Author: Hip Online

  • Echo & The Bunnymen announce tour for “The Fountain”

    British post-punk legends Echo & The Bunnymen are launching their first US tour in support of their acclaimed new album, The Fountain. The shows are hot on the heels of the band’s recent tour celebrating their landmark album Ocean Rain that included orchestral performances at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the Nokia Theatre…

  • Imaad Wasif announces tour dates

    In another life, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Imaad Wasif might have been a poet or a priest. He draws inspiration from beyond the veil, seeking connections and cosmic patters in the hopes of expressing the simplest but most profound message to his listeners: We are not alone. The urgency of that communication, and his need to…

  • Ozomatli set to “Fire Away” new album in April

    Celebrated Los Angeles culture-mashers Ozomatli are set to release their new album, Fire Away, April 20th on Mercer Street Records / Downtown Records. Fire Away is the Grammy Award-winning band’s fifth studio full length, and first for the NYC based Mercer Street Records / Downtown Records. Produced by acclaimed producer Tony Berg, Fire Away features…

  • Selenda’s life to be celebrated with boxset “La Leyenda”

    Selena’s life to be celebrated with multiple CD and Digital Download Configurations with Personal Messages from Family and Fans, ‘La Leyenda’ Honors the Music Superstar 15 Years After Her Tragic Death 15 years after her tragic and untimely death, the life and legacy of Latin music superstar Selena will be celebrated this spring by Capitol…

  • Maxwell and Jill Scott will kick off U.S. tourm

    Grammy Award winning superstars Maxwell and Jill Scott will kick off their 20-city U.S. arena tour on May 21st in Cleveland with additional dates to be announced through June. Singer and songwriter Maxwell is catapulting off his two recent Grammy Awards and his number one, platinum ‘BLACKsummers’night’ (Columbia), which dominated year-end critics lists. Grammy Award…

  • Gorillaz to premiere “Stylo” video

    “We’ve been waiting since ’05 for the cartoon band that brought us hits like ‘Feel Good Inc.’ and ‘Clint Eastwood’ to regroup. And now we know what’s taken them so long: Gorillaz’ sublime new single sounds like Kraftwerk backing and old-fashioned soul revue” — Entertainment Weekly “‘Stylo’ boasts cameos by R&B vet Bobby Womack, testifying…

  • Video: Coldwater Jane “Bring On the Love”

    Coldwater Jane is an up and coming country duo comprised of sisters, Brandon Jane and Leah Crutchfield. Their new music video for their single “Bring On The Love.”

  • Pitbull to release “Rebelution” in March

    Pitbull introduced Calle Ocho in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood to the world last year with “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho),” the international smash from his 2009 album Rebelution. To kick off what he calls “The Year of the Pitbull,” the globetrotting artist will return to his native Miami March 12-14 to serve as…

  • Sade’s “Soldier of Love” still #1 album

    For a second consecutive week, SOLDIER OF LOVE, retains the # 1 spot on the charts fending off the competition with 694,000 units sold. The album exploded onto the charts last week selling an astonishing 502,000 copies making it the best sales week for an album by a group since AC/DC in 2008. SOLDIER OF…

  • Jonny Lang to release first live album “Live at the Ryman”

    While still in his teens in the mid 1990s, Jonny Lang exploded onto the national scene with a combination of highly developed blues guitar chops and a powerful voice that rivaled some musicians more than twice his age. And that was just the beginning. Fifteen years and a half-dozen studio albums later, he has evolved…