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Radiodread is a 2006 album by the Easy Star All-Stars, a collaboration of reggae and ska artists. They have released one album previously, Dub Side of the Moon, a reggae take on Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. Radiodread is a complete, song by song makeover of Radiohead's OK Computer into reggae, ska, and dub.

Easy Star Records CEO Eric Smith and executive producer of the album said:

"Reggae has always tackled dark subject matter, but manages to do it in a way that still conveys hope at the bleakest moments. Radiohead's approach is similar."

Michael Goldwasser, who produced Dub Side of the Moon and produced and arranged Radiodread:

"OK Computer has elements that are perfect [for reggae] -- strong melodies, intense dynamics and trippy soundscapes. On the other hand, it has complex time signatures, lots of chord changes and things that typically aren't found in reggae. However, the more we looked at it, the more we realized that this was an album we had to do. Radiohead has given their blessing to the tracks they've heard so far, and we are excited for them to hear the complete album."

In fact, the band did approve of the album, with Thom Yorke praising it and Jonny Greenwood describing it as "truly astounding".^[1]

The track listing is identical to OK Computer's, and no songs were changed by the Easy Star All-Stars, except for "Fitter Happier" (which has slightly altered lyrics to fit the style, with permission from Radiohead), and "Paranoid Android". The new lyrics are essentially the same, but phrased differently, including some Jamaican patois. For example, "God loves his children" becomes "Jah loves his children".

Track listing[link]

The track listing is the same as Radiohead's OK Computer, with two bonus tracks:

1. "Airbag" (featuring Horace Andy) – 5:00
2. "Paranoid Android" (featuring Kirsty Rock) – 6:27
3. "Subterranean Homesick Alien" (featuring Junior Jazz) – 4:41
4. "Exit Music (For a Film)" (featuring Sugar Minott) – 4:23
5. "Let Down" (featuring Toots & the Maytals) – 4:44
6. "Karma Police" (featuring Citizen Cope) – 4:48
7. "Fitter Happier" (featuring Menny More) – 2:20
8. "Electioneering" (featuring Morgan Heritage) – 4:34
9. "Climbing Up the Walls" (featuring Tamar-kali) – 4:56
10. "No Surprises" (featuring The Meditations) – 4:02
11. "Lucky" (featuring Frankie Paul) – 5:45
12. "The Tourist" (featuring Israel Vibration) – 4:07
13. "Exit Music (For a Dub)" – 4:39
14. "An Airbag Saved My Dub" – 4:50

See also[link]

• Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads

References[link]

External links[link]

• Radiodread at MusicBrainz
• "Radiodread: Music of Human Origin", The Peer, 6 October 2006

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Easy Star All-Stars
Album Cover of the Easy Star All-Stars first release "Dub Side of the Moon"
Background information
Origin	Jamaica/USA
Genres	Reggae, ska, dub
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Easy Star
Website	http://www.easystar.com/
Members
Michael Goldwasser Victor Axelrod aka Ticklah Patrick Dougher Victor Rice

Originally formed as a studio band for the label's earliest recordings, Easy Star All-Stars is a reggae collective with a rotating roster of musicians and singers founded by the co-founders (Michael Goldwasser, Eric Smith, Lem Oppenheimer & Remy Gerstein) of New York City-based Easy Star Records in 1997.^[1] Although they have backed many artists^[who?] and produced several original releases, they are best known for covering popular albums in a reggae and dub style and have released three cover albums to date. The first, released in 2003, was an interpretation of Pink Floyd's classic The Dark Side of the Moon entitled Dub Side of the Moon; the second was 2006's Radiodread, a song-by-song cover of Radiohead's OK Computer. In March 2008 they released an EP consisting mostly of non-cover material.^[2] In April 2009, they released a cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band entitled Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band. On 5 April 2011, they released their first original album entitled First Light^[3]

History[link]

In February 2003, Easy Star All-Stars released a cover album of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon entitled Dub Side of the Moon, a complete reggae reinterpretation of the Pink Floyd album. Dub Side of the Moon has remained on the Billboard Reggae Charts since its release in 2003.^[4] It features instructions on how to synchronize the record with The Wizard of Oz, referencing the audiovisual pairing sometimes referred to as Dark Side of the Rainbow.^{[citation needed]}

Dub Side of the Moon was followed by the 2006 release of Radiodread, a reimagining of Radiohead's album OK Computer. At a 2006 Radiohead concert, Thom Yorke praised Toots & The Maytals version of "Let Down" on Radiodread "in a rare moment of onstage chatter."^[5] Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has also praised the song, calling it "truly astounding."^[6]

In March 2008 Easy Star All-Stars released Until that Day, an EP consisting of original material except for "Dubbing Up the Walls", a cover of the Radiohead song "Climbing Up the Walls."

