Albarn

But Damon [Albarn] is a genius, and I was honored.

Be specific: N.E.R.D.'s Pharrell on his group's classic rock-influenced new disc Allison Stewart 2010

Mr. Albarn is the project's only full-time member and thus its ringmaster.

Sounds of the Serious and the Animated Jim Fusilli 2010

Damon Albarn performs on the preview night of the opera 'Dr Dee' at Manchester Palace Theatre.

Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review 2011

It's extraordinary to think that whereas Albarn has been bringing himself up to speed with concepts of hermeticism, Euclidian geometry and Rosicrucianism, his erstwhile Britpop rival Liam Gallagher has formed Beady Eye.

Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review 2011

Yet for Albarn, who ends the evening triumphantly aloft against a panorama of the cosmos, the scry's the limit.

Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review 2011

It is perhaps as much a disservice to call the 16th century alchemist and astrologer John Dee a Renaissance man as it is to refer to Damon Albarn as the former frontman of Blur.

Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review 2011

Chad they stole it from a graffiti campaign of the late 80's - but in fairness yes blur have their moments, just I'm not a fan of Damon Albarn and his mockney jackbooted annexing of the uk's cultural sedition lands.

Reading Your Way to Manhood 2009

You suspect that the main reason Albarn creates a sound-world combining kora, theorbo, and Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen is because he can.

Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review 2011

Chad they stole it from a graffiti campaign of the late 80's - but in fairness yes blur have their moments, just I'm not a fan of Damon Albarn and his mockney jackbooted annexing of the uk's cultural sedition lands.

Reading Your Way to Manhood 2009

Albarn's opera can seem obscure and sometimes wilfully perverse.

Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review 2011