{"id":1817,"date":"2020-09-01T20:12:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T20:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2020-09-07T20:14:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T20:14:01","slug":"september-2020-good-to-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2020\/09\/01\/september-2020-good-to-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"september 2020 – good to hear"},"content":{"rendered":"

I Know the End<\/strong><\/a>
\nPhoebe Bridgers<\/strong>
\nIn her latest release, the final track of her new album\u00a0Punisher<\/em>, LA singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers triumphantly kisses an older version of herself. \u00abBridgers has rocked the skeleton suit several times over the last few months, but now we\u2019re gifted with an entire room of them, hung up neatly with gray hoodies \u2014 dripping wet. A child rolls an apple Bridgers\u2019 way; she takes a bite and drops it to the floor as strangers usher her out. She runs during the song\u2019s chaotic crescendo, picking up a guitar to join her band \u2013 including drummer Marshall Vore \u2013at an empty stadium. \u2018No, I\u2019m not afraid to disappear,\u2019 she sings over swirling instrumentation. \u2018The billboard said the end is near.\u2019\u00bb (Rolling Stone) Whatever she sings, she has an incredible voice.
\nOpaque Red, July 2020<\/p>\n

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Hate for Sale<\/strong><\/a>
\nPretenders<\/strong>
\nHate for Sale<\/em>\u00a0is the eleventh album of the British-American band. Singer Chrissie Hynde, with her distinctive voice and style, has been the only permanent band member behind this punky rock group ever since the 1980ies, rejoined by her former drummer Martin Chambers in 1994. Produced by Stephen Street, the typical combination of drums, guitar and bass sound like Chrissie has gone back to basics. \u00abShe\u2019s sanded its edges to glide onto adult contemporary radio, and she\u2019s flirted with passing trends, but she\u2019s always centered herself with those ringing guitars. Street gives six strings plenty of room on\u00a0Hate for Sale<\/em>. Hynde is back playing rhythm guitar, weaving between the leads of James Walbourne, who also co-wrote the album\u2019s ten songs.\u00bb (Pitchfork) Most of the tracks are familiar but have been cleverly remastered.
\nBMG, July 2020<\/p>\n

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My Future<\/strong><\/a>
\nBillie Eilish<\/strong>
\nIn this cartoon visualization of her latest song, Billie Eilish brings out her crooner voice to tell us about the future she visualizes for herself \u2013 though she does not know where it is going to lead her. She presented \u2018My Future\u2019 at the Democratic Convention where she endorsed Joe Biden and encouraged her young fans to vote seeing she is a first-time voter herself. Billie wrote and produced this R&B based ballad together with her brother Finneas O\u2019Conell. It is her first release since the theme song for the new James Bond movie\u00a0No Time to Die<\/em>. Having gone through a difficult time, it is encouraging to hear her strike a more positive note here, having somewhat come to terms with the problems of early fame and the fact that it robs her of an ordinary life. (sgs)
\nUniversal, July 2020<\/p>\n

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Wonderful<\/strong><\/a>
\nBurna Boy<\/strong>
\nBorn in Port Harcourt as Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, Burna Boy quickly rose to fame after the release of his first single, Like to Party, in 2012. \u00abHis grandfather was Fela Kuti\u2019s first manager, and he appears to be following in that legend\u2019s footsteps, as Fela grafted funk on to conventional Nigerian music to become the country\u2019s biggest international superstar. The result is songs that are intricate but still tricky, in the way African rhythms can be, but there\u2019s a comforting palm wine-y warmth \u2013 regardless of his almost perpetual fury or often tedious boasting,\u00a0Twice as Tall<\/em>\u00a0is usually more urbane than urban.\u00bb (The Guardian) The spectacular video for \u2018Wonderful World\u2019 was shot in Nigeria. Superstar Burna Boy\u2019s fifth studio album,\u00a0Twice as Tall<\/em>, from which this track was taken, was produced by Diddy and Mana Burna Bose.
\nAtlantic, August 2020<\/p>\n

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Source<\/strong><\/a>
\nNubya Garcia \u2013 ft. Ms Maurice, Cassie Kinoshi, Richie Seivright<\/strong>
\nNubya Nyasha Garcia<\/a>\u00a0is a British jazz musician, saxophonist, flautist, composer and bandleader. It is a well-known fact that the best of jazz is produced in London these days, and this excellent debut album proves it. Born and raised in North London, Nubya Garcia began playing saxophone at the age of ten. Nine years later, she feels that she has come to accept herself more completely. \u00abThere\u2019s that everyday feeling that you get as a Black woman that sometimes people don\u2019t fully see you\u00bb, she says. \u00abI haven\u2019t always been able to be myself because I\u2019ve been worried about how people will respond to me. But now I feel more empowered\u2014there\u2019s been a really positive movement within myself towards accepting who I am.\u00bb
\nApple Music, August 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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