On January 13, 2009 the Easy Star All-Stars posted a statement on their website that they had completed their next album, a reworking of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles titled Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band, which was released on April 14, 2009.^[7] However it was exclusively released on imeem a day prior. Reviews have been favourable. Sydney street press Music Feeds rated the album 10/10.^[8] Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band cracked the Billboard Top 200 twice, making it the first reggae album to do so in over two years.^[9]

Victor Axelrod aka Ticklah compiled a dub version of a song by the Iowa reggae band Public Property on an upcoming album Work to Do set for release in July 2009.

Michael Goldwasser compiled a dub version of the song "Turn & Run" by Umphrey's McGee.

In October 2010, the Easy Star All-Stars released Dubber Side of the Moon, featuring bass-heavy remixes of Dub Side of the Moon by Dubmatix, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Groove Corporation, Dubphonic, The Alchemist, Dreadzone, Kalbata, Adrian Sherwood & Jazzwad, Victor Rice, Border Crossing, Mad Professor, Michael G. & Easy Star All-Stars, and J. Viewz.^[10]

Current line-up[link]

Listed in the order and as they appear in the liner notes accompanying Dub Side of the Moon:

• Michael Goldwasser
• Victor Axelrod aka Ticklah
• Patrick Dougher
• Victor Rice

The core of the touring line-up has remained largely intact since 2003. The rotating roster includes:

• Ras I Ray (bass, vocals)
• Ive-09 (drums)
• Kirsty Rock (vocals)
• Jenny Hill (saxophone, flute)
• Buford O'Sullivan (trombone)
• Menny More (DJ vocals)
• Elenna Canlas (keyboards, vocals)
• Shelton Garner, Jr. (guitar, vocals)
• Cliff Simpson (drums)
• Joanne Williams (vocals)

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Discography[link]

• Dub Side of the Moon - (2003)
• Radiodread - (2006)
• Until that Day EP - (2008)
• Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band - (2009)
• Dubber Side of the Moon - (2010)
• First Light - (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Easy Star Records
• Myspace Blog
• Easy Star All-Stars, Camden Koko (28/04/2009) Live Review at DailyMusicGuide.com

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The Walls are an Irish rock band. They were formed in 1998 by two ex-members of The Stunning.

Members[link]

• Steve Wall
• Joe Wall
• Carl Harms (Guitar/Keyboards) (left February 2004)
• Rory Doyle (Drums)
• Jon O'Connell (Bass) (joined February 2004)

Biography[link]

1998–2000[link]

Brothers Steve and Joe Wall (previously of The Stunning) returned to Ireland after a two-year failed label stint in London. Their Camden housemate Carl Harms joined the band on guitar and keyboard duties. Drummer Rory Doyle joined soon afterwards. They set up their own label, Earshot Records (later changing it to Dirtbird Records) and recorded and released a string of singles. A remix of one of the album tracks, "Bone Deep", clicked with radio and became a nationwide hit. Many of the songs have featured on a number of TV series and feature films such as Bachelors Walk, Dead Bodies, Goldfish Memory and On the Edge (starring Cillian Murphy).

2001–2004[link]

The Walls heard rumour of a second Slane Castle date for U2 (as the first concert had sold out in hours). They sent four copies of their album to the band. Bono loved it and offered The Walls a support slot. That day the band played to their biggest crowd to date – around 80,000 people. "To the Bright and Shining Sun" was their next single. That June they supported Red Hot Chili Peppers. They spent the next year gigging while building their own studio in Dublin.

In February 2004, original member Carl Harms decided to leave the band to make his own record. They recruited bassist Jon O’Connell, who had just 2 weeks to learn all the songs before a two week tour of the new EU accession states: Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. "To the Bright and Shining Sun" also featured on the EA Sports soundtrack for the UEFA Euro 2004 official licenced game.

2004 - 2006[link]

For the next album, the band went to Studio Black Box in France to record with producer and ex-The Frames guitarist David Odlum. Originally scheduled for a release date in September 2004, The Walls decided to hold their album until the new year. U2 were releasing How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb that autumn and according to Steve "we thought that it would be a fair and gentlemanly gesture to stand back and give them a fair crack of the whip, so to speak".^{[citation needed]}

In October 2004, they released a taster - "Drowning Pool" - a blistering, spleen-venting, blues explosion, 2min 52sec long. It took people by surprise and divided opinion - exactly what the band wanted. They supported Bob Dylan to a capacity crowd in Galway that summer and played a storming set that showed there were changes afoot in The Walls sound. They christened the album New Dawn Breaking after the final track on the record. It went straight into the Irish charts at No. 5 in its first week of release in June 2005 and has produced four hit singles: "To the Bright and Shining Sun", "Passing Through", "Drowning Pool" and "Black and Blue".

