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If you were too busy, you know, celebrating New Year's Eve somewhere nowhere near your house, you have a good excuse for not yet having watched the Embedded Tour Stop Specials.
But now there's no excuse at all:
Every day, we'll be highlighting one of the 15 amazing bands featured in these specials, so keep an eye on the blog.If you were too busy, you know, celebrating New Year's Eve somewhere nowhere near... more
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Join Current Music on New Year’s Eve for a marathon of all six parts of Embedded—plus three brand new special episodes where we follow road-weary musicians as they break free from life on tour.
You've seen our Tour Stops before—we staged a secret Tweet-up show with Amanda Palmer, partied on a boat with Passion Pit, shopped for thrift-store scores with Lykke Li and classic hip-hop records with K'Naan, and took miniature photos with Death Cab for Cutie's Nick Harmer—but on Thursday we'll premiere 15 all-new Tour Stops.
+ Embedded Tour Stop Special with Elvis Perkins, Raphael Saadiq, Sebastien Tellier, Emiliana Torrini & Les Savy Fav. Premieres December 31 at 8:30pm EST.
+ Embedded Tour Stop Special with White Rabbits, Black Lips, Jason Isbell, Fucked Up & Amazing Baby. Premieres December 31 at 10pm EST.
+ Embedded Tour Stop Special with Moby, Josh Ritter, Nipsey Hussle, Telepathé & Zee Avi. Premieres December 31 at 11:30pm EST.
Got big plans for NYE? Catch Embedded on New Year’s Day or over the weekend, too!
Here’s when to turn on the TV:
+ Thursday night: 12/31 starting at 7pm EST/4pm PST, then again starting at 12 midnight EST/9pm PST.
+ Friday afternoon: 1/1 starting at 4pm EST/1pm PST
+ Saturday morning: 1/2 starting at 10am EST/7am PST
+ Sunday afternoon: 1/3 starting at 5pm EST/2pm EST
And, of course, once they've aired you'll be able to watch all 15 Tour Stops at current.com/tourstop, plus our channels on Hulu, YouTube and MySpace.
Let me know who you're most excited to see on New Year's Eve and I'll do my best to dig up some behind-the-scenes details from our producers!
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Raphael Saadiq (one-third of the '80s group Tony! Toni! Toné!) shows off his gear, guitars and classic get-ups inside his Blakeslee Recording Studio, where he laid down "The Way I See It," his retro-R&B album that scored three Grammy nominations.
At every Tour Stop, we follow road-weary musicians as they break free from the confines of buses, hotel rooms and stages. Come along with us on the band's day off.
Current Music Presents: Embedded puts you on the ground and behind the scenes with unrivaled access to your favorite musicians. We've traveled the world, going beyond performances to bring you the most intimate and unfiltered moments in artists' lives. When others stop the cameras, we capture the real story of today's top musicians.
Watch more at http://current.com/tourstop and http://current.com/embedded.Raphael Saadiq (one-third of the '80s group Tony! Toni! Toné!) shows off... more
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At every Tour Stop, we follow road-weary musicians as they break free from the confines of buses, hotel rooms and stages. Come along with us on the band's day off.
In this episode, Elvis Perkins is on the hunt for abandoned zoo in an overgrown corner of Los Angeles. Raphael Saadiq lets his soul shine, old-school-style, and tells us why his audio engineers are wearing lab coats. Provocative French star Sebastien Tellier and his doppleganger talk about sex and Daft Punk. Icelander Emilana Torrini takes a pull from a haunted bottle of whisky. And Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington rocks out in a dress and shower cap before shopping for his kids.
Current Music Presents: Embedded puts you on the ground and behind the scenes with unrivaled access to your favorite musicians. We've traveled the world, going beyond performances to bring you the most intimate and unfiltered moments in artists' lives. When others stop the cameras, we capture the real story of today's top musicians.
Watch more at http://current.com/tourstop and http://current.com/embedded.At every Tour Stop, we follow road-weary musicians as they break free from the... more
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Check out Raphael Saadiq's short set as part NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series, looking fresh and clean as usual. He also sounds as great as ever!Check out Raphael Saadiq's short set as part NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series,... more
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Raphael Saadiq's new grainy, black-and-white video, 'Let's Take a Walk,' echoes the song's classic soul sound with retro visuals that harken back to the mid-'60s.
"I saw it like a Sixties retro look, but bring it up to like a dream sequence of the sixties," Saadiq tells Spinner. "They didn't really have that many dancers then."Raphael Saadiq's new grainy, black-and-white video, 'Let's Take a... more
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The lineup for the second Outside Lands Music Festival has been announced, with Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, and the Beastie Boys leading the top of the lineup. M.I.A., Ween, The Mars Volta and many more are also going to rocking Golden Gate Park the weekend of August 28-30, 2009, the returning site of the festival. This year will feature a full Friday lineup as opposed to the shortened day that welcomed Radiohead as last year’s Friday headliner.
