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Madlib Returns With New Track Featuring Black Thought and Your Old Droog
by Josh Sharpe - May 01, 2024 The visionary musician Madlib has introduced his new single 'REEKYOD,' featuring the lyrical prowess of Black Thought and Your Old Droog. 'REEKYOD' serves as more than a song; it's a manifesto of artistic independence and musical brilliance, a celebration of real rhymes, mesmerizing beats, and the u... 
Madlib & Karriem Riggins Release New Jahari Massamba Unit Single 'Otis' Tambourine'
by Michael Major - February 22, 2024 Karriem Riggins and Madlib released “Otis' Tambourine,” the third single from their upcoming Jahari Massamba Unit album YHWH is LOVE. Driven by a tambourine, “Otis' Tambourine” sounds like astral jazz playing underwater. It pays homage to Jahari member Madlib's years of bold musical exploration into... 
Samora Pinderhughes Unveils New Song 'Keith Lamar: SWEET'
by Michael Major - February 20, 2024 Samora Pinderhughes unveils a new song, “Keith LaMar: Sweet,” alongside a film by the same name. The new track is built around a phone call with poet, teacher, musician, writer and painter Keith LaMar, who has spent over 30 years in solitary confinement on Death Row in Ohio after being framed for mu... 
Madlib & Karriem Riggins Announce New Jahari Massamba Unit Album 'YHWH Is LOVE'
by Michael Major - December 14, 2023 Revered producers and multi-instrumentalists Karriem Riggins and Madlib announced a March 1st release date for YHWH is LOVE, their second album together as Jahari Massamba Unit. The full-length will be the official release for Law of Rhythm, a new record label founded by Riggins and music executive ... 
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Shares Solo Single 'Airavata'
by Michael Major - August 24, 2023 Composed, produced, and arranged by Miguel, who plays electric guitar (reversed) and acoustic violin/viola, with Gabe Noel and Peter Jacobson joining on acoustic bass and cello respectively, “Airavata” (eye-raw-VAH-tah) is named after the white elephant who carries the deity Indra, also called ‘abhr... 
Samora Pinderhughes Releases New Album 'Grief'
by Michael Major - April 15, 2022 Composer, filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes’ highly anticipated album GRIEF is out now. Additionally, watch a special NPR Tiny Desk performance of “The Cry/Masculinity,” “Holding Cell,” “Grief” and “Process” filmed onsite at The Healing Project exhibition at the Yerba Buena ... 
Samora Pinderhughes Unveils New Single 'Holding Cell' From New Album 'Grief'
by Michael Major - March 18, 2022 Produced by Anna Deavere Smith, Glenn Ligon and Vijay Iyer the exhibition marks Pinderhughes’ visual art debut and features music from GRIEF as well as a constellation of films, sound works, physical pieces and contributed artworks from established artists like Titus Kaphar and currently incarcerate... 
Third Side Music Announces Extension of Partnership with GRAMMY and Juno-Winning, Jazz Ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD
by Michael Major - February 02, 2022 The deal includes BADBADNOTGOOD’s future works and entire diverse back catalog, including their hits and a multitude of chart-topping songs recorded by other artists such as Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Mary J. Blige, Logic, Little Simz, Kaytranada, Kali Uchis, Daniel Caesar, Thundercat, Mic... 
43rd Annual BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! Festival Returns
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 17, 2021 The 2021 season of the free festival will kick off at 7:30pm on Saturday, July 31st (doors open at 6:00pm) with R&B singer/songwriter Ari Lennox as the headliner, Brooklyn-based rapper and poet KAMAUU and Jamaican-bred R&B artist Nesta as openers.... 
PJ Recruits Flo Milli For 'Element (Remix)'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 09, 2020 R&B powerhouse PJ recruits Flo Milli for her latest offering “Element (Remix).” The remix is available at all DSPs and streaming services today.... 
VIDEO: Lou Phelps Shares 'New Friends' Video
by Sarah Leiber - November 02, 2020 Fresh off the release of his new mixtape EXTRA EXTRA!, Lou Phelps releases a video for “New Friends” directed by Igal Perets and the song itself produced by Kaytranada.... 
LiveXLive & Live Nation Urban In Partnership With Color Of Change Announce 'Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Special'
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 17, 2020 LiveXLive Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIVX) and Live Nation Urban join forces with Color of Change for a 90-minute Special, Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Special, this Friday, June 19th at 5 P.M. PT/8 P.M. ET.... 
Jazz Foundation of America Announces '#TheNewGig' To Benefit Its Musicians' Emergency Fund
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 07, 2020 Seeking to address widespread financial need in the musical community following the shuttering of live performances amid the international health emergency, the Jazz Foundation of America will present a star-studded online video concert '#TheNewGig' benefiting its COVID-19 Musicians' Emergency Fund ... 
