Fresh off releasing his debut solo album Everyday Robots, Blur frontman Damon Albarn has premiered a loving music video for “Mr. Tembo.” Directed by Giorgio Testi, it the visual features Albarn and ...

As fans of Damon Albarn’s new album “Everyday Robots” know, the single “Mr. Tembo” was inspired by a trip to Tanzania, where he met an orphaned baby elephant of the same name. Now he’s cut a video for ...

A video has emerged of Damon Albarn singing ‘Mr Tembo’ for the real-life elephant that inspired the song. Watch the video below. Appearing on his debut album Everyday Robots, ‘Mr Tembo’ tells the tale ...

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In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Albarn explained the origins of “Mr. Tembo,” saying it was one of the 60 or so songs he gave producer and XL Records head Richard Russell. “[The song] was for ...

Damon Albarn’s character songs have grown up with him. “Mr. Briggs,” “Colin Zeal,” “Tracy Jacks,” “Ernold Same,” “Dan Abnormal,” “Yuko & Hiro” — in Blur’s Britpop days alone, Albarn introduced us to ...

Damon Albarn has unveiled the video for new single 'Mr Tembo' The video is directed by Giorgio Testi and features an orphaned baby elephant that Albarn met in Tanzania, and who inspired the song.

Blur frontman and Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn spends much of his time in transit, a fact he displayed in his travelogue/video for “Lonely Press Play,” the second single from his debut solo album ...

I think I missed my chance to write at length about Damon Albarn’s solo debut, Everyday Robots, which I regret, because it’s a record deserving of meditation, and frankly, I have a lot to say about it ...

Damon Albarn gathered together London’s Pentecostal City Mission Church Choir to pay tribute to an orphaned baby elephant he met on his travels in Africa in the Giorgio Testi-directed video for “Mr ...