Guardian Music — The poet and musician, best known for The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, leaves a legacy of incisive political commentThe music world was mourning Gil Scott-Heron, the troubled poet and musician whose ground-breaking The Revolution Will Not Be Te... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Essential Gil Scott-Heron recording from 1977 captured at the now defunct Bottom Line club in New York City. If you’re looking for an intro to the man, there is no better place to start. Download links, info, etc after the jump. Download: Gil Scott... more info

Popeater — Filed under: Music News, Celebrity Deaths Cee Lo Green heard the news and proclaimed, "Rest in peace to the GOD" while comic Sarah Silverman remembered a man who "mirrored ugliness with beauty, audacity & valor." Gil Scott-Heron, 62, the pioneerin... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Scott-Heron received an outpouring of love on Twitter after news spread that the influential poet and musician had passed away. more info

The Telegraph — In the early 1970s, a bleak moment for black America, Gil Scott-Heron's music erupted with passion and purpose, says John McTernan. more info

Guardian Music — African-American poet and musician whose political awareness led him to celebrate black culture in influential recordingsIn 1970, the American poet and jazz musician Gil Scott-Heron, who has died aged 62 after falling ill on returning from a trip to ... more info

Perez Hilton — Soul legend and "Godfather of Rap" Gil Scott-Heron died Friday afternoon in a New York hospital. Scott-Heron was most well-known for his '70s song The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, which he released when he was only 18. He then went on to record... more info

Guardian Music — Jamie Byng, publisher of Canongate Books, was a friend of Gil Scott-Heron for more than 20 years. During 2010 they recorded this interview in London where the rapper-poet talked about his life and work, interspersed with intimate performances of his ... more info

Pop Crunch — Gil Scott-Heron passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City on Friday. The pioneering poet, musician, and activist enjoyed a string of thought-provoking hits throughout the 1970s and [...] more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian Music Blog is streaming the new Herman Dune album, Strange Moosic (out June 7th). RIP poet and singer-songwriter Gil Scott-Heron. In the Boston Review, Jess Row examines the state of the novel (note the lively comment discussion). The... more info