Gil SCOTT-HERON BLUESOLOGY IS AN INTERNATIONALLY AWARD-winning,
Off-Broadway theatrical triumph and an 8-time NAACP Theatre Awards
nominee—an electrifying celebration of the life, music and the
revolutionary voice of Gil SCOTT-HERON. Melody Maker called
SCOTT-HERON “The Most Dangerous Musician Alive” and Gil is widely
regarded as the forefather of rap music.This fierce band of spoken
word artists are spittin' fire and blazin' stages in rhythm and the
prophetic truth of Scott-Heron’s iconic works—words that resonate
today with even greater urgency. Featuring the legends daughter, Gia
Scott-Heron.
Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology bridges generations through poetry, music,
memory, and resistance. Gil described himself as a
“Bluesologist”—an artist whose work fused jazz, blues, and
spoken word into fearless social commentary. His poetry captured the
turbulence, contradictions, humor and humanity of his era with
razor-sharp satire and the rich tradition of oral poetry and
storytelling.
Woven between the timeless words of Gil Scott-Heron, these
electrifying poets, Tuesday Conner, Gia Scott-Heron, Yawo Watts,
Conney Williams, Lorenzo Frank, Denise Lyles-Cook aka The ORACLE and
Artus Mansoir weave their own personal poetic journeys into the story
and ignite a rip roaring fire with guest artists Victor Orlando and
Father Amde Hamilton of The Watts Prophets.
You'll hear his words again, you'll cry and you'll laugh and your
heart light will glow, you'll fight back some tears, you'll sing,
you'll know lyrics you haven't heard in a long while and you'll learn
about the man...the icon, the legend, Gil Scott-Heron.
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