Current Music Presents: Embedded kicked off with a one-hour premiere spent traveling Japan with Mos Def:
http://current.com/mosdef.
In week 2, Silversun Pickups brought us along for the most anxious week of their lives (
http://current.com/silversun), plus K’naan took us to Fat Beats to see which records reached him in Somalia and shaped his development as a rapper. And Arcade Fire performed “Neon Bible” in an elevator, an impromptu clip in partnership with La Blogotheque. All of it is up at
http://current.com/embedded
This week, we went with Ben Harper to his family music store in Claremont, California, met his protégé Grace Woodroofe, and hung out at a Guitar Player cover shoot. Plus Death Cab for Cutie’s bassist Nick Harmer taught us about his hobby, tilt-shift photography and Fleet Foxes sang “Blue Ridge Mountains” in the Grand Palais.
Next week we’ve got a cross-country campaign with Common as he promotes an album, plus a really great segment with Lykke Li, who mines San Francisco’s thrift stores for inspiration. Plus Bloc Party does “This Modern Love” on a Paris sidewalk. I’ll hit you up w/ links when that’s live.