Sound Check's Blog Posts Tagged 'Omar' (5)

Exclusive Interview: Omar Lye-Fook Gives Us The Scoop on Upcoming LP 'The Man'

By: Justin Allen, AFROPUNK Contributor

AFROPUNK recently sat down with British soul musician Omar Lye-Fook, also known as …

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Added by Sound Check on May 23, 2013 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Omar Lye-Fook Album Coming Soon, Check Out Single 'The Man'

This is gonna be hot! UK funkateer-in-chief Omar Lye-Fook's new album is coming soon (June 2013? - there's an album release party in London on June 28). The tracklist and first single have surfaced. The record will feature collaborations with Caron Wheeler (Soul II Soul) and Pino Palladino.

You can stream the single 'The Man' below…

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Added by Sound Check on April 24, 2013 at 11:46am — 4 Comments

New Music: The Mars Volta is over, here's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez new band Bosnian Rainbows

Yes, the rumors are true, the Mars Volta broke up (they're not just on hiatus as previously announced, according to the band's singer Cedric Bixler). BUT Omar Rodriguez-Lopez has a new band. Here's Bosnian Rainbows first single 'Torn Maps' (stream/download below). The band also includes Deantoni Parks (remember Afropunk Festival alums Kudu?!) on drums, Nicci Kasper on keys and Teri Gender-Bender on…

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Added by Sound Check on January 25, 2013 at 9:59am — 3 Comments

Omar Live at Weeksville with Taylor McFerrin June 2 (NY)

This FREE concert presents emerging, mid-career, and legacy Jazz artists that represent revolutionary talent and artistry. In the tradition of the Free Form jazz movement we are interested in ways that artist are challenging the boundaries of their practice and the jazz genre by interrogating conventions in areas such as collaboration, harmonic structures, experimental improvisation, interdisciplinary work, and instrumentation. Past artists have included Billy Bang, Olu Dara,…

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Added by Sound Check on May 30, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

INTERVIEW: Shahidah Omar - Liberation Through Blended Sound

Shahidah Omar's sound blends so many genres in one it seems almost effortless, leaving one to question how to categorize it. Is she opera, trance, dance, soul, house, classical with a twist? The only conclusion is that Shahidah has truly carved out a sound all her own. Her current album includes high energy dance inducing cuts such as "Freedom", "People of the world" and "Live my dream". These are countered… Continue

Added by Sound Check on August 24, 2011 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments