After 15 years packing the Family stages at the Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits music festivals, popular Chicago-based hip hop theater collective the Q Brothers have finally recorded an album for their youngest fans (and their folks).
Earl Sweatshirt has announced he will be releasing an exclusive vinyl deluxe version of his critically acclaimed project Feet of Clay [Tan Cressida / Warner Records] on June 26th with two new songs, including “Whole World” produced by Alchemist, featuring Los Angeles rapper Maxo
Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents a one-night-only streaming event Toast to Shakespeare's Birthday! tomorrow, Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. Central Time.
Jammcard, the Los Angeles-founded music tech startup ultimately known as the Music Professionals Network and coined the “LinkedIn for musicians” by Forbes, announces a brand new booking feature that will open up opportunities for the music industry community like never before.
Organized by Yara Travieso and Brighid Greene of La Medeaa?" a Creative Capital project that, as an immersive musical and simulcast film, re-imagines Euripides' myth into a Latin-disco-pop-feminist variety showa?" the panel will focus on livestreaming for artists and art institutions from creative, curatorial, and technical perspectives.
Kacy Hill unveils the music video for “I Believe In You” featuring Francis and the Lights, directed by Hill and Lauren Dunn, today—watch below! The song is the first official single from her forthcoming second album Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again, slated for release June 19.
Kacy Hill debuts a new song, “I Believe In You” featuring Francis and the Lights, today—listen here. The song, which Zane Lowe premiered as a World First on Beats 1, is the first official single from her forthcoming second album, Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again, slated for release June 19. The album features previously unveiled tracks “Dinner,” “Much Higher” and “To Someone Else.”
Journalist and The High Low podcaster, Pandora Sykes will tour the UK this July, to celebrate the publication of brand new book, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right? The tour will take in an initial four dates in London, Leeds, Edinburgh and Bristol, beginning on 12th July at the Southbank Centre and concluding on 30th July at St George's Hall, Bristol. Tickets go on sale 12th March at 10am, via www.fane.co.uk/pandora.
The Norton Museum of Art has announced that Kristin-Lee Moolman has been awarded the Museum's biennial Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers. Launched in 2012 by Beth Rudin DeWoody and Tim B. Wride, the museum's William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography, the Rudin Prize celebrates under-recognized photographers who are creating work that pushes the boundaries of the medium. Nominees are proposed by a panel of internationally renowned artists, and the winner is selected by members of the Museum staff and Photography Committee. The $20,000 prize is sponsored by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation.
Over the past few months Creamfields have been dropping name after name for their 2020 lineup, and with festival season just around the corner it turns out they were only just getting started, as the full lineup and arena breakdown now drops for the 4-day August Bank Holiday spectacular.
Grammy-winning artist Maren Morris will embark on “RSVP: The Tour” throughout North America, including festival dates at Governors Ball Music Festival and Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Experience and headline stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Colorado's storied Red Rocks Amphitheatre and many more. Supporting acts James Arthur, Ryan Hurd and Caitlyn Smith are confirmed for select dates. The tour kicks off in June following Maren's headlining appearance at the Houston Rodeo on March 7, her biggest show to date.
Grammy-winning artist Maren Morris will embark on “RSVP: The Tour” throughout North America, including festival dates at Governors Ball Music Festival and Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Experience and headline stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Colorado's storied Red Rocks Amphitheatre and many more. Supporting acts James Arthur, Ryan Hurd and Caitlyn Smith are confirmed for select dates. The tour kicks off in June following Maren's headlining appearance at the Houston Rodeo on March 7, her biggest show to date.
“Queen of the Rodeo” is premiering today. Watch/share below. Directed by Austin Peters (Haim, Chvrches, Bastille), the video features several cameos including model Tess Holiday, star of “Dragula Season 3,” Louisiana Purchase, and drag artist Thanks Jem (the real-life subject of the song). It also includes a special interlude version of Peck's song “Roses Are Falling.”
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that Lesley Visser, the pioneering sports reporter and one of the most highly acclaimed female sportscasters of all time, will become the first woman to receive the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award at the 41st Annual Sports Emmy® Awards. The event will take place in New York City at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020.
Jordan Rakei—the innately talented multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and live performer—will release a deluxe edition of his sublime 2019 album Origin on March 13th via Ninja Tune. The release contains a wealth of new material, including a collaboration with Grammy, Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning artist Common. Arising from a long-held mutual appreciation of each other's work, the veteran rapper blesses “Signs” (from Jordan's 2019 album Origin) with his unmistakable tones.