Gil Scott-Heron - Where Did The Night Go ?

Monday night’s BBC Newsnight, heralded the return of black music pioneer Gil Scott-Heron. He was lauded as “the godfather of hip-hop”, the “black Bob Dylan” and as important as John Lennon. Some, or maybe all these things may be true, but none are important. If you haven’t heard much Gil Scott-Heron before, like I hadn’t until recently, all you need to know is that a consistently pioneering artist has made another great new record, one that will be regarded as one...

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