2007[link]

The band kicked off 2007 with a gig in Dubai and are presently negotiating gig offers in France, Italy, the Czech Republic and China. They also supported Crowded House on their Australian comeback tour before retreating into their studio to work on album number three.

2010 - 2012[link]

In 2010, the double A-side "Carrying The Fire"/"Phantom Power" was released. Following this, in March 2011, the "Bird In A Cage" EP was released, of which the title track was revealed to also be on the bands forthcoming album "Stop The Lights", which is to be released in 2012. Following this announcement, the band's new single "Stop The Lights" was released in January 2012. The band are currently using the innovative "Fund It" in order to finish their third album. The welcome newcomer Kevin Crowley from Newcastle West playing the spoons.

Discography[link]

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Studio albums[link]

• Hi-Lo (released May 2000).
• New Dawn Breaking (released June 2005) (reached No. 5 in Irish charts)
• Stop The Lights (released 2012)

Singles and albums[link]

• "The Night I Called It A Day" (Single, released Feb 1999)
• "Broken Boy" (Single, released Sept 1999)
• "Something's Wrong" (Single, released Apr 2000)
• Hi-Lo (Album, released May 2000). A remix of one of the album tracks, Bone Deep, was popular in Ireland. Some songs featured on TV series and feature films: Bachelors Walk, Dead Bodies, Goldfish Memory and On the Edge (starring Cillian Murphy).

• "To the Bright and Shining Sun" (Single, released 2002) reached No. 11 in the Irish charts.
• "Drowning Pool" (single, released 2004)
• New Dawn Breaking (Album, released June 2005) reached No. 5 in Irish charts and has produced four hit singles: "To the Bright and Shining Sun", "Passing Through", "Drowning Pool" and "Black and Blue".

• "Carrying the Fire" / "Phantom Power" (double-A sided single, released Jun 2010)
• "Bird In A Cage EP" (4 Track EP, released Mar 2011)

Cover versions[link]

• Cover version of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody" on Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1
• Cover version of Natasha Bedingfield's "These Words" on Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 2
• Cover version of U2's "With or without you" on Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 3

Career highlights[link]

• Supported U2 at Slane Castle, 2001
• Supported Red Hot Chili Peppers, 2002
• Supported Bob Dylan, Galway, 2005
• Supported Crowded House, Australia, 2007

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official band website, contains free MP3s; gig info, photos, Walls shop, press releases etc.
• The Walls at MySpace, contains some sample MP3s.

Citizen Cope
Background information
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Genres	Alternative rock
Occupations	Musician, disc jockey
Instruments	Turntables, guitar, keyboard, drum machine
Years active	1993–present
Labels	DreamWorks Records Arista Records RCA Records
Associated acts	Basehead, Goodie Mob, Dido, Easy Star All-Stars
Website	www.citizencope.com

Clarence Greenwood (stage name Citizen Cope) is an American songwriter and producer. His eclectic mix of blues, laid-back rock, soul, and folk has a large and profoundly dedicated following^{[citation needed]}, built over the past decade of touring due to solid word of mouth.

Citizen Cope’s compositions have been recorded by artists as varied as Carlos Santana, Dido, Pharoahe Monch and Richie Havens. He currently records and produces for his own record label, Rainwater Recordings, which he founded in 2010 after electing to no longer work with major labels. He previously had been signed to Capitol, Arista, DreamWorks and RCA.

Biography[link]

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Early life[link]

Born in Memphis, Clarence Greenwood spent parts of his childhood in Texas and Mississippi, ultimately ending up in Washington, DC where he was primarily raised.

