Contest: Win Tickets to (Red)Nights Concert That Saves Lives at Carnegie Hall
- story THE FADER
We already told you about the (Red)Nights’ Concert to Save Lives happening at Carnegie Hall Sunday October 4th, now we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to the night of musical collaboration. Just leave a comment with who you’re most excited to see that night and register with your real email so we can contact you. About the evening: Hal Willner presents Gavin Friday and Friends featuring: Bono, Rufus Wainwright, Courtney Love, The Edge, Shane Macgowan, Adam Clayton, Laurie Anderson, Larry Mullen Jr, and many more artists performing at the night, of which a portion of the proceeds go to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Tickets and information are available here or at the Carnegie Hall box office. To win tickets, you must be at least 18 and live in the NYC area. Check the official rules, and to find out more about (RED)NIGHTS, go to joinred.com
NYC: (Red)Nights Hits Carnegie Hall
- story Matthew Schnipper
The last time we went to a benefit at Carnegie Hall (what?), they showed a video of a Barbara Walters interview with Hugh Jackman, who cried when talking about singing on the stage while his now deceased father watched him from the crowd wearing a tuxedo. That place is magic. Which is why (Red), who raises awareness about and money to fight AIDS in Africa, is staging a benefit concert there on October 4th, featuring Bono, Antony, Scarlett Johansson, Courtney Love and about a billion other famous people. Tickets are on sale now. Check the full flyer after the jump.
Spoek Mathambo, H.I.V.I.P: United States of Ayobaness Mix
- story Peter Macia
Someday we’ll hire Spoek of Sweat.X as a full-time bringer of good things into your lives, but until then, it’s all just jacking stuff from his blog, which hopefully at least some of you have now bookmarked as it’s constantly filled with brand new club jams from Africa by guys like the amazing What What, Cleo et al. What’s great about Spoek’s periodic H.I.V.I.P. mixes is that he always mixes these ungoogleable songs with stuff we already love but aren’t used to hearing next to South African house or what have you, like Dam Funk’s remix of Red’s unbelievable one-man anthem “I Should Tell Your Momma On You,” which closes out this edition right out of What What’s intensely bubbly “Dreams.”
Download: Spoek Mathambo, H.I.V.I.P: United States of Ayobaness Mix zshare / mediafire
Video: Red, “I Should Tell Ya Momma On You”
- story Peter Macia
Way back in January of this year, we briefly retold the story of Red the G-Funk Beatboxer and said that he had a chance to topple Animal Collective as the mayor of Jam City. We also said his single was going to be out in February. So, while both of those things might seem a little presumptuous in retrospect, we can at least now say with full confirmation that Red’s first single is available on iTunes right now via HVW8, that it still jams hard, and that it has two incredibly good remixes by FADER favorites Dam Funk and CHOPS. Stones Throw is putting it out on 45 as well, and we’ll throw the link up for that as soon as they do. Sales proceeds will go to getting Red back on his feet after some hard times, so buy several copies and give them away as tokens of your good taste.
Buy: Red, “I Should Tell Ya Momma On You (Dam Funk RMX)”
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posted on Jul 22, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC VIDEO tags Chops, Dam-Funk, electonic/dance, HVW8, r&b, Red
Video: Red the Homeless G-Funk Beatboxer
- story THE FADER
This is quite possibly going to unseat Animal Collective as our favorite music of 2009 so far. Red, a homeless gentleman in Los Angeles, showed up behind the HVW8 gallery late last year and proceeded to beatbox/sing his original composition “I Should Tell Your Mama On You,” which sounds like Ginuwine filtered through Roger Troutman and performed by a 90-year-old barbershop singer. It is amazing. Red is now recording this song for a proper February single with HVW8’s help and recently gave a video update with another new song called “Ghost Ride The Hips.” Watch it after the jump and follow Red’s story on the HVW8 blog. (via Smoking Section)
