Jim James and Co. are regarded as one of the best live acts out there for a reason, so unless you were at Madison Square Garden last Wednesday (or stuck at home watching bits and pieces from CNN's New Year's Eve coverage,) you missed a doozy of a show. Included in the setlist were the following covers (which are available to download thanks to Brooklyn Vegan):
MP3: My Morning Jacket, "Move on Up (Curtis Mayfield cover)"
MP3: My Morning Jacket, "You're All I Need (Marvin Gaye cover)"
MP3: My
By BRIAN BARR
Raphael Saadiq just wasn't made for these times. Then again, maybe he was. Like Erykah Badu, the former Tony! Toni! Tone! frontman, who is playing tonight at the VooDoo Lounge, is an analog guy in a digital world. But his old-school way of thinking has lead him to successful collaborations with Q-Tip, Mary J. Blige, The Roots, Bilal, and countless others who have needed a producer to give their music a little more "retro" feeling. Last year, he released The Way I See It, a set of
GLC, aka Gangsta L. Crisis, came to town Sunday and Monday to promote the release of True to the Game, a hip-hop compilation album featuring industry giants like Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, T-Pain and Kanye West. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the album benefit Kansas City's Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. I met with GLC, whose song with Kanye West, "The Big Screen," appears on the album. The 31-year-old is the latest signee to West's G.O.O.D. Records label. This post contains portions of the
