Eleanora Fagan.

Dee Dee Bridgewater, es una de las realidades tangibles en el mundo del jazz vocal en la actualidad y su futuro se antoja aún mucho mejor. Nacida como Denese Garrett, - adquirió su nombre artístico en 1970 tras su matrimonio con el trompetista Cecil Bridgewater- se incorporó en 1971 a la big band de Thad Jones y Mel Lewis, una brillantísima e innovadora orquesta con la que realizó numerosas actuaciones hasta bien entrado el año 1974. Allí adquirió la formación suficiente para dar un salto de calidad en su carrera y colaborar en los grupos de las figuras consagradas del jazz: Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, o Dexter Gordon.

Entre los años 1974-1976, trabajó en un musical de Broadway titulado: "The Witz" por el que conquistó un importante premio teatral. Esta faceta interpretativa continuó con su participación en la obra de Stephen Sthal, titulada: "Lady Day" interpretando a la mismísima, Billie Holiday, que se representó en Hamburgo, Londres y Paris y en la revista musical "Sophisticated Lady" sobre la música de Duke Ellington.

Afincada en Paris desde mediados de los ochenta, ha grabado numerosos e importantes discos donde se observa la enorme influencia en su estilo de las cantantes, Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday...

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M.I.A

Whooo!
Yeah man made powers
Stood like a tower higher and higher hello
And the higher you go you feel lower, oh
I was close to the end staying undercover
staying undercover
With a nose to the ground I found my sound

Got myself an interview tomorrow
I got myself a jacket for a dolla
.............
and the car doesn't work so I'm stuck here
yeah i don't wanna live for tomorrow
I push my life today
I throw this in your face when I see ya
I got something to say
I throw this shit in your face when I see ya
Cause I got something to say

I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ....)

You could try to find ways to be happier
You might end up somewhere in Ethiopia
You can think big with your idea
You ain't never gonna find utopia
Take a bite out of life make it snappier yeah
Ordinary gon super trippyer
So I check sh!t cause I'm lippyer
And split a cheque like slovakia

Yeah i don't wanna live for tomorrow
I push my life today
I throw this in your face when I see you
I got something to say
I throw this sh!t in your face when I see you
Cause I got something to say

I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ....)
ooooh

I don't wanna talk about money, 'cause I got it
And I don't wanna talk about hoochies, 'cause I been it
And I don't wanna be that fake?, but you can do it
And imitators, yeah, speak it

Oh Lord? whoever you are, yeah come out wherever you are
Oh Lord? whoever you are, yeah come out wherever you are
and tell em!

Born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ....)

Underground Soul.

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Vamos A Cambiar El Mundo...

Seguramente hayáis oido hablar de esta señorita llamada Janelle Monáe, como ella misma cuenta su plan original era conseguir una carrera en Broadway, pero pronto cambió de idea y regresó a su amor por la música, una forma de arte que, según ella, tiene el potencial de cambiar el mundo. Todo comenzó cuando se mudó a Atlanta, Georgia, y conoció al OutKast'S Big Boi. Monáe fundó la Wondaland Arts Society, una sociedad con artistas jóvenes de ideas similares e hizo un par de apariciones en Idlewild 2006, donde aparece en las canciones Call The Law y and In Your Dreams.

En el 2007, Monáe estaba lista para lanzar su primer trabajo en solitario, titulado Metropolis. Se concibió originalmente como un álbum conceptual dividido en cuatro partes, o "suites", que se darían a conocer a través de su página web y sitios de descarga online. Después del lanzamiento de la primera parte de la serie, Metropolis Suite I de IV: The Chase a mediados de 2007, todos estos planes cambiaron debido a que firmó para Bad Boy Records, a finales de año. El sello volvió a publicar y retitular, la primera parte como, Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Edición Especial) e incluyó dos temas nuevos. El EP fue generalmente bien recibida por la crítica, por lo que para el 18 de Mayo, se espera su disco debut, que está inspirado en Salvador Dalí, Walt Disney, Stevie Wonder... Mientras esperamos a que cambie el mundo, disfrutaremos con su música, que no es poco.

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Más Regalitos.

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The Classic.

L.A. proved too much for the man,
So he's leavin' the life he's come to know,
He said he's goin' back to find
Ooh, what's left of his world,
The world he left behind
Not so long ago.
He's leaving,
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time.
And I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.
He kept dreamin'
That someday he'd be a star.
But he sure found out the hard way
That dreams don't always come true.
So he pawned all his hopes
and he even sold his old car
Bought a one way ticket
To the life he once knew,
Oh yes he did,
He said he would
Be leavin
On that midnight train to Georgia,
And he's goin' back
To a simpler place and time.
And I'll be with him
On that midnight train to Georgia,
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine.
Go, gonna board, gonna board,
Gonna board the midnight train.
Gotta go, gonna board
Gonna board
Gonna board the midnight train
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PJ Morton.

