Alicia Keys News

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has today announced the promotion of Jennifer Knoepfle to the role of Senior Vice President, Creative, based in the company's Los Angeles office.

Country-turned-pop singer Taylor Swift is moving from just an icon to a mentor. According to UsMagazine.com, the Grammy Award-winner will be on Season 7 of NBC's THE VOICE. As an advisor for all of the teams, the 24-year-old will be working with THE VOICE favorites Adam Levine and Blake Shelton and new coaches for this season, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams.

dotHIV, the new initiative that combines digital innovation and the concept and spirit of the Red Ribbon begins today. The Berlin based organization will provide web addresses with the ending .hiv to companies and non-profits in an effort to raise awareness and funds for projects around the world working to prevent the transmission of HIV and end AIDS.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter John Legend will team up with Grammy Award-winning country star Lee Ann Womack next month when CMT presents an all-new episode of CMT CROSSROADS. Legend and Womack will meet and collaborate for the first time on the CMT CROSSROADS stage in Franklin, Tenn. CMT CROSSROADS: JOHN LEGEND AND LEE ANN WOMACK will premiere Friday, September 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT only on CMT.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 60th Anniversary Season on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 2pm with Black Violin. Three-time winners of Amateur Night at the Apollo, this classically trained violin duo inspires young people to get fired up about classical music with their unique fusion of classical, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and R&B. Recommended for ages eight and up. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at BrooklynCenter.org or by calling the box office at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm).

The Venetian Macao announced today that it will host Asia's only VIP screening experience for the opening of The Expendables 3 featuring live appearances by the blockbuster film's iconic lead actors, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, tonight, August 22nd in celebration of the integrated resort's 7th anniversary. The most star-powered film franchise in history raises the bar to unprecedented heights with a dream team of global superstars, explosive stunts and mind-boggling weaponry as the mercenary group comes face to face with ruthless arms dealer and Expendables co-founder Conrad Stonebanks whose mission is to wipe out the entire team.

AEG Live will be bringing music to NCM's FirstLook pre-show in movie theaters nationwide in a new multi-year deal with National CineMedia (NCM), America's #1 weekend video network, reaching moviegoers on-screen, on-site, online and on mobile devices.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has today announced it has signed James Blake to a worldwide co-publishing deal.

Grammy-Award winning singer Kimbra will release a new album, entitled The Golden Echo, today, August 19th via Warner Bros. Records.

Sony has announced details for the home video release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2(via EW) which will be available digitally August 5 and on DVD and Blu-ray today, August 19.

Tony Award-winning Broadway superstar Alice Ripley has recently been utilizing her Soundcloud account to share a series of intriguing and entertaining musical selections and a new song is now available to hear, titled 'Darling'.

The Venetian Macao announced today that it will host Asia's only VIP screening experience for the opening of The Expendables 3 featuring live appearances by the blockbuster film's iconic lead actors, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, on August 22nd in celebration of the integrated resort's 7th anniversary. The most star-powered film franchise in history raises the bar to unprecedented heights with a dream team of global superstars, explosive stunts and mind-boggling weaponry as the mercenary group comes face to face with ruthless arms dealer and Expendables co-founder Conrad Stonebanks whose mission is to wipe out the entire team.

Musiek Media Group (MMG) is pleased to announce the launch of its IP connected device concert series, leading off with music icon, Snoop Dogg. 'Snoop Dogg & Friends' take the stage with the live band 1500, DJ Quik, including a tribute to 2PAC and Nate Dogg.

Award-winning contemporary dance group, the Vuyani Dance Theatre (VDT), returns to Cape Town on 15 and 16 August 2014 after a successful international tour last year that included countries such as France and the United States.

Angelique Kidjo is set to headline Carnegie Hall on November 5 in a tribute to "Mama Africa," the great South African singer and political activist Miriam Makeba-whom Kidjo cites as her own role model and career-long inspiration.

The T.J. Martell Foundation is proud to announce that it will celebrate its 15 th Annual Family Day on Sunday, September 28 th, 2014 at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, announced today that it has appointed Jody Gerson as Chairman and CEO of the company's music publishing division, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), effective January 1, 2015.

Blue Note Jazz Club, one of the world's most iconic jazz and blues venues based in Greenwich Village, is proud to announce an impressive schedule of artists for August 2014.

On Monday, July 28, the Broadway at Birdland concert series presented the return of Lindsay Mendez & Marco Paguia. The duo was accompanied by a spectacular group of musicians, including a dazzling horn section.