This past February UK soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae teased audiences in Los Angeles when she made a brief appearance on-stage at fellow UK singer Lianne La […]
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Michael Christmas at the Black Cat
Boston MC Michael Christmas thrives in a slow tempo world. His latest, the free Baggy Eyes EP showcases the rapper’s languid-not-lazy flow over downtempo R&B and G-funk-style production. Christmas drops […]
Soul Slam LA XI – Prince & Michael Jackson Party ft. DJ Spinna
For over a decade Soul Slam: Prince vs Michael Jackson has been thee premiere party to attend across the globe for the right fix of Michael Jackson and […]
Roots Picnic 2016: The Good, the Great and Meh or A long Day in Philly
Photos by: Jacadra Young This weekend marked the 9th annual Roots Picnic. A summer music festival that boast a line-up curated by the hardest working band in late […]
MUSIC: Avalanches – Frankie Sinatra
The Avalanches are a throwback to an era where samples weren’t prohibitively expensive. Early on in hip-hop you would have expansive albums crammed fill with samples that build […]
MUSIC: Shaolin Jazz Live at Tropicalia
The superb music project SHAOLIN JAZZ hsa long studied the lines between Jazz and Hip-hop and the’ve started to turn their gaze at the diaspora and beyond. Fresh […]
MUSIC: Joey Bada$$ – Devastated
Well, this week was an interesting one for knucklehead rap. Underground rap hero and under appreciated hip-hop A&R Gucci Mane was freed from jail. His mixtapes were the […]
MUSIC: BadBadNotGood – In Your Eyes (feat. Charlotte Day Wilson)
PLAY: In Your Eyes (feat. Charlotte Day Wilson) Canadian foursome BadBadNotGood are jazz school geeks living the dream: cranking out moody, post-bop textures on collabs with Odd Future, Earl […]
Jazz Cartier Shuts Down The Belasco in LA
This past year has been monumental for Red Bull Sound Select artist, Jazz Cartier (a.k.a. Jacuzzi LaFleur). Last spring his Marauding in Paradise mixtape was released, grabbing the […]
MUSIC: How to Plunder Cultures Responsibly
Recently Salon posted an in depth interview with Daryl Hall (of Hall and Oates). The crux of the piece was how he’s expanding his collaborative live music web […]