Recording career[link]

Clarence Greenwood was initially the DJ for Washington DC based hip hop group Basehead. He was signed to Capitol Records in 1997. In 2000, Citizen Cope signed with DreamWorks and released a self-titled album in 2002. Rolling Stone wrote, "...Cope melds hip-hop with folk, soul and blues...and 'feels' this combination deeply....Cope's uncommon chords and harmonies combine delicate dissonance with unexpected flashes of beauty..." And the Washington Post called him the “City’s most soulful export since Marvin Gaye.” The album’s song, “Let The Drummer Kick,” is certified gold. Shortly afterward, Arista Records pursued the songwriter, prompting Cope to buy his way out of his DreamWorks contract. In 2004 he released The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, which he also produced. Upon hearing it, Vibe magazine called it “flawless throughout,” noting that Cope “makes music that feeds your soul…this is one of those CDs you hear at a friend’s house and rush out to buy.” Every Waking Moment followed in 2006 (also self-produced), and debuted at #69 on the Billboard 200 top-selling albums chart. In 2010, Cope decided to found and run his own record label, Rainwater Recordings. The move allowed him to exert full creative control over his music and career, free from the marketing entreaties of the major record labels he previously had been signed to. He released The Rainwater LP that year, producing the entire album. The Rainwater LP was critically acclaimed and newfound fan Ellen DeGeneres invited him to perform “Healing Hands” in April 2010. “Let the Drummer Kick” off his 2002 album Citizen Cope has recently gone RIAA gold. Citizen Cope is currently working on a new album, "One Lovely Day" due out July 17.^[2]

Songwriting and Producing[link]

A critically acclaimed songwriter, Citizen Cope’s work has been recorded by a number of vastly different musical artists, a testament to the indefinable genre he has created. In 2002, Carlos Santana requested Cope’s song, “Sideways,” for his Shaman album. Cope sang on the track and produced it as well. Shaman has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Sheryl Crow asked to record the song with Citizen Cope in 2010 for her 100 Miles From Memphis album, and invited him to join her in concert on several occasions to perform it, including in front of 27,000 fans at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago (June 26, 2010). At the same festival, Eric Clapton brought Cope onstage to perform “Hands of the Saints” together. Corey Taylor, frontman for alt-metal band Slipknot, has also recorded a version of the song. In 2008 he wrote and recorded “Burnin’ Love” with Dido for her Safe Trip Home album. That same year, folk legend Richie Havens released his version of Cope’s “Hurricane Waters” and Chicago-based hip-hop artist Rhymefest recorded “Bullet,” featuring Cope. Citizen Cope’s songs have been licensed to appear in numerous films, soundtracks and commercials. His work appears in a number of soundtracks to films including 2006’s Trust the Man (Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Billy Crudup) and 2008’s Ghost Town (Ricky Gervais), 2006’s Accepted (Jonah Hill, Blake Lively), The Lincoln Lawyer (Matthew McConaughey), and Fracture (Anthony Hopkins). His “Bullet and a Target” appears in 2006’s The Sentinel (Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland), Alpha Dog (Emile Hirsch) as well as in the show Cold Case. Cope’s songs have also been included in television shows Scrubs, multiple episodes of One Tree Hill, multiple episodes of Entourage, So You Think You Can Dance and on the soundtrack to the critically acclaimed television show Smallville. A new song, “One Lovely Day,” appeared in the film Battleship (Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard), released in May 2012.

Touring[link]

Citizen Cope has toured incessantly throughout his career, building a dedicated following that returns to his concerts time and time again. He now headlines tours year-round in not just major markets in the US, but taking note to regularly perform in secondary markets where a great deal of his fan base resides. Cope performs an average of 100 concerts annually at clubs and major festivals alike. In 2002, he opened for Carlos Santana all across Europe. In 2010, he was invited to be a part of Eric Clapton’s U.S. Crossroads Festivals.

Use in other media[link]

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• "Sideways"
  • Featured in the film "The Fountain" with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz
  • Featured in the episode "My Jiggly Ball" of the television series Scrubs
  • Featured in 2006's Trust the Man
  • Featured in 2008's Ghost Town
  • In the television series, One Tree Hill
  • Featured in 2009's "So You Think You Can Dance"

• "Holdin' On"
  • Played during a scene in the 2005 film Prime.

• "D'Artagnan's Theme"
  • Featured in 2010 Italian Film "Baciami Ancora" directed by Gabriele Muccino.

• "Deep"
  • Featured in episode of "One Tree Hill".

• "If There's Love"
  • Featured in 2002 episode of TV series "Smallville".

• "Left for Dead"
  • Featured in 2007 TV episode of "Criminal Minds".

• "Brother Lee"
  • Featured in a commercial for ClickNET, a Romanian ISP.
  • Plays in trailer for the 2008 film What Just Happened?

• "Nite Becomes Day"
  • Featured in the movie Fracture.
  • Featured in festival film 5 Up 5 Down.
  • Featured in TV series "Starved."

• "Pablo Picasso"
  • Featured in 2006 TV series "Six Degrees."
  • Featured in TV series "Starved."
  • Featured in TV series "Related".

