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Legendary Songwriter Cindy Walker Posthumously Inducted Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 09, 2024 Legendary country songwriter Cindy Walker has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, recognizing her enduring legacy in music. ...
Diane Warren to Receive Johnny Mercer Award at the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala
by Michael Major - February 22, 2024 Diane Warren will be honored with the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award at the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala in New York City on June 13, 2024. Other notable inductees include Hillary Lindsey, Timbaland, and R.E.M. The award reflects whose body of work upholds the gold standa...
Real Bad Man & YUNGMORPHEUS Unveiled 'The Chalice & The Blade' (Feat. Boldy James Kool Keith, Grip, Blu, Fatboi Sharif)
by Michael Major - November 27, 2023 Real Bad Man and YUNGMORPHEUS are excited to release their new album The Chalice & The Blade is out now. The album features Boldy James, Kool Keith, Grip, Blu, Fatboi Sharif, and more. Along with the album, the pair unveil the official music video for 'Youngblood Priest/THX-1138,' watch now!...
Kool Keith Announces 'Black Elvis 2' Album With New Single
by Michael Major - April 27, 2023 Kool Keith takes his information-age rhymes to a whole new level, with a sound that’s equal parts street and space. Featuring collaborations with Marc Live, Raaddrr Van, Dynamite, L’Orange, J. Stylez, Agallah and the legendary Ice-T, Black Elvis 2 will leave you reeling....
Kool Keith & Real Bad Man Release New Single 'The Great Marlowe'
by Michael Major - March 16, 2023 Serpent brings Real Bad Man together with the inimitable Kool Keith and after announcing their forthcoming collaborative project with “Fire & Ice,” which also featured Slug from Atmosphere and Ice-T, the duo is now back with Serpent’s second focus track “The Great Marlowe.” “The Great Marlowe” is n...
Kool Keith Releases New Album 'Keith's Salon' Produced By Triple Parked
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 04, 2021 Having teamed up with Triple Parked, the production duo of avant-techno maven Bruno Pronsato and Benjamin Jay Keith's Salon moves between halcyon sonics and atonal warlord dystopia, while keeping beats minimal for Kool Keith to spread extra ketchup on the hamburger....
Kool Keith Drops New Single 'Pipes' On Logistic Records
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 21, 2021 Bruno Pronsato of Triple Parked states, 'Pipes is a last minute sketch that we put together. We tried to place tracks in a very specific sequence and this fit our narrative -- from bright to melancholic to darker.'...
Kool Keith Drops New Single 'Extravagance'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 23, 2021 As such, the album is also a timely meditation, during quarantine, on the economic precarity many of us now find ourselves in. ...
Logistic Records Announces New Album From Kool Keith
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 05, 2021 The album (vinyl, CD, digital) is set for release on June 4, 2021 on Logistic Records, with three singles dropping prior to the launch date....
Mello Music Group Announces New Label Compilation BUSHIDO
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 09, 2021 While the sounds are varied, an MMG release ensures that the art comes first, the artists are religiously devoted to the upholding of standards and values. The musicians swing fast blades and fly the Mello banner with speed and strength....
GRAMMY Museum Releases Two Songwriters Hall Of Fame Programs From Archive
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 10, 2020 The GRAMMY Museum® announced today it will release two Songwriters Hall of Fame programs from its archive while the Museum in Los Angeles is closed until further notice in light of COVID-19...
Steven Van Zandt Marks 30th Anniversary of Mandela Prison Release with 'Sun City' Vinyl Remaster
by Abigail Charpentier - February 11, 2020 Little Steven, aka Steven Van Zandt, is commemorating today's 30th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's historic release from a South African prison after 27 years in captivity with the announcement that his 1985 landmark protest album, Sun City, by Artists United Against Apartheid, the extraordinary sup...
Listen to MC Lars & Mega Ran's Latest Literary Bop SLEEPY HOLLOW
by Tori Hartshorn - April 15, 2019 Always pushing boundaries, nerdcore rappers MC LARS & MEGA RAN (whose collective collaboration list includes songs with 'WEIRD AL' YANKOVIC, KRS-ONE, MIKE EAGLE and KOOL KEITH, amongst others) tell the story of WASHINGTON IRVING'S classic Legend of Sleepy Hollow on 'Sleepy Hollow,' the fifth single ...
Royal Trux Announces Rescheduled North American Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 21, 2019 The first new Royal Trux record (since they took their extended break to write and perform as NMH, RTX, Howling Hex, and Black Bananas) White Stuff drops March 1st on Fat Possum Records, featuring 'Year Of The Dog,' 'White Stuff,' 'Every Day Swan' and 'Get Used To This' (featuring Kool Keith)....
Royal Trux Share 'Year Of The Dog'
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 04, 2019 2019. Tomorrow, the Chinese New Year is being celebrated around the world. We find ourselves on the very last day of the Year of the Dog, and with it comes a 4th track of the same name by Royal Trux. 'Year Of The Dog' is another highlight from their long awaited album, White Stuff, out March 1st on ...
Royal Trux Announce New LP White Stuff
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 07, 2019 Today, Royal Trux are announcing their first album of new songs since 2000's Pound for Pound slated for release on March 1st via Fat Possum. The new album White Stuff not only maintains the magic chemistry between Jennifer Herrema (vocal, moog, guitar, melodica) and Neil Hagerty (vocal, guitar) but...
Smash Mouth, Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels and Kool Keith Release 'UNITY'
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 01, 2018 Sometimes, Social Media can bring together the best of the best in unusual ways at the perfect time. Oglio Records was pleased in this particular case when Smash Mouth and their guitarist Greg Camp connected with rapper Kool Keith via Twitter. This eventually led to an ongoing private messaging str...
Royal Trux Release First New Music Since 2000, Announce North American Tour
by Tori Hartshorn - October 24, 2018 Royal Trux have done as much to define the look, attitude and sound of rock & roll as any other group in the rock & roll era. In the 90s they were the male/female rock duo that defined the decade. Everything that followed in their wake was affected. Armed with albums of extrasensory scope, and accep...
The Kings and Queens of New Jack Swing Featuring Teddy Riley Keith Sweat, Guy, Blackstreet and More 12/9
by Tori Hartshorn - October 23, 2018 On Dec. 9, the Apollo Theater will celebrate 30 years of the ground-breaking New Jack Swing sound and will welcome home Harlem natives Teddy Riley and Keith Sweat for The Kings and Queens of New Jack Swing. This special evening will mark their first time performing at the legendary Apollo in over 20...
Dirty Heads and Dan The Automator Release Remix of 'Visions'
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 24, 2018 Southern California's favourite reggae/alt/hip-hop band Dirty Heads have teamed up with legendary producer Dan The Automator for a special remix of the band's latest single 'Visions'. The end result is a downtempo gem with elements of Dan The Automator's signature production....
Lincoln Center Announces Additional Performers for 2018 Out of Doors
by Macon Prickett - June 11, 2018 Lincoln Center today announced additional artists to the Out of Doors 2018 lineup, with musicians covering genres like country, funk, rock, indie-folk and more. Held in Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park and BEYOND from July 24 - August 12, Out of Doors is one of the country's longest-running summer out...
Dr. Octagon Shares New Track/Video and Streams Album Via NPR First Listen
by Stephi Wild - March 31, 2018 With Dr. Octagon preparing to release its first album in 22 years next Friday, Kool Keith, Dan the Automator, and DJ Qbert today share the first-ever official Dr Octagon music video in the form of new single “Flying Waterbed”... |