Boots Riley – The Coup’s respected, outspoken MC – is pleased to announce the arrival of CoupTV, the group’s very own You Tube channel. “We have launched a new way to bring you the fight, the funk, and the fury,” Riley proclaimed. The channel can be viewed here.
Counting Coup-related music videos, live performances, interviews, video articles, and comedy bits, the channel also has clips that go into depth about music production and writing. According to Boots, “It will soon feature interviews, by me, of other artists as well as community and world figures. We will probably also have some sketch comedy – We had a bunch already filmed that got burned up in the bus crash last year [December 2006]. Who knows where it’ll go from there?”
Always known for pushing limits – be it politically, spiritually or artistically – Boots Riley again stretches his musical boundaries on the latest album by New Orleans’ modern funk outfit GALACTIC. In support of his appearance on “Hustle Up,” a signature track from that outfit’s Anti- debut From The Corner To The Block, Boots will share the stage with the group this fall for a five week trek. Launching in Flagstaff, AZ on October 11th, the tour wraps November 18th at the Paradise in Boston.
