Omar
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Interview by Lloyd Bradley, Q, 1991
"At least people know what I look like now." ...
Omar: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 5 January 1991
THE HAIRCUT speaks volumes. A multi-storeyed do with the sides shaved, it confirms Omar's refusal to exchange street fashions for something more upmarket. His has ...
Young Crooners Learn The Subtle Art of Seduction
Report by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 7 April 1996
A QUIET revolution is at hand in urban music. Gone is the boasting about the girl you seduced last night and can't remember today. These ...
Comment by Amy Linden, New York Times Special Features Syndication, 9 April 1996
Today's black singers conquer charts and hearts by crooning instead of crowing. ...
Profile and Interview by David Burke, Classic Pop, August 2017
HE WAS A pioneer of the British soul movement of the 1990s, alongside Brand New Heavies, Young Disciples and Jamiroquai, but Omar claims the genre's ...
Profile and Interview by David Burke, All About Jazz, 16 October 2017
COURTNEY PINE didn't pick up his beloved tenor saxophone for more than a decade, until an album exploring the black British experience demanded it. The ...
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