Metaphysical Blues: New Frontiers in Music Making

[ImaniHekima]

Ten minutes into this and I'm really enjoying this. Excellent.

[CrossBonesAlex]

One of my favorite Blues musicians - Great voice, great keyboards and a great backing band - Black Paris album is so damn great and fresh

[MrBlues1942]

The (Drum) for an African, is more than the sum of its parts/polyrhythms. The Drum is the epistemological language in and through the "call and response" happens. Only in America through slavery, that "particular institution", did Blues come about. Blues is from God! A gift to us, to deny the (lie) of our nothingness. When they "took away the drum", they de-Africanizated the African. And only in America was this so complete. Out of that vacuum came Blues, to make sense of the insanity.  MMR

[BluesBoysTalent]

Mo Rodgers is really a guru when it comes to his infinite knowlege of the blues roots and it's origins, as well as the composing of its musical form called soul music. He makes some very interesting mystical connections with the ancestors tribal voice and the "Holy Howl" which comes from the black void and is birthed from the silence of the missing drums. The drums that were taken away from the African slaves when they were Christianized, that's how the "Blues" were born as an American art form.

[Seikken]

Interesting!

[napolihuhn]

what is the song at the start ?

[hipbopper]

You speak the truth Mo. Perhaps we'll meet someday. Metaphysics of Music is me.

Doc H

[udongo106]

Bro like the whiole thing...Most folks will mis it, lose...redisdover it..and don't want to admit it..

You and Gil Scott Heron and Taj Mahal or my mentors in the BLUES.... I serious believe your are keeping the Blues real where others will not speak truth to power. Which means what you do do not get played on current radio..

Thanks to youtube and Living Blues Magazine...

"Wsir" Johnson

[Jamarisdrum]

@udongo106 yes yes wsir I cant say it any better ...roland jackson

[Jamarisdrum]

Respond to this video.

yes Wsir you took the words out of my mouth Bless you..



[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[hipbopper]

This is a wonderful video. Mighty Mo is in tune with the truth expresses it well.

[skuderjay]

It's funny to see how this thing is all about music but the interviewer seems uncomfortable with feeling the music... she wants to talk about it, but she doesn't let it in.. Her identification with the music seems to be only academic.... great interview though.

[yahnia]

very insightful I saw it the same

[jessekl5597]

Hey, I upload this video, you can download it at tinyurl (dot) com/video29 You can put that on your ipod or whatever...

thats messed up he was actually BLACK in this video lol u made him look like he was? white kinda lol but other than that GREAT

[moveonupcb]

This guy is friggin great! Love his vibe!

[MetaphysicalSciences]

This is really lovely music. I was calmed. Hey, stop by our page and check out some of our videos. you may be enlightened yourself.

[ddaymedia]

Mighty Mo Rogers has created a unique synthesis of African American musical heritage and it's global impact on world culture as filtered through the unique prism of Africans in the Americas and beyond.

This video is must viewing for any serious young musician or artist who wants to pursue a career in music or broaden his or her artistic horizons.I'm proud to call Mighty Mo my old friend is making a lasting contribution to world art and human understanding.

Dennis

[wenkerr]

What a great musician and story teller! I was fortunate to hear and see you for the first time @ The Noodle. What a great musician and even greater historian, teacher and story teller. You speak for me. Thanks, I hope your voice and your music gets the attenetion it deserves. We need you now more than ever! Keep speaking out through your music. You're an American treasure.

[echofilms]

Mighy Mo is a great performer and a true blues genius, his album "blues is my wailin'Wall" is superb.

If you havn't heard his stuff check him out now!