Aloe Blacc News

A collaboration of five University of Minnesota partners and other community organizations announces today the new Amplifying Solidarity: A Northrop Online Series intended to use music and art to magnify the voices of marginalized people.

Peruvian director Melina León and GAME CHANGERS' James Wilks are Tom Needham's special guests this Thursday on WUSB's SOUNDS OF FILM.

Since their first collaboration, David Guetta and MORTEN's partnership has yielded a string of co-productions that have gained huge momentum within the electronic dance music scene and beyond. With more than 110 million combined streams so far, the pair now unveil their new four-track EP entitled New Rave, via Warner Records.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today revealed ongoing and long-term Social Impact initiatives which leverage the arts for non-arts outcomes and invest in the future.

SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK and Laudable Productions present a virtual concert and conversation on Friday, June 19th at 8pm in honor of Juneteenth 2020. The event will pay homage to this day in 1865 when news of emancipation reached the last group of enslaved Black people in Galveston, TX - two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, making slavery illegal.

 Avicii Experience is a tribute museum opening to fans and the public in Stockholm, Sweden, next year. Avicii Experience will be an intensively emotional tribute to one of the true icons of modern popular culture.

Today, Los Angeles non-profit assisting homeless youth Safe Place for Youth (S.P.Y.) announced Safe and Sound, a virtual benefit concert that will take place on May 19 at 5pm PT/8pm ET [RSVP].

The Call to Unite is a 24-hour global livestream event that will unite people across the world to celebrate our shared humanity. 

Emile is a UK born indie-pop artist, based between London, Berlin and Copenhagen. At the age of 18, he re-embracing his childhood love for pop music, and began working as an engineer at the renowned Kensaltown Studios in London, where he met his current writing and production collaborator Flo Reutter.

L.A.-based artist/producer Gryffin has teamed up with platinum-selling country artist Chris Lane for a breathtaking new single called “Hold You Tonight.” Released via Darkroom/Interscope  Records, the track beautifully merges Gryffin's melodic brand of electronic music with Lane's stripped-back yet soulful songwriting and vocals.

 AXS TV announced today that the network is airing 14 episodes of the multi-award-winning music series Live From Daryl's Housea?"premiering on Sunday, April 19 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. AXS TV has curated a roster of the popular series' episodes, highlighting an eclectic blend of artists that will appeal to the Network's diverse audience.

'Run It' is the first single by Oxnard emcee Roc C's upcoming album titled 'OxTales.'  The track includes features by Jelly Roll and Shadethrower, and it's produced by Jelly Roll. 'Run It' is a song dedicated to everyone who has that hater in their life who never wants to see them succeed. 'This song introduces a character I created named Shade Thrower and produced and features legendary artist Jelly Roll' Roc C says. 'Jelly Roll is definitely been a great supporter in my career and life in general. Working with him and Shade Thrower has been an honor, perfect set off for this 'OxTales' journey to begin.' The album is set to drop mid-2020 via Below System Records.

2x GRAMMY® Award-nominated rapper Joyner Lucas has announced the release of a triumphant new single from the album ADHD, now confirmed for a March 27 release via Twenty Nine Music Group. “Lotto” is available today at all DSPs and streaming services. The song sees the Worcester, MA-based artist furthering his ongoing ADHD project, a deeply considered, comprehensive piece of work being released individually up to this point to allow each song its own unique power and space before becoming part of a complete album.

Future Classic (Flume, SOPHIE, Hayden James, G Flip, Flight Facilities), the ground-breaking Australian founded music company today announces the extension of its Studio Residency program for emerging artists. The program, which includes two weeks of studio time, free flights and accommodation, and a free year of Dropbox, operates in the Frogtown, Los Angeles recording studios built in collaboration with Dropbox.

The all-new season of 'Little Big Shots' returns with two-time Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Melissa McCarthy as host.

NBC has announced the premiere dates for LITTLE BIG SHOTS, THE WALL, and SONGLAND.

“FADES AWAY', the last track on AVICII: TIM, Tim Bergling's posthumous album, came out of sessions with Tim, Carl Falk, Joe Janiak and Joakim Berg, the lead vocalist/writer for one of Sweden's most successful rock band's KENT. The original track featured Noonie Bao, but is being performed today in Stockholm at the Avicii Tribute Concert for Mental Health Awareness featuring MishCatt. A newly record version with MishCatt is available starting today HERE.

The Tim Bergling announced today that the December 5th Avicii Tribute Concert for Mental Health Awareness at Friends Arena in Stockholm will be lived streamed globally on Avicii's official YouTube, Facebook and Instagram pages as well as other outlets (see below).