Temporary stoppage funding has been passed through the Senate to reopen the federal government through Jan. 30 in exchange for a near-future vote on ACA funding. During this juncture, Scott-Heron ...

Better Than: The actual extended winter in America. When I got to the Fox, Zin played a set of funk and jazz mixed with soulful, hip-hop-inflected R&B. While the act sounded a bit like a jam band, ...

Gil Scott-Heron song. His early poetry was so poignant, and his Flying Dutchman albums like Pieces of a Manare still so moving. Gil Scott-Heron was already a published author with a master’s degree in ...

In advance of his two shows this weekend (Saturday, May 2nd at The Oriental and Sunday, May 3rd at The Fox Theatre), we were able to have a few words with jazz/proto-hip-hop legend Gil Scott-Heron ...

Gil Scott-Heron, often called the godfather of hip hop, is most known for songs like “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” “The Bottle” and “Johannesburg.” In this excerpt from the book “Gil ...

Spoken-word pioneer Gil Scott-Heron, who always travels in his own time zone, finally made it to the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis -- 17 days and 32 minutes later than originally scheduled. Before a ...

Gilbert Scott-Heron, African-American musician and jazz poet, known for his famous song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” first recorded in 1971, is being honored at the Black Writers Museum ...

Nobody could tell singer-songwriter Gil Scott-Heron that idealism had become outdated when he was a musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” in 1975. He performed “Johannesburg,” a funk tune with a ...

Like pretty much every other musical genre, rap and hip-hop have many musical “fathers,” with various groups and individuals claiming full (or partial) paternity. DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and ...

Within hours of Gil Scott-Heron’s death, the tributes from rap superstars started pouring in. “He influenced all of hip-hop,” said Eminem. “We do what we do and how we do because of you,” said Public ...

“Kanye West was among those who paid respect to spoken word artist and “bluesologist” Gil Scott-Heron, who passed away at age 62 last week, at a memorial service in Harlem’s Riverside Church Thursday ...