:38:05.218+02:00soul food: jidenna's 'long live the chief' [official video]been waiting for this! jidenna's video for 'long live the chief' is out.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900267259202429140.post-3080618992388388532015-03-31T15:03:00.001+02:002015-03-31T15:03:43.083+02:00new tings: janelle monae + jidenna 'yoga'janelle monae is not here to fit into anybody's boxes. love this. 'yoga' feat. jidenna.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900267259202429140.post-54897797401136806592014-07-31T13:10:00.000+02:002014-07-31T13:10:23.416+02:00soul food: the electric lady videobecause sometimes lapsed bloggers get truly inspired and just have to post. this song is everything, first of all. and i love the fresh video. with all the awesome electric ladies all up and through.<br />
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a beautiful and gracious reminder that <i>'no matter where you're from, your dreams are valid.'</i> this woman is grace personified. i am overjoyed for her. so well deserved.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900267259202429140.post-39533133574790158582014-02-06T10:34:00.000+02:002014-02-06T10:34:08.396+02:00soul food: kwabs' 'last stand'this voice, y'all. <i>this voice!</i><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7900267259202429140.post-13490221517398630732014-01-31T12:12:00.003+02:002014-01-31T12:16:12.568+02:00soul food: yasiin gaye 'inner city travellin' man (soul mates remix)file under: things you didn't know you were waiting for until they happened.<br />
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peace to @ophiona and @mellymelow who shared this track with me at the exact same time. </div>
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deeply excited, y'all. <b><i>summers</i></b> soon come. </div>
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oh, <a href="http://shadk.com/">shad</a>. how i love you. this is awesome.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In celebration of <b>Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s</b> birthday, life, legacy and music <b><a href="http://societyhae.com/" target="_blank"><span class="il">Society</span> <span class="il">HAE</span></a></b> has teamed up with Nigerian hip hop collective and production company <b>Str8buttah</b> to release “<b>Fela Kuti + Ginger Baker: LIVE! Remixed</b>.” The DocuMixtape combines snippets of rare interviews with Fela, Ginger Baker and Fela’s musicians with sound bites and remixes of the live recordings from his 1971 “LIVE!” album, which featured The Africa70 Band and Ginger Baker. Original soundscapes by Teck-zilla of Str8buttah are also present on the DocuMixtape's featured tracks.</span><br />
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here's the new video from one of my favorite tracks from <i><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Is-Heavy-Nneka/dp/B006L4QAJO" target="_blank">soul is heavy</a>: </b>lucifer (no doubt)</i>. i love me some <a href="http://inturire.blogspot.com/2009/12/soul-food-afropolitana-nneka-jperiods.html" target="_blank">nneka</a>. </div>
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color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 7:00pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">New York, NY - Nneka @ Joe's Pub (The Public Theater)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 9:30pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Brooklyn, NY - Nneka @ Littlefield NYC</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Friday, October 19, 2012 at 8:00pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Boston, MA - Nneka @ The Red Room @ Cafe 939</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 8:00pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Montreal, QC, Canada - Nneka @ Theatre Corona</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Monday, October 22, 2012 at 8:00pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Toronto, ON - Nneka at Virgin Mobile Mod Club</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 8:00pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Ann Arbor, MI - Nneka @ The Ark</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 8:00pm</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Chicago, IL - Nneka @ Lincoln Hall</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 9:00pm in CDT</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Vancouver, BC - Nneka @ The Rio Theatre</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 7:30pm in PDT</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Seattle, WA - Nneka @ Tractor</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Monday, October 29, 2012 at 9:00pm in PDT</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Portland, OR - Nneka @ Doug Fir Lounge</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 9:00pm in PDT</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">San Francisco, CA - Nneka @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Friday, November 2, 2012 at 9:00pm</span><br style="background-color: white; 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and, <a href="http://inturire.blogspot.com/2012/04/illume-sessions-nneka-in-her-own-words.html" target="_blank">here</a>'s what came out of <a href="http://illume-cs.com/" target="_blank">our</a> time with <a href="http://nnekaworld.com/" target="_blank">nneka</a> earlier this year.</div>
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here is his latest track <i>long gone, </i>from his forth coming album <b><i>songs of flight.</i></b><br />
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and now...the first in a list of holy-crap-i'm-late-on-this-but-i-have-to-post!</div>
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check out the the latest single from "africa's super-nerdy art/music collective" <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.just-a-band.com/">just a band</a><i>. </i></span>it's from their forthcoming album <i style="font-weight: bold;">sorry for the delay. </i>i love the entire feel of this infectious track. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #663300;">COUNTRY, GOD OR THE GIRL:</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">K'NAAN's new album,<i> Country, God Or The Girl</i> is set to release on October 16, 2012. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The deluxe album includes 16 tracks, featuring special guests Bono, Mark Foster, Keith Richards, <a href="http://will.i.am/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">will.i.am</a>, and Nas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The album also includes the hit singles, "Is Anybody Out There?" ft. Nelly Furtado, and "Hurt Me Tomorrow". </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #663300;"><span style="font-size: large;">K'NAAN FALL 2012 TOUR<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">STARTS OCTOBER 21ST:</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">10/21 - St. Louis, MO - Kaufman Park RNR</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">10/26 - Austin, TX - Beauty Ballroom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">10/28 - New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Festival</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">10/30 - Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">11/1 - New York, NY - Highline Ballroom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">11/3 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">11/8 - Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">11/10 - Englewood, CO - The Gothic Theatre</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">11/11 - Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">11/13 - Seattle, WA - Neumos</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">11/14 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;">11/16 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Visit the official <b><span style="color: #663300;">K'NAAN</span></b> Store </span><a href="http://click.umusic-mail.com/?qs=1f668a84e5df63405403f09eac8dbb0664f3dd30c8e4a5b99c46484355bb4fe7" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: medium;" target="_blank" title="HERE">HERE</a><span style="font-size: small;"> to p</span><span style="font-size: small;">urchase tickets for the upcoming fall tour and grab the new album, <b><i><span style="color: #663300;">Country, God, or the Girl</span></i></b> while saving on ticketing fees. You can also add the official album<b><span style="color: #663300;">Tshirt</span></b> at a special discounted price.</span></div>
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