Melissa on the road

Journalist at RFI (ex-DW, BBC, CBC, F24...), writer (on art, music, street art...), I work in radio, podcasting, online, on films. As a writer, I'm a contributor to the New Arab, Art UK, Byline Times, the i paper... Born in Paris, I was also based in Prague, Miami, London, Nairobi (covering East Africa), Bangui, and in Bristol, UK. I also reported from Italy, Germany, Haiti, Tunisia, Liberia, Senegal, India, Mexico, Iraq, South Africa... This blog is to share my work and cultural discoveries.

02/02/2017

"We’re a communal people, a migratory race; music is what keeps us going"...

About the role of art and music...
Sharing today this quote from the 13th chapter of my book from Robert Del Naja, regarding his band's mission on stage and the role of musicians.

With below, pictures I took at Massive Attack's show at the BST Hyde Park festival, in London, last July.

Interviewed in 2010 in the USA:

"The Internet has placed the impetus on live music, which is why there are so many more festivals now. We’re a communal people, a migratory race; music is what keeps us going. One of the things that we’ve always strived to do is communicate with our fans via a visual performance onstage capable of matching the music.

Sometimes, it takes us longer to do our stage show than it does for the music itself. Of course, artists don’t live in a vacuum un-impacted by life and politics, so we talk about the Arizona immigration law, the BP oil spill, the Greek riots."