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AVERY*Sunshine.

Sing Baby!

Ya tenía ganas de que llegase a mis oídos el nuevo disco de Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, después de su prometedor 100 Days, 100 Night en el 2007, que nos dejo plenos y satisfechos, tanto con las canciones como con la maravillosa interpretación de su vocalista. Y como era de esperar la cosa no podía ir a menos y han regresado con I Learned The Hard Way, donde continuan con la dinámica que han llevado desde sus inicios en el 2002, y que no han hecho nada más que demostrar lo que mejor saben hacer, Funk. I Learned The Hard Way quizá no nos aporte nada nuevo que no les hayamos escuchado ya, pero lo hacen tan bien, que me da igual, es una delicia escuchar a sharon sintiendo y viviendo cada canción acompañada por la estupenda banda The Dap-Kings. Sing Baby!

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Unos Regalitos.

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The Bamboos.

La carrera discográfica de The Bamboos se inicia en el 2001, con la edición del vinilo de 7 " Eel Oil/Blackfoot (en el sello austrialiano Bamboo Shack Records), que se agota en tres semanas, vendiéndose en todo el mundo y ganándose el apoyo de Mr. Scruff, Snowboy, Jazzanova, Keb Darge y Russ Dewbury, entre otros. Varios años después, tras el éxito de The Quantic Soul Orchestra, el sello inglés Tru Toughts, seguramente al llegarle noticias de que en Australia existe un grupo muy similar, decide ficharlo, editando el single Elemental/Another day in the life of Mr. Jones, en Febrero del 2006, y su álbum debut, Step It Up, en Marzo del mismo año. Desde entonces el disco ha recibido críticas muy positivas en todo el mundo y la banda ha iniciado una intensa gira, en la que ha compartido escenario con grupos y artistas tan importantes como Jazzanova, Matthew Herbert, Moloko, Alice Russell, Quantic o Guru. En Mayo del 2007 se edita su segundo álbum de estudio, Rawville (Tru Toughts), en el que han contado con la colaboración de los vocalistas Alice Russell, Ohmega Watts, Fallon Williams, Kylie Auldist y Tyra Hammond. En Junio del 2008, Tru Toughts edita el directo Listen! Hear!! The Bamboos Live!!!, mientras el 6 de Octubre presenta el tercer álbum de estudio, Side-Stepper. El 29 de Marzo del 2010 llega a las tiendas el cuarto trabajo, apropiadamente titulado 4, precedido, unas semanas antes, por el single On The Sly.

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Sin Palabras.

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Nobody...

No one will win the war See families only die And birds won't soar the sky And there'll be no sun to shine No country wins a war The grass won't grow the same The moon won't shine at night And there's a losing fight Nobody wins a war

Now what would you do, what would you say If you heard a bomb was headed your way Where would you go, what would you bring If you heard a bomb was headed your way Now what would you do, what would you say If you heard a rocket was headed your way Where would you go, what would you bring

No soldier wins a war See soldiers only die And mamas only cry Just for a conscious flag to fly that's why Nobody wins a war No war is worth your life See that's a priceless pride No war is worth your blood Nobody wins a war

Now what would you do, what would you say If you heard a bomb was headed your way Where would you go, what would you bring If you heard a bomb was headed your way Now what would you do, what would you say If you heard a rocket was headed your way Where would you go, what would you bring Tell me who would you pray to Now what would you do, what would you say If you heard a bomb was headed your way Where would you go, what would you bring If you heard a bomb was headed your way Now what would you do, what would you say If you heard a rocket was headed your way Where would you go, what would you bring No one wins a war

No one wins a war, no one wins No one wins a war (Repeat 4x)

Nobody wins a war...(Repeat)

We, the people speak, speak! We want to be free of this sick bureaucracy No more death tolls with our morning coffee Oh, government, you have lost your feeling for LIFE! It is war that you reap But the loss is too great, and the pain is too deep The scars do not heal Your system is thoughtless and your vision is weak Your actions are hurtful You never find what you seek You make the sky a storm You destroy the earth, make possibilities bleak Your lies are your destruction Your justice stinks Your pride is maniacal You are the bearer of grief Your win is shallow Your truth is oblique Your patriotism is garbage It rots and it REEKS! Of death in the wind The foul stench of men basking in their cruelty Rejoicing in their sin You give UP and give OVER so easily to the darker side Because of your pride You risk ALL of humanity YOU send MY children to murder human beings! Families they do not yet know People they have never seen! You send my children to war Without exasperating dialogue to get to the meat! An equal understanding, as if there isn't even a possibility for peace But there is ALWAYS a possibility for peace! As unperfect as we are,we should in all ways REACH! Deep, deep down in our beings Oh, this wicked, wicked system of things As our grandmothers say, 'Will soon be no more Will soon be no more.' Because nobody NO ONE EVER WINS A WAR.