"All great truths begin as blasphemies," proclaimed the fiery playwright George Bernard Shaw. It's a sentiment that can be applied exponentially to the works of rapper Sage Francis and his exhilarating new album Li(f)e. Francis has never been afraid to provoke. As a result he is a sometimes polarizing and increasingly important figure in modern music. Adored by many, reviled by a few but never ignored and always essential, Sage Francis has emerged as the reigning agent provocateur of hip hop. Read more
LI(F)E On the Road Tour is a fully packaged tour that will be playing all of North America in the months of May and June 2010.
Sage Francis will be headlining with a live band. The openers will be B. Dolan and Free Moral Agents (feat. Ikey Owens of The Mars Volta.)
GET YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE. WE FULLY EXPECT THESE SHOWS TO SELL OUT! TICKET LINKS ARE BELOW. Read more
photo by Anthony Saint James
On the left side of this page you will see a free download link to the Slow Man mp3. Although the lyric booklet will be included with the CD, I’d like to share the lyrics to Slow Man right now due to multiple requests I received from fans outside of the US. Here they are: Read more
Pitchfork is hosting the “Slow Man” single today! Here is a link to the download:
http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Sage%20Francis%20-%20Slow%20Man.mp3
If you have trouble downloading that MP3 from the Pitchfork link, download it on the upper left hand side of this page.
Here’s the press release that went out with the song: Read more
The much anticipated new release Li(f)e by Sage Francis features more than a few inspired musical collaborations. Yet none of them so seemingly unexpected and ultimately transcendent as the pairing on the track “Best Of Times” featuring the music of noted French composer Yann Tiersen. An intensely inventive classically based multi instrumentalist, Tiersen is perhaps best known for creating the powerfully evocative soundtrack to the beloved 2001 French film “Amélie.” Read more
And death is definite.
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