Radiohead songs help win film win at Toronto and Sundance

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added: 26 Jan 2012 // by: newsdesk 

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The Oxford band gave permission for 14 of their songs to be used in the soundtrack to The Island President.

It follows the Republic of Maldives and "the struggle of President Nasheed to get the voice of a small nation heard in the climate change debate," Thom Yorke explains on the band's official website.

The singer goes on to explain that climate change is threatening the future of the country, "unless something is done to stop rising sea levels they will lose everything."

The Island President won the Best Documentary award at the Toronto film festival and is being shown at the Sundance film festival in the States this week.

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Quincy Jones is Sundance �party animal�

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added: 24 Jan 2012 // by: newsdesk 

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Quincy Jones has amazed with his 'party animal' antics at the Sundance Film Festival.

The 78-year-old record producer has been at the prestigious movie event to support his daughter Rashida Jones, who is promoting her picture Celeste and Jesse Forever.

He began his big weekend by attending a party in honor of the release on Friday night, where he partied until 2am.

'The Sundance Film Festival's unlikely party animal this year has been music legend Quincy Jones,' reports New York Post.

A source added to the publication that staff at Friday's bash were so astounded with the producer's staying power they began to bring him water.

The star was out again the following the night, going to a special dinner before watching Drake perform at Bing Bar.

Drake was late on stage as he had problems getting to the event due to adverse weather conditions, but Quincy was undeterred. He partied in the VIP section of the venue until 1am, before visiting yet another nightspot at 2.30am to see DJ Kaskade in action.

He was seen having a great time with Aziz Ansari, with the pair staying until 4am.

'Quincy and Aziz would not leave,' an insider laughed.

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Paul Simon 'Graceland' documentary to premiere at Sundance

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added: 18 Jan 2012 // by: VVN Music 

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The new documentary on the making and lasting influence of Paul Simon's classic album, Graceland, will debut at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22.

Directed by Joe Berlinger (Brother's Keeper, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, the West Memphis Three/Paradise Lost trilogy), Under African Skies is the story of the making of Graceland, and the controversy created when Simon went to South Africa to record with local artists. The movie travels with Paul Simon back to South Africa 25 years after his first visit. Simon revisits the making of the record, surveying from the vantage of history the turbulence and controversy surrounding the album's genesis. His artistic decision to collaborate with African musicians created a new world musical fusion, combining American and African musical idioms while igniting an intense political crossfire, with Paul Simon accused of breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime.

Simon provides a fresh and revelatory perspective on the album while gathering the record's original musicians for a transcendental Graceland concert reunion. Under African Skies features interviews with key anti-apartheid activists of the time and such musical legends as Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, Paul McCartney, David Byrne and Peter Gabriel.

Following its Sundance premiere, the movie, one of the year's most eagerly anticipated documentaries, is slated for international film festival screenings and a limited theatrical run as well as airings on A&E.

Then, coming this spring, Legacy Recordings will release a Graceland 25th anniversary commemorative edition deluxe collector's box set as well as a special two-disc set, each featuring the original album with bonus tracks and the director's cut of Under African Skies.

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