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Baba Youngblood
@babayoungblood.bsky.social
I make art inspired by my favourite music & movies.

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Tom Chapman of New Order, ShadowParty & Sea Fever, with my portrait of his collaborator & our beautiful friend, the wonderful Denise Johnson 💙

Thank you Tom, I'll always cherish this photo 🙏

#DeniseJohnson #NewOrder #ShadowParty #SeaFever
August 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My first 4 "Backlit Bands" designs: #JoyDivision, #TheSmiths, #TheStoneRoses & #Oasis 🤍🖤
July 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Here's my portrait of #TheSmiths playing at Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1984...
June 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
So far I've done #JoyDivision at The Factory I, #TheStoneRoses at Spike Island & #Oasis at Maine Road...

Which band would you like to see added to this collection next and which venue are they playing?

I'll reveal a new one later today! 🙌
June 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
With Oasis set to kick up a storm again here's my portrait of the boys playing their best gig at Maine Road in 1996 🌀
June 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#OnThisDay in 1990 #TheStoneRoses beautifully reached their peak at #SpikeIsland and laid the blueprint for future bands to "𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸" 🕘

Here are my artwork tributes to that glorious day! 🍋
May 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Born #onthisday 67 years ago, a musician who is forever changing but always remains vital.

Happy birthday to #PaulWeller 🥳

Here are my portraits of The Modfather...
May 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Released #onthisday in 1968, one of the best LPs of its era, "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" by #SmallFaces.

Here's my tribute to their frontman, #SteveMarriott, featuring my favourite song off the album 🧡
May 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Born #onthisday in 1959, Steven Patrick Morrissey 💐

Here's a tribute to Moz & his once symbiotic relationship with Johnny Marr 🤍🖤
May 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
#OnThisDay in 1982 The Hacienda opens its doors for the first time...

Here's a poster for the house band, featuring Johnny, Reni, Gillian, Jimi, Shaun & beautiful Denise Johnson 💙
May 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#OnThisDay in 1977 The Jam were "IN THE CITY". Here's my tribute to the album, based on Fritz Lang's "METROPOLIS" (1927).

#PaulWeller #TheJam #InTheCity #FritzLang #Metropolis
May 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Remembering Ian Curtis...
15/07/56 - 18/05/80 🖤
May 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I was asked to do the art for the upcoming SPIKE ISLAND softcover book and here it is! Hope everyone likes it!
April 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
HNY everyone and huge THANKS for the support with the artworks I've done of my musical heroes these last 12 months 🙏

I'm off Socials for a while now but looking forward to seeing you all again later in 2025! X
December 31, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Thank you! It was an absolute honour to do artwork for the legendary NORTHSIDE! 🙌 X
December 26, 2024 at 6:37 PM
#AtoZStudioAlbums

I started on Day 2 so I'm using a wild card to go back to "A" and ending with this masterpiece:

Album: "Automatic For The People" (1992)
Artist: R.E.M.

Top 3 tracks:
Try Not To Breathe
Everybody Hurts
Nightswimming

Big thanks to @sotachetan.bsky.social for organising! 🙌
December 26, 2024 at 6:20 AM
December 25, 2024 at 9:48 AM
#AtoZStudioAlbums
#MusicChallenge

"Y"
Album: "Young Americans" (1975)
Artist: David Bowie

Top 3 tracks:
Young Americans
Fame
Right
December 25, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Merry Christmas everyone! Wishing you all a holiday full of light & love! X
December 24, 2024 at 5:52 PM
#AtoZStudioAlbums
#MusicChallenge

(Wild Card = M)
Album: "Moon Safari" (1998)
Artist: Air

Top 3 tracks:
La Femme D'Argent
All I Need
Sexy Boy
December 24, 2024 at 9:04 AM
#AtoZStudioAlbums

"W"
Album: "(What's The Story) Morning Glory" (1995)
Artist: Oasis

Top 3 tracks:
Wonderwall
She's Electric
Cast No Shadow

Here's some Oasis art I made: LG staring in wonder through a wall of 120 tiles, frames of the video taken 2.3 seconds apart, spanning the 4:36 of the film 🎞️
December 23, 2024 at 7:15 AM
#AtoZStudioAlbums
#MusicChallenge

(Wild Card = D)
Album: "Deserters Songs" (1998)
Artist: Mercury Rev

Top 3 tracks:
Holes
Opus 40
Goddess On A Hiway
December 22, 2024 at 12:40 PM
#Top20ShortSongs

Good times for a change...

1. "PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, LET ME GET WHAT I WANT" | The Smiths

open.spotify.com/track/6BrMEb...

Here's my tribute to the song, and to the film it featured in: #FerrisBuellersDayOff 😎

Big thanks to @top10nathan.bsky.social for organising 🙌
December 21, 2024 at 7:40 AM
#AtoZStudioAlbums
#MusicChallenge

"U"
Album: "Unknown Pleasures" (1979)
Artist: Joy Division

Top 3 tracks:
Disorder
Shadowplay
She's Lost Control

Here are my portraits of the band members overlaid with my version of Peter Saville's classic sleeve for the album.

Art: "Division 1-4"
December 21, 2024 at 6:31 AM
The best Twitter account for all things Stone Roses-related has joined Bluesky. Give @thestoneroses.bsky.social a follow if you're a fan of the band 🙌
December 20, 2024 at 6:29 PM