Melvin Gibbs's Page

It's a quarter to 9 in the A.M. and I just got finished going through all my social networks (well most of them anyway- there a couple of other Ning ones I haven't checked). I'm a long-time Myspacer - a very recent (about a month) Facebooker and have been messin' with various Ning sites (most notably this one) for a while now.But the social networking app everybody's talkin' 'bout right now is the one I jumped into around the beginning of the year after avoiding it for about a year literally bec… Continue

The album goes alot of places, but I figured these 3 songs would convince y'all the album's worth buying (lol).
I've got some contemplative stuff (Os Aguas/The Waters, Eu Cant En Yoruba) some dance-y stuff (Mojuba, Ancients Speak) but since this is UrbAlt I figured I'd give y'all the Urb with the Alt.

Sun Of Shango features Amayo of Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra singing a song/chant/prayer to the Orisha Shango, the personified Power of Lightning and Thunder of the Yoruba of SW Nigeria. Amayo is… Continue

When Holy Ghost Guitar Meets Brazilian Spirits: Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity Reunites the Diaspora on Ancients Speak

Listening to Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity and their new album Ancients Speak (LiveWired Music; March 17, 2009) is like walking down the street in New York and unexpectedly falling into a manhole, only to discover there is an African-American underground music scene where the African diaspora has knocked down all barriers between genres, placing c… Continue