WE tv announced today its new original tell-all series, 'Untold Stories of Hip Hop,' featuring never-before-told tales from the biggest names in hip hop. Set to premiere this fall, the series from Creature Films (Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.), features interviews with Cardi B, Snoop Dogg, Queen Latifah, Ice Cube, Nelly, A$AP Rocky, DJ Khaled, Wyclef Jean, Ja Rule, Fat Joe and more, and is hosted by the foremost radio personality in hip hop, Angie Martinez.
Arthur Moon - the Brooklyn avant-pop group fronted by Lora-Faye Åshuvud along with collaborators Cale Hawkins (Quincy Jones, Bilal, Wyclef Jean) and Martin D. Fowler (a composer for This American Life) - today released a vinyl exclusive of their self-titled debut album via Vinyl Me, Please. In celebration of the album - out everywhere on August 2 - they've shared a stunning video for powerful single 'Reverse Conversion Therapy,'premiered on Billboard. Lora-Faye also recently received a prestigious New York Foundation for the Arts grant as part of their Artist Fellowship Program and the band will kick off a tour with Oh Land this fall, after an exuberant hometown Brooklyn show with Palehound this past week.
Jamaica-born Dancehall superstar KRANIUM has announced the release of a creative & scenic visual for his track “So Me Move,” listen HERE. The video, directed by Xavier Damase follows the musician as he delivers powerful lyrics about his ability to carve out + stay in a lane of his own and the people he's had to leave behind on this journey to stardom.
After building her name in her native country Israel, Moran is jumping into the US music scene with a brand new pop track - 'Are You Happy?'. Creating this single, Moran had the opportunity to collaborate with producer Guy Mar of the famous Israeli band Hadag Nahash. Working together, Moran was comfortable in expressing herself through songwriting. In fact 'Are You Happy?' marks her debut as a songwriter. Lyrically, the song dives into the flurry of emotions at the end of a relationship and combines a slow beat with electronic influences that gives Moran's music a unique pop flare.
EMI Production Music has partnered with Goldsmiths, University of London to release and market film and TV music composed by the university's students.
On Stage At Kingsborough, a leading performing arts presenter located on the campus of Brooklyn's Kingsborough Community College presents its 2019HOT SUMMER NIGHTS! FREE Outdoor Concert series, featuring concerts under the stars every Saturday at 8:00 p.m.beginning July 6thand ending July 27th.
Arthur Moon - the Brooklyn avant-pop group fronted by Lora-Faye Åshuvud along with collaborators Cale Hawkins (Quincy Jones, Bilal, Wyclef Jean) and Martin D. Fowler (a composer for This American Life) - just announced a self-titled debut album, out on vinyl in July via Vinyl Me, Please and everywhere August 2. Today, BlackBook shared the explosive new single from the album, “Homonormo” just in time for LGBTQ Pride Month, ahead of their upcoming fall tour with Oh Land.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed a worldwide deal with Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock from the multi-chart-topping group Little Mix through its new joint venture TwentySeven Music Publishing with seasoned industry executive Barry Weiss and songwriter Jenna Andrews.
The NAACP today announced that mass media icon Tom Joyner will be honored with the Vanguard Award at the 50th NAACP Image Awards. The Vanguard Award is presented to a person whose groundbreaking work increases our understanding and awareness of racial and social issues. To date, the special award has been presented to Aretha Franklin, Clive Davis, surviving Memphis Sanitation Workers, Prince, Russell Simmons, Stanley Kramer, Steven Spielberg and Wyclef Jean. The 50th NAACP Image Awards will air during a LIVE TV special on TV One on Saturday, March 30, 2019 from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Anthony Anderson.
Thanks to support from Dell, Ursa Music and a partnership with Blacklane chauffeur service, Wyclef Jean will headline a showcase at SXSW, tonight at The Parish, that features newly discovered talent from his new album Wyclef Goes Back To School, on Heads Music. Listen to the album here.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Benelux has signed a worldwide deal with Dutch rapper Lil' Kleine aka Jorik Scholten in collaboration with music publishing company Hitmen, which is co-owned by Scholten.
This January, Black Violin hit the stage with their new 2019 Impossible Tour with over forty high-energy shows scheduled into the summer. The band makes its much-anticipated return to Cincinnati at Music Hall's Springer Auditorium on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 7:30 PM as part of the Cincinnati Arts Association's 2018-19 Season.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed the catalogues of British music greats Billy Ocean and Slade among a series of new deals with legacy songwriters and artists.
Wyclef Jean has released the video for his song “Baba” featuring Kofi Black via Complex today. The track appears on his new album, Wyclef Goes Back To School, out March 15, 2019 via Heads Music. Watch and share the video here.
Critically lauded, Indian born world musician Falu (aka Falguni Shah) has scored her first GRAMMY® nomination in Best Children's Album for her latest album, Falu's Bazaar. Falu's Bazaar was inspired by her desire to address her son's fascination with their cultural values and customs, exploring Indian culture through song, and celebrating the instruments, languages, sights, and humanity of a diverse world. A true family affair, Falu's husband plays on the record, while three generations comprise its voice with vocals performed by Falu, her mother, and her son Nishaad. Falu's Bazaar is a trilingual album sung in English, Hindi, and Gujarati, with lush traditional instrumentation, gorgeous production, and delicate delivery.
Possibly connected as brothers in a past life, Adam Deitch (Lettuce, John Scofield, Wyclef Jean) and BorahmLee (Kanye West, Pretty Lights, Lee 'Scratch' Perry) have made Break Science a staple act on the electronic soul scene. Over the course of the group's decade long career, Break Science has continued to evolve, fusing golden era hip hop beats into their signature take on electronic music.
