Let’s Talk Music welcomes Stewart Copeland

Abstract   45:15 in: “This is worth it. Those eighty-thousand people. That kinetic ritual. That electricity that comes to the stage, that the artist reflects back — that shamanism. You know, we get a rhythm going, and you’ve got this mass of humanity with you. That’s quite intoxicating.”   Content   Published on Feb 16, … Read more

The Stewart Copeland Interview

Stewart Copeland is a British-American musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the rock band The Police. Born on July 16, 1952, in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, Copeland grew up in the Middle East and England before attending college in California. He began his musical career in the mid-1970s, playing with various bands … Read more

From Four or Five Pro DJ’s to Inumerable – How the July 1977 “Summer of Sam” Blackout in NYC contributed mightily to the sudden rise of Hip-Hop

Abstract Thousands of looters on Broadway. KRS One: “I’m bugging out because church-going, upstanding citizens, the ones you know are teachers and doctors and ‘in the community’ – they are now reduced to looters, thieves and rioters.” When there is no light, man is reduced to animal.   Content 3:10 into video “You couldn’t just … Read more