That time yoga became a marketing stunt for everyone’s favorite Hootie-turned-honky tonk. That is, of course, Darius Rucker, formerly of Hootie and the Blowfish getting creative to promote his new country music album. As a 90s rocker trying to stay relevant, Darius Rucker donned his best “try anything once” cap and unrolled his yoga mat [...]
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Hip hop is not known for its yoga (though, yoga is getting known for its hip hop, isn’t it?). We don’t expect yoga rap to be the next hit style sweeping the charts, but you just never know. (Sorry, MC Yogi doesn’t count.) Anyway, whether or not yoga seeps into the music, we’re hearing more about its [...]
There are times when helplessness and despair are the overarching themes of our existence. We’ve wanted to share this wonderful “Peace Mantra” recording from Tina Turner, and now seems like a good time (we’ve seen others sharing it around lately, too). Many might already find the music from the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll powerhouse to [...]
Everybody’s favorite bald vegan just released a whole bunch of music for meditation and yoga—for free! Moby’s new 4-hour ambient album is aptly called Long Ambients1: Calm. Sleep. and features 11 instrumental tracks he originally recorded for himself over the past few years. “I’ve been making really really really quiet music to listen to when [...]
And the Gods of YogaPop said, ye shall commence in a contest of yoga boo-tays. We don’t know what Janelle Monae had in mind when she penned her “Yoga” song – though we did have a few guesses – but could she have even predicted a #yogabootycontest? Who knows. All we know is that this [...]
Yoga, something to sing about! All the yoga mat’s a stage. There’s no business like nadi shodhana business. The yoga must go on! OK, we’re done (for now). Yoga might not be ready for its TONY award quite yet, but it has found its way to the theater stage through “SEX, LOVE, & YOGA,” a [...]
Janelle Monae performed her “Yoga” single live on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Monday night with the help of The Roots and some flexy backup dancers. And you know what…we might be done trying to figure this one out. Because, honestly, while there have been some interesting analyses, including one about female-empowerment, we’re catching [...]
It’s here. The video for “Yoga” by Janelle Monae Yes, there is some yoga in it. Well, yoga pants, at least. We cringed at first, too. Monae, soul songstress turned apparent pop diva, released the song a couple of weeks ago and, honestly, we all weren’t sure how we felt about it. On the one [...]
Soul sensation Janelle Monáe is letting her popness shine on this latest track called “Yoga.” Yes, “Yoga.” The song, featuring Jidenna, is from her upcoming compilation EP called Wondaland Presents THE EEPHUS. In “Yoga,” Monáe sings about partying at the beach with her black yoga pants on, doing yoga on the dance floor, her money doing [...]
