Aloe Blacc News and Photos

Aloe Blacc: Listen: Aloe Blacc's "One Inna"

Wed, May 22 2013 9:56pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

Stonesthrow has just released a collection called The Beat Box (downloadable for subscribers of Stones Throw Digital Discography), which includes a variety of "rare gems" as they have coined it.

Has Avicii gone country?

Wed, March 27 2013 8:28pm - Source: Beatportal

Over the weekend in Miami, Avicii shocked quite a few longtime fans at the Ultra Music Festival by unveiling a new track with rapper/soul singer Aloe Blacc.

SXSW Preview: SXSW announces new list of bands playing, we analyze.

Wed, December 05 2012 7:34pm - Source: The Panic Manual

Once again, South By Southwest (SXSW) has announced a new list of bands playing in 2013 and since this sort of stuff makes for really easy and thoughtless posts, we figure we would take a look at the new announcements and comment on it.

Song of the Day: Wax Tailor - Time To Go (feat. Aloe Blacc)

Tue, October 09 2012 1:33am - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

The alias of the French musician Jean-Christophe Le Saoût, the Wax Tailor project is Le Saoût's outfit for his downtempo and hip-hop-influenced output.

Song of the Day: Wax Tailor – Time To Go (feat. Aloe Blacc)

Mon, October 08 2012 1:01pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

The alias of the French musician Jean-Christophe Le Saoût, the Wax Tailor project is Le Saoût's outfit for his downtempo and hip-hop-influenced output.

Concert Review: Aloe Blacc, August 6th, The Hoxton

Thu, August 09 2012 7:43pm - Source: The Panic Manual

Shows like Aloe Blacc 's on Monday make you wonder whether Toronto's reputation as a restrained crowd should only apply to that of indie music genre.

Evidence: "The Liner Notes" F. Aloe Blacc (Video)

Wed, June 06 2012 10:30pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

Cali rap vet Evidence has been touring behind last year's Cats & Dogs for a while now, but he recently took some time out to shoot a video for the album's Aloe Blacc-featuring, the Main Ingredient-sampling standout, "The Liner Notes."

Quakers: Quakers

Wed, April 11 2012 5:31am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Quakers features 41 tracks in 69 1/2 minutes.

Curtis Mayfield tribute concert scheduled @ Lincoln Center (w/ Mavis Staples, Aloe Blacc, TVOTR members & more)

Tue, April 03 2012 7:58pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

"The product of a collaboration between Lincoln Center Festival and the Mayfield estate, this one-night-only event pays tribute to the late Curtis Mayfield , an iconic Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member whose music served as a soundtrack to the civil rights movement, introducing poetry and moral affirmation into pop, soul, funk, and R&B. A roster of special guest artists from across decades and styles--including Mavis Staples, Aloe Blacc, Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe, Dr. Lonnie Smith , and more to be announced--joins The Impressions , the inimitable vocal soul group Mayfield led early in his career, along with a 14-piece house band under the musical directorship of guitarist Binky Griptite of the funk-infused Dap-Kings."

Sergio Mendes and Aloe Blacc join Vintage Festival line-up

Fri, March 09 2012 8:54am - Source: Music-News.com

Truly getting into the spirit of this summer, Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway's Vintage Festival is back on 13-15th July to transform the stunning stately home, Boughton Estate in Northamptonshire, into the capital of British culture and cool.

Aloe Blacc – “You Make Me Smile” Video

Tue, March 06 2012 10:45pm - Source: The Smocking Section

For many artists, releasing a video for a song that has been out well over a year might seem like bad timing, or worse, a last-grasp attempt at salvaging a project.

Download: Aloe Blacc Compilation Mixtape By Paris DJs Soundsystem

Mon, February 20 2012 9:45pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

To celebrate the multi-genre career and talents of Aloe Blacc, the folks at Paris DJs have put together a free 16-track compilation of his finest work.

Stones Throw Will Release an Album From Geoff Barrow's Hip-Hop Project This Spring

Thu, February 09 2012 7:38pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

Geoff Barrow of Portishead has a new hip-hop project, Quakers, as the Guardian (via Beats Per Minute ) points out.

New: T.I. – “I Need Dollas”

Thu, February 02 2012 6:49am - Source: Pretty Much Amazing

T.I.'s Trouble Man is due soon, and the man's fresh off the release of a free New Year's mixtape , but the Atlanta rapper penciled some time into his busy schedule to lend a hand to DJs MLK and Scream for a joint mixtape they're releasing in honor of this year's Super Bowl. With the DJ duo as his (very vocal) production team, T.I. rides a clubbed-up sample of Aloe Blacc's How To Make It In America theme "I Need A Dollar," amping up Blacc's cash demands just a pinch (somewhere in the vicinity of "a hundred milly") with a handful of typically speedy, fluid, electric verses and a Gnarls Barkley reference.

Nickelus F – Leave It All Behind

Wed, October 19 2011 11:57pm - Source: Nah Right

In a recent interview with Exclaim, the beatmaker revealed that he and Blu have completed the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2007 album Below the Heavens.

