Avant samba
| Without reading the track listing, it takes a moment to place the familiar lyrics: "Relax your mind/ Lay back and groove with mine,'' coos the heavily accented baritone over a spare beat and seducti...

'You heard them here first' - London festival keeps picking the hits
By Charlotte Cripps 6:47 AM Friday Jul 30, 2010 Email Print Expand Shrink | Field Day at East London's Victoria Park this weekend is the festival known for spotting the hottest new bands. Last year th...

Back to the future
| It's not exactly big news that artists in search of tomorrow's dance music find their inspiration by combing through the past. Lately, it's more the rule than the exception. And these days, confront...

Newport news
| Similar to recent years, this year's Newport Folk Festival lineup is a smartly curated mix of veterans and new faces. John Prine headlines Saturday, with Levon Helm doing the honors on Sunday. Mixed...

B.o.B: The rapper who put the romance back into hip-hop
| Bobby Ray Simmons Jr, aka B.o.B, is just 21, but he's already got the music industry all figured out. Angus Batey talks to the cliche-busting hip-hop hitmaker Bobby Ray Simmons Jr, aka B.o.B. Photog...

Tri-State's Leading Music Fest Prepares for Labor Day Weekend: Revelation Generation Unveils Partial 2010 Line-Up
    Massive Two-Day Summer Music Festival to Feature Over Sixty Bands Including: Skillet, August Burns Red, Relient K, Kutless, The Almost, Shawn McDonald, Trip Lee, Grits, Sleeping Giant, a...

The Big Gigs
POP/ROCK | Two early American idols, Fabian and Bobby Vee, are teaming up in a benefit for the fine arts programs at Minnetonka High School. Philly's Fabian was a 1959 teen idol on the strength of the...

Local music: The rumble in Lowertown
| I've heard it mistakenly called the Concrete & Grass Fest on the Current, and I'm guessing some fans showed up to last weekend's Lowertown Block Party expecting to see Mason Jennings and Cloud C...

NPSL Soccer Action: San Diego Boca FC vs. Oregon Fuego - Helix Soccer Stadium One Price Includes All!
    San Diego Boca FC launches Special Half Time Hip Hop Series with music performance by Urban Umpire Amad-Jamal this Saturday Night | Download image | , April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego ...

Kanye West's 'Power' Video Is 'Apocalyptic,' Director Says
| Ever since Kanye West joined Twitter on Wednesday, the world has essentially become a, let's say, wiser place. We've learned that his highly anticipated fourth album is no longer called Good Ass Job...

'Plies' Goon Affiliated Giveaway Day 1: Part 1 & 2
  | , May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goon Affiliated 25 Day Giveaway is Plies continuing to use his platform for social change and awareness.  "This giveaway will not only countdown to my fourth ...

FIRST LISTEN: Pixies'
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John Legend coming to Santa Rosa
| Looking back to the '60s and '70s for inspiration, he teamed up with the Philly funk musicians to “capture the moment” by recasting lesser-known anthems that resonated with the zeitgeist...

EXCLUSIVE: New Song from the Black Angels
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'America's Got Talent' adds another singer to the semifinals
| As four more acts advanced to the semifinals of America’s Got Talent last night, we were forced to say goodbye to some lovable characters, including Harmonica Pierre and CJ Dippa. Although the...

Big Gates Records Signs 'Lady' as Their 1st Lady!
  | , May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Who is Lady? Born Shameka Brown and raised in the small town of , Lady is the very 1st Lady of Big Gates Records. With her mastered lyrical talents and phenomenal way ...

Interpol Add U.S
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Thursday's Music Roundup
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Bright Eyes headlines concert supporting ACLU fight against Fremont law on illegal immigrants
| OMAHA, Neb. - Bright Eyes, Cursive and other Nebraska music acts will perform at a concert to raise money to fight a law that would ban the hiring of or renting to illegal immigrants in the Nebraska...

Fontana Partners With Rap-A-Lot Records
    Seminal Rap Label Celebrates 25th Anniversary | , May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- , the independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, has signed an exc...

Top Caribbean Musician Says Gospel Music is Growing
  | Download image | , May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former reggae and dancehall star turned gospel musician Papa San believes gospel music is gaining in popularity in the . | (LOGO: http://w...

Libertines man announces second Reading And Leeds Festivals slot
The Libertines' Gary Powell's 'other' band The Invasion Of… are set to play the Reading And Leeds Festivals (August 27-29) before the four-piece's Main Stage slot. | The group, formed last year, wil...

Xzibit And RZA Guest On Bliss N Eso’s ‘Running On Air’
| Aussie rap kings Bliss N Eso are set to release their fourth all-star album ‘Running On Air’. | It’s been an incredible two years for the Sydney group, whose third album, 2008’s Flying Colou...

Top Tickets: Dub, dub it up irie
| Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad photo by Kevin Green | Megan McCormick photo by Angela Kohler | TONIGHT | Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad | With Lazy Man Dub Band | Get a night of stanky reggae groove...

Kanye Joins the Twitterverse
Kanye West, one of hip hop’s most voluble stars, may have just met the perfect medium for his restless mouth. | The eccentric rapper/producer finally joined Twitter this week reported MTV, a yea...

Kanye West performs for Facebook, joins Twitter
| NEW YORK – With the release of a new album approaching, Kanye (KAHN'-yay) West is making sure he's up to date with the social networking sites. | He joined Twitter on Wednesday, one day after goin...

Music: the week ahead
| POP & ROCK LILITH Although Sarah McLachlan's musical caravan has been beset with some woes - canceled shows, the disappearance of Carly Simon and Kelly Clarkson from the Boston date - there is still...

Sound of music: Metal meltdown
| Here's some special music for your ears — and that too in a single disk. Metal Asylum, the UAE's longest running rock and metal platform, is all set to promote local talented bands in a unique...

Reggae Legend Jimmy Cliff Plays At Gathering of the Vibes Sunday In Bridgeport
Among other things, is a seeker. | He's also a veteran singer, actor and inductee (as of this year), but all of those things have come in the context of Cliff's search for himself and his place in the...

DJ Jimi Mistry chats to tabloid! ahead of Chi set
| Interview an actor whose credits include roles alongside Leo Dicaprio, Gerard Butler, Heather Graham and Danny Glover and you wouldn't be blamed for assuming conversation could be Hollywood-heavy. |...

DJ Jimi Mistry set to for Dubai set
| Interview an actor whose credits include roles alongside Leo Dicaprio, Gerard Butler, Heather Graham and Danny Glover and you wouldn't be blamed for assuming conversation could be Hollywood-heavy. |...