Acoustic Soul: Elisa Caleb – “The Wind”

London-born Barbados-raised acoustic soul from Elisa Caleb with her new music video for “The Wind”, featuring Mark Hole, taken from her debut album Carry Me Home.

Written by Jo Caleb. Directed by Colin Rogal & Jo Caleb.

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On A Truck With Theophilus London (FaderTV)

“A “Humdrum Town” can mean different things to different people.  For some, it’s the middle of nowhere.  For others, it’s New York City.  And for Theophilus London, it’s where he spent the majority of his young adulthood, in a subdivision in the Poconos.

“So when we asked him where he’d most like to perform the single, the answer was obvious—no less than fifty feet from the house where he grew up, where his dad had prepared a tray of snacks and made everybody take off their shoes so that they wouldn’t dirty the carpet.

“If that’s humdrum, then so be it.  We already took you on a boat ride with Amazing Baby.  Now prepare yourself for a spooky ride down a country road with a party pit stop in the middle of the woods.” - FaderTV

FREE Download: The World Famous Tony Williams: Finding Dakota Grey (G.O.O.D Music)

A brand new mixtape fresh from the G.O.O.D. Music camp by ‘The World Famous Tony Williams’, background singer for Kanye West. The World Famous Tony Williams: Finding Dakota Grey, offers a 27-deep collection of original music, covers and remixes. Good song, good voices. A pretty solid body of work!

On this expose, Tony steps to the forefront to play ringleader with a cast of featured artists including Dakota Grey; who has “referenced R&B vocals for Mariah Carey and Busta Rhymes [and] worked for Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Nelly Furtado, Bebe Winans, Melanie Daniels, BilaL, Diddy and Jay-Z.

Tony Williams lays claim to his title for traveling the world over more than five times as the background vocalist for Kanye West – and having written, produced and performed the vocals on several of the hits he has performed on.

Tony has been featured on hits that include “Heartless” (Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreaks), “History” (Jay-Z – More Than A Game OST), “Flashing Lights” (Kanye West – Graduation) and “We Major” (Kanye West – Late Registration).

I would list some standout tracks but they’re all rocking. Load it up on your ipod and bump the whole thing.

DOWNLOAD: The World Famous Tony Williams – Finding Dakota Grey

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Flight Of The Conchords Rock The Party In Europe (Tour Dates)

Your favourite musical comedy duo from New Zealand are coming to a city near you this Spring! Flight Of The Conchords European Tour 2010 kicks off in Amsterdam on May 3rd.

I love their TV show to death, can’t wait to see how it translates on stage. Check out Jemaine’s bottomless lyrics in “Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros” from Flight Of The Conchords, Episode 3 of Series 1 (starring Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement).

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Street | Talk: The Recession

The third episode in conscientious the Street Talk TV series which voices public opinions (STREET) whilst profiling innovators from different cultural facets (TALK). This time they take a look at public views on the impact of the recession in part one, then in part two highlight the work of acclaimed New York painter Jim Gaylord [whose painting Study (The Patriot + King Arthur + Conan the Barbarian) you can see above].

STREET |

Street | Talk explore the opinions of New Yorkers on how the global recession is affecting their city.

| TALK

Jim Gaylord can take you through three films with the stroke of his paint brush but it may take you a look or five, to notice the subtlety of his compositions. As a former film major, Gaylord’s works are influenced greatly by cinema; his works are composed of compounded details of film scenes which allows for a style that reaches into surrealism and conveys abstraction. Read more

Lenny Kravitz Fondly Recalls Working With MJ, on Lopez Tonight (Video)

Lenny Kravitz talks about the song he made with Michael Jackson among other anecdotes in this interview on Lopez Tonight.

“It’s a song that we had cut for Invincible at that time but who ever was ptting the record… they  thought it was a little too rock for that album, so I held onto it and now it’s gonna be coming out this year as his lead song for the new thing.”

“It was a blessing… My first concert, my first inspiration – and I got to record with this cat. We had so much fun,” he says of working with MJ. “We laughed all day long, he’s a funny, funny dude. The work ethic was serious, we were in there just killing it… We had a lot of respect for each other, it’s a beautiful memory.”

“[The song is] really about how really his has been so incredible and without God it wouldn’t be so.”

Photo credit: Aworan.com

Raheem DeVaughn is “Bulletproof” On The Mo’Nique Show

Grammy nominated R&B-soul-hippie Raheem Devaughn swung by the Mo’Nique show on BET a while back to talk about the extensive guest features on his new album, The Love & War MasterPeace (including Jill Scott, Wale, Dr. Cornel West and Damian Marley), followed by a performance of ‘Bulletproof’ – which he also performed at this year’s ceremony.

I’ve gotta say, this is the most talkative I’ve ever seen him in an interview!

‘Bulletproof’ live on Mo’Nique Show:

J*Davey – “Get Together” (New Video)

A warm, dreamy video from J*Davey. Check the pair out checking in with SoulCulture on their visit to London last year:

J*Davey online: jdaveybaby.com | @WEareJDAVEY | YouTube | Bandcamp | Tumblr | Blog

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