Subject: Gil Scott-Heron

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• Critic's Choice

  This week's concert pick: Gil Scott-Heron

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• Gil Scott-Heron

  April 30, 2009

• Gil Scott-Heron

  Friday, May 1, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772; Saturday, May 2, Oriental Theater, 303-455-2124; Sunday, May 3, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

  April 30, 2009

• Q&A with Gil Scott-Heron

  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 about his influences and his work. Westword: Your music is known for being socially conscious. When and what sparked that awareness inside you? Gil Scott-Heron: Don't you just hate socially unconscious people? We run into them every once in a while but we try not to hang out with them. I think everyb

  May 1, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Gil Scott-Heron at the Fox Theatre

  Photos by Tom Murphy Gil Scott-Heron w/Zin Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Fox Theatre, Boulder 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, with the requisite self-indulgence and infused with what came off as genuine positive energy. I'm not sure if this outfit was connected in any way to the konpa group from Brooklyn. It didn't sound like it. When Gil

  May 4, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top five spins for the week of May 11, 2009<

  As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with your own picks after the jump.

  May 12, 2009

• Otis Taylor

  June 25, 2009