themed week // Stevie Wonder, Master Blaster

Born Stevland Hardaway Morris, Stevie Wonder is a 62-year-old musician and singer-songwriter.

He was a child prodigy and became one of the most important music figures of the late 20th century.

Known for songs like I Just Called To Say I Love You, Superstition and I Wish, Stevie Wonder has released 23 studio albums, four live albums, ten compilations and four live albums.

Master Blaster (Jammin') was released on September 12, 1980. The song was released on Hotter than July, released in the same year.
This song has a very reggae feeling and it's an ode to the reggae legend Bob Marley. Wonder performed this song live with Marley a few times on his US tour, during that year.
Master Blaster (Jammin') stayed at number #1 on the Billboard R&B charts for seven weeks.
Some critics say the Marley's song Jammin' inspired this songs title.

"I bet you if someone approached you yesterday

To tell you that you would be jammin'

You would not believe it

They would be jammin' thought that you'd be jammin'".

Note: They played on the fourth day of Rock In Rio - Lisboa 2012, on June 2. Check here, to see this song's performance on Rock In Rio - Lisboa.

News // Last names confirmed on Rock In Rio - Lisboa

Earlier this week Rock In Rio organisation confirmed the last names that complete the festival.

Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, Joss Stone and The Gift are the confirmations for June 2, to perform on Rock In Rio's main stage Palco Mundo.

(The Gift's recent single: Primavera)

The tickets for this day are now available and the organisation extended the deadline to trade your Christmas kit vouchers until May 7.

Remember this festival is happening between May 25 and 26 and June 1, 2 and 3 and a daily ticket is around 61€.
Keep up the news and information about Rock In Rio here.

May 25:
Metallica; Evanescence; Mastodon; Sepultura + Tambours du Bronx
May 26:
Linkin Park; Limp Bizkit; Smashing Pumpkins; The Offspring

June 1:
Lenny Kravitz; Maroon 5; Ivete Sangalo; Expensive Soul
June 2:
Stevie Wonder; Joss Stone; Bryan Adams; The Gift
June 3:

Bruce Springsteen + The E Street Band; Xutos & Pontapés; James; Kaiser Chiefs

Outasight, Tonight Is The Night

Outasight is the stage name for the American singer and rapper Richard Andrew.

The New Yorker's sound weaves between indie rock and hip-hop but draws influences from other genres like classic rock and soul, naming artists like Stevie Wonder, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix as his main inspirations, describing his music as "Energetic hip-hop mixed with melodic soul".

According to the 27 year-old songwriter "People are conditioned to see certain images for different genres of music".

In 2009, he signed up with the label Warner Brothers Records, after he re-released his previous EP Further (first released in 2009) exclusively on iTunes in March 2010.

He is predicted to release his first album during 2012.
Discover more about Outasight on his Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Official Site.


Tonight Is The Night is the official debut single, released by Warner Bros. Records. The video was directed by Dori Oskowitz.
The song features Pepsi's "Who's Next" campaign. Check it here.

"Cuz I was afraid of the truth

See I was scared to admit

That failing was in the back of my head

Comes a point when lying no longer works"

The Pepper Pots, Don't Mess Up A Good Thing

The Pepper Pots are a Spanish soul band, respectively from Catalonia and were created in 2002 with the idea of bringing back the sound and style of the 60s bands.

The band is composed by Adriana Prunell, Aya Sima and Marina Torres - on vocals, Luiggi King - on guitars, Ireneu Grosset - on keyboards, Enric Fluvià - on bass guitar, Joan Vergés - on drums, Tomy Muñoz - on tenor sax, Gerard Xifra - on baritone sax and Roger Montsant - on trumpet.

With several released work, Train To Your Love was their last album to be released, marking a big step on the band's career keeping the "old school" sound of the best soul album of the 60's.
The album was recorded on their own studio Black Pepper Studio using analog techniques and instruments similar to the considered to be "Golden era" of soul. The mixing was made by Bob Ohlsson, who worked with Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye or The Temptations.
Train To Your Love reminds a lot of The Supremes and Jackson 5's sound influenced by their unique talent.

The EP Time and Place is a collaboration between The Pepper Pots and the american soul singer Eli "Paperboy" Reed. The EP is a result of a long "dream" from both bands that became true last May, with the release of Time and Place - a record of their own versions mixing "the rugged soul of the American star and the silken Motown sound of the Catalans".

This video is from the recent EP Time And Place. Don't Mess Up A Good Thing is an original song from 1965 by Fontella Bass, an American soul singer.

"Don't you be no fool
Don't you be no fool
You gonna keep on
Fooling around now, baby
You're gonna mess up a good thing
You're gonna mess up a good thing"

The Pepper Pots are performing next February in Plano B, Porto and Arte & Manha, Lisboa, respectively on 24th and 25th.

Discover more about this band on their Official Site, Facebook, Twitter or Youtube.