Shut up and Listen to... Mudibu!

If there is something I hate more than talking to people who don't listen; it's talking to people who don't even hear.
Matter offact, I don't think I even want to extrapolate on this man (MUDIBU is his name, he lives in London apparently).
But I'll still ask y'all to please check him out, and LISTEN to that voice and that vibe...
Oh.. and ladies, he's quite a 'fine brova' too.
Oh² and he's also my countryman (well almost my countryman; I've spent more years in his country - Burundi - than anywhere else; besides, our current borders were drawn by the germans and the belgians bla bla bla).
His myspace here.

Best Stage Outfit Nominee...

You have to give props where due!
Niggy Tardust aka Saul Williams on stage somewhere.
This picture speaks better than words!

Shut up and Listen to... Anthony Joseph!

Although I've already said it... I love words: poets, writers, lyricists, painters (yes, painters!), grafitti artists, even -some- politicians.

So it is only normal that Anthony Joseph knocked me off my feet, on my previous post, I was talking about him being @ Son d'Hiver Festival on the 13th of Feb, and I had only listened to some excerpts of his pieces, but today I was able to listen over and over again to five or six full songs (Vero, Bermudez, River of Masks, Jo Sam meets Bo Nugg uptown and Gnawa poetry...) OhMiLord!

Although he is a newcomer on MY newborn musical universe, he's already accomplished lotsa things: he's written a couple of published essays, books ("The African Origins of U.F.O." -can you imagine?),poetry collections, etc. Looking forward to reading his stuff.

Some may disagree, but I think his poetry resembles Ben Okri's quite a lot: Super creative poetry full of magical/futuristic metaphors... sublime!

He's currently on tour internationally solo and with his Jazz quartet The Spasm Band. Beautiful sound they make together.

And of course... i had to make a very personal comment: VERO, featuring Mr African Music Maverick himself: Keziah "Rugged" Jones (on bass) is a masterpiece.

Maybe I've said it before, but Mr Jones is probably my favorite musician; Hey Keziah Jones, if by any chance you're reading this, you are my favorite musician!
Go Black Britain!
You can check Mr Anthony "Genius" Joseph's myspace up HERE...

And for you lazy friends who cannot google his official websilte, voilà!

Now that you've heard what he sounds/feels like, what are y'all doing on Feb 13?

*: Picture copyright of anthonyjoseph.co.uk

CONCERT

Anthony Joseph and Saul Williams are coming to Paris in February. Lucky us!

I had never heard of Anthony Joseph until last week. I checked his myspace (www.myspace.com/adjoseph), and this trini/british brother and the Spasm Band are beautiful all around! 

Saul Williams or Niggy Tardust. The effect of his poetry is Physical. Hypnotic.

I already told you that I love WORDS.

I'll be damned if I miss out. If YOU do, then, as we say in Swahili: KAZI YAKO (your problem!)!

That's Black avant-garde for you. (Keziah Jones where you at?)

Anthony Joseph and the Spasm Band

Saul Williams aka Niggy Tardust

Feb 13th 2009

Festival Sons d'Hiver- Créteil

Fee: 15 euros