Category: Music
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Benjamin Taylor biography
Benjamin Taylor’s memorable melodies, immaculate acoustic guitar playing and insightful, honest lyrics have been captivating fans since the moment he embarked on this journey. The son of James Taylor and Carly Simon, Taylor’s life was always centered on music, although he spent several years traveling the world, developing a deep appreciation for the earth and…
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Aaron Fresh moving up chart with “Spending All My Time”
Mixing his West Indian vocal dub style with a solid grounding in traditional American R&B, 17-year old Aaron Fresh, the latest addition to the growing Teen Island roster, is storming pop and rhythm radio formats with his debut single, “Spending All My Time.” The track is New & Active this week at #52-bullet on the…
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Liars announce tour dates and Pitchfork Festival
Having reached the near-end of a successful East and West Coast tour run, which began at SXSW 2010 and saw Liars perform two sold-out shows in NYC as well as a sold-out show in their current home Los Angeles, Liars announce a 2nd string of tour dates to commence July 2010. This tour sees Liars…
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Ke$ha is back in Top 10 with “Animal”
Singer / Songwriter and 2010 global breakout superstar Ke$ha leaps back into the Billboard Top 10 this week. Her debut album Animal (RCA Records / Kemosabe Entertainment) finds itself sitting at #8 on the Billboard Top 200 and #2 on the Digital Albums Chart. Animal has scanned 600k units since and has been in the…
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Carmen Reece announces new single “Raindrop”
Carmen Reece is following the success of her debut single, “Right Here”, with the release of her follow up single “Raindrop”. Produced by Mark J. Feist (Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland) the track will also have a blazing remix by burning hot mixmaster Dave Aude. (Rihanna, Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears) Echoing the trajectory of other artists, like…
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Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders announce “Red Light Fever”
Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders will not only be commemorating the April 20 release of sophomore album Red Light Fever (Shanabelle/RCA) with a show at L.A.’s Troubadour and an April 22 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live-the band is also celebrating online, with the unveiling of the world’s first digital 8-track player. Beginning today, visitors…
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Mates of State announces Summer Crushes tour
Mates of State has confirmed the completion the lineup and itinerary of the Summer Crushes tour, a multi-artist traveling spectacle to take place this June through July. The Summer Crushes tour will coincide with the release of Crushes (The Covers Mixtape), an album consisting of covers of songs by some of the Mates’ personal favorites…
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Owl City – Adam Young – biography
In the state of Minnesota lies a small town called Owatonna with roughly twenty-two thousand inhabitants. Within that city is a quiet road with a modest house. In that house there’s an unkempt basement with no windows. Within those confines you’ll find Adam Young of Owl City hard at work on his electronic and melodically…
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Big Boi to release “Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty”
The world knows him as Big Boi – Antwan André Patton – one-half of multi-platinum, six-time Grammy Award-winning supergroup OutKast, whose albums and singles have sold over 25-times platinum in the U.S. alone. Now make way for SIR LUCIOUS LEFT FOOT: THE SON OF CHICO DUSTY, Big Boi’s first stand-alone solo album, nearly four years…
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Erykah Badu announces tour “Out My Mind, Just In Time”
ERYKAH BADU has confirmed dates for her 2010 North American tour, Out My Mind, Just In Time. The tour takes its name from the closing track on the multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, director, and actor’s new album, NEW AMERYKAH PART TWO: RETURN OF THE ANKH, which debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Digital…