As I enthused last week I’m New Here is Gil Scott-Heron’s first new album in 16 years and I described it as “a mix of spoken word, futuristic blues, dark-stained socio-political life and poetic ruminations. The man above still sounds as inspired and god-damn urgent as ever.” Amen.
Listen for yourself after the jump.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the cohost of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, event curator and producer of gigs, parties & events.