Live blogging Treasure Island Music Festival 2011: Day 1

Sat, October 15 2011 11:29pm - Source: The Bay Bridged

Geographer playing a brand-new song at Treasure Island Music Festival 2011!

Tanqueray Gin creates Aloe Blacc remix platform

Wed, September 21 2011 11:08am - Source: Music Week

Aloe Blacc is currently the face of the brand's Tonight We Tanqueray campaign and his written and produced the song Tonight Downtown in order to capture the essence of the brand and the feeling of anticipation a person fells before embarking on a night out.

Aloe Blacc Speaks On Emanon Reunion

Sat, September 17 2011 5:28am - Source: GRANDGOOD

Bonus Bonus: little editing = awkward mini-pauses that occur in reality and pbs + awesome background noise.

Berlin Festival 2011

Fri, September 16 2011 4:12pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

After a prolonged, very early-morning and entirely sleepless journey from A to B, it rather feels as though we have just come out the opposite end of an untamed and brazen two-night indie/electro festival when we finally arrive at Tempelhof Airport.

Moments With Aloe Blacc – Billie Jean

Fri, September 02 2011 4:58pm - Source: Et Musique Pour Tous

Posted on Friday, September 2, 2011, at 12:53 pm.

EXCLUSIVE RAPPER INTERVIEW: Homeboy Sandman on Getting Signed to Stones Throw

Wed, August 31 2011 1:45am - Source: Jump The Turnstyle

A few weeks ago I received the best damn music news I've heard since finding out that Bob Dylan's grandson got signed to Young Money ( real talk ).

Aloe Blacc: Aloe Blacc Reveals Tour, "Green Lights" Video

Wed, August 17 2011 3:06pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

Aloe Blacc's throwback soul-infused sophomore album, Good Things , might be about 11 months old, but he's not done with it just yet.

Aloe Blacc: "Tonight Downtown" (Video)

Tue, August 09 2011 1:21pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

If you have been reading magazines over the past few months, you might have noticed that Tanqueray has picked up Aloe Blacc as one of its new spokesmen.

Aloe Blacc Remix Competition

Mon, August 08 2011 1:14pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Aloe Blacc has launched a new competition which allows fans to remix his track 'Tonight Downtown'.

Wayne Hemingway Celebrates British Popular Culture with the Vintage Festival

Sat, July 23 2011 6:09pm - Source: Spinner

Britain's music tastes have always been informed by international influences as much as they have been by homegrown talent but no other country makes the link between fashion and music with the same degree of passion or finesse.

Wayne Hemmingway Celebrates British Popular Culture with the Vintage Festival

Fri, July 22 2011 2:36pm - Source: Spinner

Britain's music tastes have always been informed by international influences as much as they have been by homegrown talent but no other country makes the link between fashion and music with the same degree of passion or finesse.

Scissor Sisters, Stereophonics, Aloe Blacc and Calvin Harris join Arthur's Day celebrations

Wed, July 20 2011 7:59am - Source: Music-News.com

GUINNESS®, the world's best selling stout, today unveiled plans for its third annual global Arthur's Day'.

Aloe Blacc - Somerset House, London 10/07/11

Tue, July 19 2011 8:15am - Source: The Four Oh Five

Musical genres are known for their cyclical behaviour.

Stream Now: Rhymesayers European Tour Announced

Fri, July 15 2011 11:44am - Source: Glasswerk National \ Thirst for Music

Details of the Rhymesayers European Tour have been announced, which sees Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Dilated Peoples' Evidence, Blueprint and Grieves & Budo play eleven dates across Europe.

Spilling Our Ice Cubes On The Lawn: The Fuel/Friends Summer 2011 Mix

Fri, July 01 2011 2:34pm - Source: I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS

This morning, my car sits packed to its dear 2001 Sentra gills.

Mojo Honours awards: Rumer nominated for three awards

Fri, July 01 2011 5:52am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Slow, Grant's I Wanna Go To Marz, Heathen Child by Grinderman and Aloe Blacc's I Need A Dollar.

Aloe Blacc scheduled more dates, GOOD Music joins Def Jam, Common joins Warner Brothers

Thu, June 30 2011 6:20am - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

The above photo comes from crooner/MC Aloe Blacc 's site and a benefit show that featured the three.

Aloe Blacc: Interview

Wed, June 22 2011 9:59am - Source: GIGWISE

Originally part of the duo Emanon back in 1995, with producer Exile, Aloe Blacc, real name Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, has seen the game change many times over.

Co$$ Feat. Sene & Aloe Blacc – “Only When I Dream”

Mon, June 13 2011 7:30pm - Source: The Smocking Section

Before I Awoke drops next week and Co$$ teams with Aloe Blacc and Brooklyn-based MC Sene to release one more audio morsel in the form of the smoothed out track "Only When I Dream."

Hot Chip, Aloe Blacc, Eliza Doolittle Join Hop Farm Festival 2011 Line-Up

Mon, June 13 2011 2:40pm - Source: GIGWISE

Hot Chip, Aloe Blacc and Eliza Doolittle have been added to the line-up for this year's Hop Farm festival in Kent. Other new additions to the bill include Fenech Soler, The Pierces and The Go!