Tongues on Fire: A Tribute To The Black Panthers comes to London, Sept 11th

This sounds rather interesting… Tongues on Fire is a musical tribute inspired by the revolutionary art of 1960s African-American radicals the Black Panthers’ cultural guru Emory Douglas. Coming to London’s Barbican Hall next week, the event features live music by The Roots, tenor saxophonist David Murray [who also directs the event], Living Colour and The Last Poets.

FULL LINE-UP:
?uestlove (Drums)
Black Thought (MC)
Ray Angry (Keyboards) and Felix Pastorius (Bass) from The Roots
Corey Glover (Vocals) and Vernon Reid (Guitar) from Living Colour
Abiodun Oyewole (Poet) and Umar Bin Hassan (Poet) from The Last Poets
David Murray (Saxophone)
Doctor L (Video Engineer)

EVENT DETAILS
Date: 11 September 2010
Time: 7.30pm
@ Barbican Hall, London
Tickets: £15/20/25/30
Booking & Info: www.barbican.org.uk

TRAILER:

?uestlove will also be DJig later that evening at East Village. Click for booking information.