Last night on “Late Show with David Letterman” Lauryn Hill sang the George Harrison-penned Beatles’ song “Something.”
Tomorrow, by the way, marks 50 years since The Beatles first performed in the CBS studio that has since been renamed the “Ed Sullivan Theater” — the same theater where Lauryn Hill performed last night.
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Sixteen years after it’s last human rights concert, Amnesty International has organized a new concert and Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina will be there.
On February 5, 2014 The Flaming Lips, Imagine Dragons, Ms. Lauryn Hill, The Fray, Tegan and Sara, Cold War Kids, Collbie Caillat, Cake and others will perform for the human rights organization at Barclays Center in Brooklyn .
According to a press release about the concert, Tolokonnikova and Alekhina “will address attendees at the concert to raise awareness about prisoners of conscience.”
In a statement the two Pussy Riot members said:
We are happy to support Amnesty International’s work on behalf of human rights and political prisoners. We, more than anyone, understand how important Amnesty’s work is in connecting activists to prisoners… A month ago we were freed from Russian prison camps. We will never forget what it’s like to be in prison after a political conviction. We have vowed to continue helping those who remain behind bars and we hope to see you all at the Amnesty International concert on February 5th in Brooklyn!
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Video of “Ex-Factor” from Ms. Lauryn Hill’s first post-prison performance, Bowery Ballroom, November 27, 2013.
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Lauryn Hill’s first show since she was released from prison took place November 27, 2013 at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC.
Excellent review over at Consequence of Sound.
Sound is funky on this cell phone video, but you get a sense of the scene.
“Consumerism”:
“Lost One”:
Here’s a short clip in which Hill’s son raps:
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Lauryn Hill writes on Tumblr
“Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written from a certain space, in a certain place. I felt the need to discuss the underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it. I haven’t been able to watch the news too much recently, so I’m not hip on everything going on. But inspiration of this sort is a kind of news in and of itself, and often times contains an urgency that precedes what happens. I couldn’t imagine it not being relevant. Messages like these I imagine find their audience, or their audience finds them, like water seeking it’s level.
– Ms. Lauryn Hill”