John Legend teams with the Roots to release activist cover album
It's a cover album of soulful political, social and war-protest songs from the 1960s and '70s, attempting to summon the activist spirit from our more socially conscious past...
From Huffington Post:
John Legend and The Roots join forces to open our eyes in their new album Wake up!, coming out September 21st. It’s a cover album of soulful political, social and war-protest songs from the 1960s and ‘70s, attempting to summon the activist spirit from our more socially conscious past.
So far we know they’ve covered Marvin Gaye’s “Wholy Holy,” Donny Hathaway’s “Little Ghetto Boy,” Mike James Kirkland’s “Hang on in There,” Eddie Harris and LesMcCann’s “Real Compared to What,” and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes’ “Wake Up Everybody” which will be their first single and feature Melanie Fiona and Common. I spoke to John Legend about this new album, Obama, The Roots and more.
Click here to read the interview with Legend..