Tickets will go on sale Sunday April 19th at 10am PST via www.SFOutsidelands.com, and the festival’s presale for Visa and Visa Signature cardholders will take place April 15-18th. Visa cardholders will get advance access and limited time “eager beaver” pricing for three-day passes. Visa Signature cardholders also get exclusive access to VIP three-day passes during the presale. A significant portion of every ticket sold will directly benefit San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Department.
Outside Lands Lineup:
Pearl Jam
Dave Matthews Band
Beastie Boys
Incubus
Black Eyed Peas
M.I.A
Jason Mraz
Ween
The Mars Volta
Thievery Corporation
Modest Mouse
Band of Horses
TV on the Radio
Dead Weather
Atmosphere
Tom Jones
Silversun Pickups
The National
Q-Tip
Brett Dennen
Built To Spill
Mastodon
Raphael Saadiq
Calexico
Os Mutantes
Midnite
JJ Grey & Mofro
Kinky
Deerhunter
Lila Downs
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
The Dodos
Bettye LaVette
Dengue Fever
Heartless Bastards
The Dirtbombs
Lenka
Akron/Family
John Vanderslice
Matt and Kim
Portugal. The Man
The Morning Benders
The Duke Spirit
Zee Avi
Blind Pilot
SambaDa
Ryan Bingham
West Indian Girl
Extra GoldenThe lineup for the second Outside Lands Music Festival has been announced, with Pearl... more
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It’s pretty safe to assume Raphael Saadiq knows a thing or two about reinvention. After all, it was the Saadiq-led trio of Tony! Toni! Toné! whose “If I Had No Loot” sampled Ice Cube saying, “And you can New Jack Swing on my nuts,” when other R&B acts were still doing their best Guy impression. The last 21 years have seen the man formerly known as Charlie Ray Wiggins undergo enough transformations to draw comparisons to a certain purple-clad soul singer from Minneapolis.
Saadiq’s chameleon mentality has taken him from talent shows in his native Oakland, to early accolades with his fellow Tonies and through a brief stint with Lucy Pearl, only to re-emerge again as a soloist. The only constant has been what appears to be a need to keep himself fresh through his interpretation of classic sounds.
On a day when true Soul aficionados mourned the untimely passing of Motown innovator Norman Whitfield, Saadiq spoke about bridging the gap between old and new on his latest effort, The Way I See It [click to read]. The album continues his efforts to push his genre forward, by taking a quantum leap back via the dusty catalogues of Motown, Stax and Philadelphia International Records. After all the changes, maybe it’s only fitting that things come full circle.
HipHopDX: On the Ray Ray album, you shot this blaxploitation styled cover art before you recorded any music. The Way I See It has a picture of your performance at Sweet's Ballroom. How important is it to you to have that visual as you're going into an album?
Raphael Saadiq: You know it just kind of happened like that a couple times. I tried to do the cover afterwards, but it didn’t work like that. I took that picture, and I tried to take more pictures of what I wanted to do. This one just fit. But it’s very important to me to get that whole feel before I get started.
Read the whole interview here.....
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/lifestyle-features/id.1237It’s pretty safe to assume Raphael Saadiq knows a thing or two about... more
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Whether you are single, involved, or are swearing off love forever on this hallmark holiday, here are some random good songs to listen to today..Whether you are single, involved, or are swearing off love forever on this hallmark... more
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This week made history, and music made headlines. Jackson 5 turns Jackson 4 when Michael turns down Jermaine. Q-Tip returns after a 9-year hiatus, collaborating with Norah Jones, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq and others. Pussy Cat Doll, Nicole Scherzinger teams up with NBA star, Lebron James for a sexy Nike ad gone viral. Guitar Hero gets religious, releasing Christian Rock game, and The Hood Internet delivers the weeks best free music with it's Volume Three mixtape of mash-up goodness. We say thanks to P. Diddy for electing out new president, and farewell to Def Jam legend and Vice Pres, Shakir Stewart.
The Daily Fix is the first music blog on TV airing on Current TV. The 2-minute daily music news show delivers cutting edge music news and insightful opinion in compelling short doses, utilizing MP3's and user-generated video from all over the web. Hosted by Douglas Caballero, the show airs daily at 9:31am, 1:31pm, 5:31pm, 8:31pm, 12:31am, 4:31am Eastern Time and can be found online at current.com/dailyfix.This week made history, and music made headlines. Jackson 5 turns Jackson 4 when... more
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