DistortedSoul.com – The FUNK According to Nadir Omowale

“Guantanamo” is the latest music video by Nadir. From the Workin’ For The Man album.

This song is dedicated to all US military personnel, and to everyone who stands up for what’s right even when doing the right thing isn’t popular.

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Detroit writer Dina Peace’s blog Musickhead is “for those special people who love to blow the dust off of forgotten. obscure or underground hits.” Check out our interview:

With the discerning eye of a journalist and the soul of a rock and roll musician, Detroit-based funk disciple Nadir Omowale has made a career of speaking his mind on what is affecting the world and its inhabitants that range from matters of the heart, economics and yes, politics.   Omowale, whose first name is Jonah, encounters a whale of an issue allegorical to the narrative of his famous Biblical namesake with his new musick video, “Guantanamo”.

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On January 8-10, 2010, experimental Detroit theater company 4THEATRSAKE stages a unique presentation of In The Blood.  “Poverty exotica” rules Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan Lori-Parks’ modern day adaptation of The Scarlet Letter.

This urban theater project is a collaboration between 4TheatrSake, the 1440 Collective, the Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center, the Cedi Collection, Detroit film-maker Ryan Myers and Plowshares Theater Company. Directed by Wyldchild L. Chemist, the soundtrack for this staging features original music by Nadir Omowale.

Written like final round slam poetry, In the Blood keeps it real in the “here and now.” Hester is a homeless single mother who is devoted to her five children, and struggles to find ways to feed them. Five actors play her five young treasures. The same actors also play the adults who help or hinder Hester in her quest to “get a leg up”. Lovingly comical moments are juxtaposed by the harsh world of poverty in this modern masterpiece.

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“Now there’s a reason to turn off your iPod.” Sophie 103.7 is reclaiming “the tastemakers” for terrestrial radio.

The programmers at 103.7FM in San Diego have recognized that terrestrial radio has been steadily losing its most influential listeners. Narrow radio playlists have helped Pandora and the iPhone move a lot of units.

Sophie says no more. They want to take back the discerning listeners, the music lovers.

Oh. And, by the way… They’re playing my record.

Sophie is spinning DJ Butterface and Nadir’s coffeehouse house take on Sananda Maitreya’s classic “Sign Your Name” from the Workin’ For the Man album. It was Mike “DJ Butterface” Bazini’s idea to rework the timeless ballad from Maitreya’s phenomenal debut, Introducing the Hardline According to Terrence Trent D’Arby. That album was very important to my development as an artist, and the song, one of my favorites.

Sananda has always been an independent spirit, even when he was on a major label. He and artists like Me’Shell Ndegeocello, Fishbone, and of course, Prince taught me that it’s okay to play from my heart… as long as you keep it funky.

Thanks to Sophie music director Cristy Westfall and DJ/radio host/incredible human being Jane Asher for supporting independent music and real music lovers.

Check out San Diego’s Sophie 103.7FM at RadioSophie.com.