Lauryn Hill to Host, Headline Inaugural Diaspora Calling Festival

Lauryn Hill and Tidal X will host a new music and art series, Diaspora Calling!, at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, April 13th through 15th.

The event will highlight the work of artists and musicians from Africa and throughout the African diaspora, with a special focus on art and artists from Haiti and a…

Paul Rodgers Talks Bad Company Live Album, Tour

Bad Company is readying the release of Bad Company Live in Concert 1977 & 1979, their first official live album, which is due this spring. Singer-songwriter Paul Rodgers spoke with Billboard about the album and the band’s One Hell Of a Night tour plans co-headlining with Joe Walsh.

The two-disc album features Bad Company’s original lineup…

YouTube’s dreaming of a $40bn record business. Just a ‘fantasy free-for-all’?

Does YouTube’s lofty prediction for the music industry hold any water?

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Grizzly Bear Ready To Record New Album; Join Vampire Weekend and TV on the Radio at Bernie Sanders NYC Rallies

Grizzly Bear took to social media yesterday to endorse Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. They also announced plans to begin recording the follow-up LP to 2012’s Shields. A whole lot of information was packed into one status: 1: Chris Bear had a be…