Jazz Foundation Of America Presents Online Concert #THENEWGIG For Musicians' Emergency Fund, Featuring Jon Batiste, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, and More!
by Stephi Wild - May 07, 2020 Seeking to address widespread financial need in the musical community following the shuttering of live performances amid the international health emergency, the Jazz Foundation of America will present a star-studded online video concert '#TheNewGig' benefiting its COVID-19 Musicians' Emergency Fund ... 
Back Lot Music Releases Universal Pictures' THE PHOTOGRAPH Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
by Abigail Charpentier - February 07, 2020 Back Lot Music has released the original motion picture soundtrack to Universal Pictures' THE PHOTOGRAPH today. The soundtrack to the film features an original score by multi-GRAMMY® winning recording artist Robert Glasper, as well as two new songs by recent GRAMMY® nominee Lucky Daye and GRAMMY® wi... 
Blue Note Announces 80th Anniversary Tour Featuring Kandace Springs, James Francies & James Carter
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 15, 2019 This November, a triple-bill of current Blue Note artists—Kandace Springs, James Francies, and the James Carter Organ Trio—will embark on a U.S. tour of performing arts centers and theaters around the country in celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Blue Note Records. Each artist will perform a set... 
Newport Jazz Festival Explores Relationship Between Jazz & Hip-Hop
by A.A. Cristi - July 03, 2019 There is a definite relationship between rap and jazz. Musicians improvise with notes. Rappers improvise with words. Many of the great hip-hop recordings featured samples from some of the greatest jazz albums. So it should be no surprise that there are rappers who are not only comfortable in post-bo... 
Diana Krall Announces North American Tour This Fall
by Tori Hartshorn - March 04, 2019 Multiple Grammy® Award-winning jazz pianist and world-renowned singer, Diana Krall, returns to the U.S in September. The 7-stop tour begins on the 12th at the Chateau St. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, WA and runs through the end of September, wrapping up in Indio, CA on Sept. 28th. Along the way t... 
Kandace Springs Releases New Video For 'Breakdown' - Fall Tour Starts This Month
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 18, 2018 Singer and pianist Kandace Springs has released her remarkable second album Indigo (Blue Note), a 13-track LP of originals and choice covers that showcases the full breadth of Kandace's artistry from smoldering R&B ('People Make the World Go 'Round' '6 8') to gorgeous jazz ballads ('Unsophisticated'... 
August Greene Headlines Afropunk Takeover Brixton
by Julie Musbach - August 13, 2018 Saturday 8th September sees jazz, hip-hop and r&b marry rap, poetry and grime, promising food for thought at O2 Academy Brixton.... 
ONE Musicfest Announces 2018 Lineup; Performers Include Nas, Cardi B, Miguel, T.I., Jeezy, Big Sean, Kelis, Brandy, George & More
by Macon Prickett - June 05, 2018 ONE Musicfest, the Southeast's premier urban progressive music and arts festival - has announced the lineup for its 2018 festival. Now a two-day experience taking place Saturday, September 8 and Sunday, September 9 at Central Park in Atlanta, GA, ONE Musicfest will feature Nas, Cardi B, Miguel, T.I.... 
Resonance Records Releases Previously Unissued Music from Jazz Guitar Icon Grant Green
by Macon Prickett - May 25, 2018 Resonance Records is proud to release the first official previously unissued recordings of Grant Green in over 10 years, representing the earliest (1969-1970) and latest (1975) known live recordings of Grant Green as a bandleader. Funk in France: From Paris to Antibes (1969-1970) and Slick! - Live a... 
Kandace Springs Releases BLACK ORCHID EP Out Today
by Macon Prickett - April 20, 2018 Singer and pianist Kandace Springs offers her fans a taste of her forthcoming sophomore album due out later this year with the release of her Black Orchid EP, featuring three brand new tracks produced by Karriem Riggins that are available to stream or download today. Kandace delivers a pair of inspi... 
Resonance Records Announces Previously Unreleased Music from Jazz Guitar Icon Grant Green
by Macon Prickett - April 16, 2018 Resonance Records is proud to announce the first official previously unissued recordings of Grant Green in over 10 years, representing the earliest (1969-1970) and latest (1975) known live recordings of Grant Green as a bandleader. Funk in France: From Paris to Antibes (1969-1970) will be released i... 
AUGUST GREENE, Comprised of Common, Robert Glasper, & Karriem Riggins, Release New Track BLACK KENNEDY
by Macon Prickett - February 15, 2018 Today, Golden Globe, GRAMMY, Academy Award winning activist, actor and artist Common, four-time GRAMMY Award winning pianist/producer Robert Glasper, and drummer/producer extraordinaire Karriem Riggins released the second single “Black Kennedy” from their new group August Greene. The FADER said of t... |
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