• "Penitentiary"
  • Played in the Series Premiere in 2005 of the CBS TV Series Criminal Minds

• "Son's Gonna Rise"
  • Featured in Pontiac commercial.
  • Featured in AXN Portugal commercial.
  • In the television series, One Tree Hill on May 10, 2005.
  • In a trailer for television series Sons of Anarchy in July 2009.
  • In an HBO/Cinemax commercial.

• "My Way Home"
  • Featured in 2005 TV series "Summerland".
  • A scene in the 2006 film Trust the Man.
  • Featured in festival film 5 Up 5 Down.

• "Bullet and a Target":
  • An episode of HBO's hit series Entourage ( Season 2, "Blue Balls Lagoon")
  • Featured in 2005 Film "The Hit List".
  • An episode of Showtime's series Sleeper Cell (Season 1, "Target")
  • The end credits of the 2006 film The Sentinel.
  • In a 2006 episode of the CBS TV Series Cold Case.
  • A scene in the 2006 film Trust the Man.
  • Featured in 2006 TV series "Starved.
  • A scene in the 2007 film Alpha Dog.
  • Featured in 2007 promo commercial for 24/Degree".
  • In the end credits of the 2006 film 16 Blocks.
  • In the soundtrack of Seasons, a mountain biking film by The Collective, during a section by rider Andrew Shandro.
  • In the soundtrack of The Tangerine Dream, a 16 mm ski film by Teton Gravity Research.
  • In the soundtrack of The Hit List, a ski film by Matchstick Productions.
  • Featured on rapper Rhymefest's album Blue Collar
  • Covered by rap Australian group Bliss N Eso on the Album Flying Colours
  • Featured in the 2008 snowboarding movie Church!
  • In the movie "Frothing", when Joel Parkinson surf
  • Featured in 2009 HBO special Pacquaio/Cotto 24/7".

• "Let the Drummer Kick"

• • in the final scene of "Entrance Wound", an episode from the CBS TV series CSI: Miami
  • In the films Accepted and Coach Carter.
  • Featured in 2003 Episode of "CSI: Miami".
  • In a 2005 episode of the CBS TV Series Cold Case.
  • On the hit Fox show So You Think You Can Dance in a contemporary dance routine by Neil Haskell and Lauren Gottlieb in season three. The next day, the track reached #50 on the iTunes Top 100 Singles Chart. It was also used for a solo routine by Jeanine Mason in season five.
  • The HBO series Entourage during the fourth season finale "The Cannes Kids."
  • Featured on the album Radiodread by Easy Star All-Stars with his cover of Radiohead's "Karma Police".
  • Featured in a 2008 Acura TSX commercial.
  • Featured in an episode of NBC's drama series "Kingpin"
  • In the soundtrack of Such is Life, a skiing film by Rage Films.

• "Awe"
  • Featured in a 2007 episode of HBO's Entourage during the second part of the third season's (3B) episode "The Prince's Bride".

• "Left For Dead"
  • Featured in Season 2 episode 22 (legacy) of Criminal Minds.

• "Hurricane Waters"
  • Featured in the documentary Trouble the Water.
  • Featured in 2005 festival film Midsummer Dream.

• "Back Together"
  • Featured in 2006 episode of "One Tree Hill.

• "Healing Hands"
  • Feature in 2010 episode of "3 op Reis (Dutch Travel Program)."

• • 107 Degrees*
  • Feature in 2011 The Lincoln Lawyer.

Discography[link]

• Cope Citizen (1992) (500 copies)
• Citizen Cope (2002)
• The Clarence Greenwood Recordings (2004)
• Every Waking Moment (2006) #69 U.S.
• The Rainwater LP (2010) #111 U.S., #10 U.S. Independent Albums
• One Lovely Day (Due for release July 17, 2012)

Other contributions[link]

• Live at the World Café: Vol. 15 - Handcrafted (2002, World Café) - "If There's Love"
• Vocals on "Karma Police" from the Easy Star All Stars album "Radiodread" a complete reggae/dub cover of Radiohead's "OK Computer".
• "Way Down In A Hole" - Tom Waits cover
• Guest vocals on "The Grand Illusion (Circa 1973)" - Pharoahe Monch
• Turntablism in "Let The Drummer Kick" by DJ JVC

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official website
• Citizen Cope on Myspace
• AOL Music: Citizen Cope performs Bullet with rapper Rhymefest
• Citizen Cope chyujrrrsgjgffstsdfjhvollection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
• Citizen Cope Artist Station: Citizen Cope on Slacker.com

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