Search - Gil Scott-Heron :: I'm New Here

Welcome back, Gil!

S. K. Singh | Maryland | 06/12/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Gil's introspection & retrospectives are very heartfelt, and a welcome return after so many years. Albeit brief, still a good CD. I purchased several as gifts!!"

Excellent

Bill Your 'Free Form FM Handi Cyber | Mahwah, NJ USA | 05/26/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ok, strip.



Strip those expectations and memories of Gil Scott Heron before you even place I'm New Hear in the CD player. This is no Midnight Band. This is no Ron Carter and Bernard Purdie. This is no "Lady Day and John Coltrane" or "Bottle" or "Possum Slim." This is no Pieces of a Man, no Winter in America, no It's Your World.





Strip. Gil Scott Heron has: this is a old poet with a modern album, no movement, no revolution, no long ago essays about a world long gone.



This is Gil Scott Heron, after jail and by himself and doing some of his best poetry, ever. Modern sound designs and spare backgrounds buffer Heron's new writing about broken homes, memories, age and loss.



Strip away that young machine gun rap about the revolution not being televised. The modern Heron's voice has a rasp of a ex-insurrection grandfather, deep and strained and in the deep soul pocket. (The cover may give you a notion why.) But this actually works: it adds wisdom and credibility to the weathered feel of this album. Go you one better: when I first heard some of the more soul geared tracks on a indie radio station, I thought I was listening to remixes of old Lou Rawls.





Strip the 1960s and the 19Scott Heron's and everything we knew of this master's work of so long ago.



Once stripped, your gonna love this.





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