Check out this great interview on Afropop Worldwide which is broadcast on Public Radio International (PRI) with Blitz the Ambassador – he discusses his last album ‘Stereotype,’ spending formative years in New York City, his changing sound and more. Blitz is in Ghana right now {casting actors as we speak}, shooting a short film/video and photos for this highly anticipated album, ‘Native Sun’ set to release in April 2011.
Blitz’s band, The Embassy Ensemble, is in the middle of a residency at Joe’s Pub in New York City. Next dates are December 2nd – ‘Soul of Brooklyn’ Bed Stuy edition w/ Sarah White, The Stuyvesants, Len Xiang and January 4th w/ the amazing, Baloji {check out his excellent website here}. I haven’t been
able to stop watching this clip, which was shot in Kinshasa, Congo: