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Arooj Aftab to Release New Album and Embark on Tour; New Single Available Now
by Josh Sharpe - April 18, 2024 Arooj Aftab is set to release Night Reign, the follow up to her critically acclaimed album Vulture Prince, on May 31, 2024. Ahead of the release, she shares “Raat Ki Rani,” the album’s debut single and a music video helmed by actress Tessa Thompson (in her directorial debut) and produced by Kishori ... 
YOSHIKI: UNDER THE SKY Music Doc Gets North America Distribution
by Michael Major - December 08, 2023 Shot in Germany, Beijing, Tokyo, and LA, the film features interviews and performances from The Chainsmokers (USA), St. Vincent (USA), Scorpions (Germany), Sarah Brightman (UK), Nicole Scherzinger (USA), HYDE (Japan), SUGIZO (Japan), SixTONES (Japan), Jane Zhang (China), and Lindsey Stirling (USA).... 
Midori Joins Festival Strings Lucerne For US Tour
by Michael Major - October 11, 2023 Midori joins Festival Strings Lucerne for a US tour from Nov 3-16. Midori joins the orchestra to perform one of Robert Schumann's last works, his Violin Concerto in D minor, and Beethoven's Romance No. 2 in F major, which she recorded with Festival Strings Lucerne for her Beethoven album (Warner Cla... 
Flat Worms Share New Single 'Sigalert'
by Michael Major - August 23, 2023 Flat Worms announced their new LP, Witness Marks, which is coming out on Ty Segall's Drag City imprint GOD?, with their first single, 'Time Warp In Exile' late last month. Their second single, “Suburban Swans,” was a punchy, grinding post-punk track about our perceptions of reality, free will, and M... 
Love In Exile (Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily) Tour Begins in September
by Michael Major - August 22, 2023 This album proved a fan favorite of the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NPR and your very own New York Times. Off the heels of an international tour and a stunning NPR Tiny Desk appearance, the trio has brought their show to jazz festivals like Big Ears Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, and the N... 
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily Debut 'Love In Exile'
by Michael Major - March 20, 2023 Love In Exile asks you to step inside its sense of time, to stretch out alongside these delightful and unhurriedly unfolding songs. Profound impact is achieved with minimal instrumentation: Vijay Iyer on pianos and electronics, Shahzad Ismaily on bass and Moog synth, and Arooj Aftab’s exquisite Urdu... 
Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily to Release 'Love In Exile' Debut LP
by Michael Major - February 23, 2023 Love In Exile asks you to step inside its sense of time, to stretch out alongside these delightful and unhurriedly unfolding songs. Profound impact is achieved with minimal instrumentation: Vijay Iyer on pianos and electronics, Shahzad Ismaily on bass and Moog synth, and Arooj Aftab’s exquisite Urdu... 
Sam Himself Returns With 'Never Let Me Go'
by Michael Major - July 25, 2022 Listen to the lovelorn stomper, a full-body split between brazen intimacy and anthemic pop, marks the Big Bang of a new era for Sam Himself, the solo project of Swiss-born, Brooklyn-based artist Sam Koechlin: Never Let Me Go is the soundtrack of risking another shot at hope – and dancing your heart ... 
VIDEO: Leyla McCalla Shares Live Performance of New Track 'Dodinin'
by Michael Major - April 12, 2022 Less than one month from the release of her new album ‘Breaking The Thermometer’, cellist, banjo player and vocalist Leyla McCalla has shared a live performance of the new track “Dodinin.' The mix of musical performance and spoken word recordings also establishes a template for much of what’s to com... 
Somi Releases 'Khuluma' Featuring Msaki
by Michael Major - February 28, 2022 GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Somi unveils “Khuluma” featuring Msaki. The track comes from the East African singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album. The fifth studio record from Somi honors the late South African singer-songwriter and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba; and its March 4 release date marks... 
THinc. Records Announces The New Album SOUL IN EXILE REDUX From The Hesh Inc.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 20, 2022 Independent record label tHinc. Records has announced the release of the latest album from The Hesh Inc., 'Soul In Exile Redux,' available online everywhere on Jan. 28, 2022. T... 
Composer & Folklorist Miriam Elhajli Releases Single 'Grayscale'
by Michael Major - January 12, 2022 New York-based composer, improvisor and folklorist Miriam Elhajli has released the second single off of her anticipated second album The Uncertainty of Signs. Previously released is the album’s first single “Gold & God.' Listen to 'Grayscale' now! Plus, get tickets to her upcoming concert at Joe's P... 
Songhoy Blues Releases Amazon Original Live Version of 'Worry'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 19, 2021 Songhoy Blues formed in 2012 after three of its members fled northern Mali following the Islamic radicalist takeover of parts of the country. Settling in Mali’s capital Bamako, the group played extensively throughout the city and soon began recording in the U.K. within a few short years.... 
New Official Music Video For 'No Woman No Cry' Revealed For International Reggae Day
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 02, 2020 In observance of the late and legendary Bob Marley's 75th Birthday, and in honor of the July 1 International Reggae Day celebrations, an official music video for Bob Marley's 'No Woman No Cry,' premiered today.... 
Songhoy Blues Announces EP MEET ME IN THE CITY
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 29, 2019 Songhoy Blues today announce their latest EP, Meet Me in the City (October 18 on Yellow Vinyl)—their first new music since the critically acclaimed album Résistance, which Rolling Stone called one of the best albums of 2017. They also share two versions of the EP's track “Time to Go Home,” one mixed... 
Mariee Sioux Premieres New Song BABY WAVE
by Tori Hartshorn - April 15, 2019 California folk musician Mariee Sioux is releasing her first album in seven years, Grief In Exile, on June 7, and today she releases a new song, 'Baby Wave.' Sioux shared the deeply personal story behind the song, written for a lost friend: ''Baby Wave' was written for my dear friend Ashley Taylor, ... 
Mariee Sioux Announces New Album 'Grief In Exile'
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 18, 2019 Mariee Sioux has long been a fixture in the California folk scene, revered for her delicate fingerpicking and mystical songs that reflect her Native American heritage and her upbringing in the Sierra Nevadas, land that resides on occupied Nisenen territory in Northern California. Sioux is a musician... 
Caetano Veloso to Reissue Self-Titled Debut Album
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 23, 2019 Caetano Veloso will reissue his 1968 self-titled debut album, to be released March 8, 2019 via Third Man Records. This will be the first authorized North American vinyl issue of this seminal album. Third Man has partnered with Vinyl Me, Please for the exclusive limited version of the album -- learn ... 
Paul Beaubrun Releases New Song RISE UP
by Tori Hartshorn - May 03, 2018 Today, Haitian-American roots/blues musician Paul Beaubrun released 'Rise Up,' the second single from his new album Ayibobo (out May 11th via Ropeadope). Culture Collide premiered the song alongside Paul's travel guide of Port-au-Prince, check out the feature HERE.... 
Paul Beaubrun Announces Album AYIBOBO Out May 11 via Ropeadope
by Macon Prickett - April 12, 2018 Today, Haitian-American roots/blues musician Paul Beaubrun announced his new album Ayibobo, out May 11th via Ropeadope. The NYC-based artist also released the video for his first single “Why Don't You Love Me,” with Glide Magazine saying “with this song Beaubrun locks into a deep groove and asks the... 
Sussan Deyhim's THE HOUSE IS BLACK at the Wallis in LA and NYC's Met
by Tori Hartshorn - December 07, 2017 Acclaimed multidisciplinary Iranian-American vocalist and artist Sussan Deyhim will perform The House Is Black Media Project, a years-in-the-making work that marshals various facets of her dauntless career opera, cinema, poetry, theater, video and performance art to manifest the world of Iranian mod... 
Shaking Chains Experiment with Electocution in New Video for 'Into Dust'
by Caryn Robbins - November 27, 2017 Initially inspired by the 1960s psychological experiments of Stanley Milgram, Shaking Chains conducted their own experiment (albeit entirely unscientifically). Rather than testing willingness to obey authority, the band recruited people to argue their opinions or beliefs. And electrocute each other.... 
Hear Shaking Chains' Soundtrack to Impending Nuclear Armageddon
by Caryn Robbins - October 02, 2017 Manchester band Shaking Chains are streaming their second single today scheduled for release on October 20th via Concrete Recordings. 'Into Dust' is a marching indie track that the band refer to as the soundtrack to impending nuclear Armageddon' as explained below by bass/vocalist, Nathan Mcilroy....
Acclaimed Music Documentary WE ARE X Makes Streaming Debut Exclusively On HULU
by Caryn Robbins - July 07, 2017 WE ARE X--the critically acclaimed documentary film about the rock group X JAPAN from the production team behind the Oscar-winning Searching for Sugar Man-made its streaming debut exclusively on HULU starting Sunday, July 2....
Anime Expo Announces Special Screening of 'WE ARE X' + Live Q&A With Yoshiki
by Caryn Robbins - June 14, 2017 WE ARE X--the critically acclaimed documentary film about the rock group X JAPAN from the production team behind the Oscar-winning Searching for Sugar Man--will receive a special screening at the Anime Expo in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 2... |
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