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Monday, January 5, 2009 AT 02:23 PM - Category: News
Written by Red Bull Music Academy

Broader Than Broadway

Buraka and Mulatu featured on Cargo’s Best Gigs Of 2008 list

Buraka Som Sistema live at Broad Casting
Two of Red Bull Music Academy’s and Karen P’s Broad Casting nights have been included in Cargo’s Top 8 of their best gigs in 2008: the Buraka Som Sistema show and Mulatu Astatke’s instantly classic session with the Heliocentrics. Other peeps featured on the list include Seun Kuti, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Neon, Benga, Gilles Peterson, and Theo Parrish.

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Thursday, January 1, 2009 AT 05:00 PM - Category: Radio
Written by RBMA Radio

A Little Bit More

Jamie Lidell’s Headphone Highlights

Turntable on the TV: Jamie flips the script
From his colourful past in electronic science soul to the Motown stompers that brought forth his latest incarnation, the mystical heartthrob and stage monster Jim; from Donny Hathaway to Daniel Johnston to MGMT – Elton John’s favourite Warp wonderboy and former Cristian Vogel collaborator Jamie Lidell goes full circle with his Headphone Highlights on Red Bull Music Academy Radio.

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Thursday, January 1, 2009 AT 10:38 AM - Category: Radio
Written by Red Bull Music Academy

Advice For Young Singers To Be

Emmy The Great’s new album and Headphone Highlights

Witness the greatness: Emmy and her guitar
There are a couple of things you need to know about Emmy The Great. First and foremost that “the great” clearly marks no case of megalomania here – Emma The Great is great. Check out the music on her MySpace if you are in any way doubtful: We Almost Had A Baby is a taster for her/their (why oh why do people name their project after themselves, then go on to call it a collaborative effort, making the use of pronouns a total pain?) debut album which will be out early next year on Rough Trade.

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Saturday, December 27, 2008 AT 10:00 AM - Category: News
Written by Red Bull Music Academy

Boombox

Mark Pritchard’s 10 for 2008

The Pritch
It’s only a couple of weeks until Mark Pritchard’s excursion in ‘80s electronics, When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence, finally drops under the Harmonic 313 moniker on Warp. In the meantime, here’s what got him electrified in o-eight.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 AT 12:08 AM - Category: News
Written by Red Bull Music Academy

Wach Out

Tony Nwachukwu’s 2008 favourites

Tony on the EQs at Barcelona's City Hall during the 2008 Academy
Tony isn’t one to keep looking over his shoulder, or to bring any ‘been there, done that’ kind of attitude. This CD-R bwoy, long-time Academy tutor and West London icon is all about looking forward and building positive futures, a rare commodity in the record business these days. Here’s a few choons that took the Wach’s fancy in 2008.

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