Michael Jackson performs "Dangerous" during a taping of the American Bandstand's 50th-anniversary show Saturday, April 20, 2002, in Pasadena, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/AP) The King of Pop is moonwalking to Broadway. The Michael Jackson Estate and Columbia Live Stage announced Tuesday that they are developing a new jukebox musical inspired by the life [...]
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of the Last Poets in London in 1984. He delivered some of the group’s most urgent and incisive verses.CreditDavid Corio/Redferns, via Getty Images By Giovanni Russonello June 13, 2018 Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, who helped establish the foundation for hip-hop as a member of the Last Poets and in his own solo [...]
BY SCOTT WILSON, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album features two unheard Coltrane originals. A lost John Coltrane album will finally get a release after 55 years. Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album will be released on June 29 and includes two unheard originals among its seven tracks, all recorded in one day in March 1963 at Van Gelder [...]
Free master classes on Friday May 25 as part of the City of Chicago's huge Chicago House Music Festival, by instructors Czarina Mirani, Carlos Morris, Lyrik Cruz and Carlos Lanvin. The City of Chicago is pulling all stops this year for the official inauguration of the Chicago House Music Festival. On Memorial Day weekend, the festival [...]
The CoCreators have been consistently releasing quality remixes of various tracks, they are back again with a new mix of ‘Drop It’ by James Bratch. The record rejuvenates the disco vibes along with a funky energetic feeling. It has a massive sub bass line and a smooth touch of Guitar. This can be one of the ubiquitous track of the summer and [...]
Chip E and Carl Cox remake Time To Jack and Chicago House Music lore of Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy in the studio. He was the man who encouraged and helped co-produce Frankie Knuckles’ first track “You Can’t Hide.” He was in the studio with Ron Hardy when he did his very first [...]
Interview with The CoCreators April 8, 2018 Please, can you tell our readers who you are and what you do? We are The CoCreators, Label Bosses for Love Vibration Nation R3UK which is distributed by MN2S and Sony. We are also the primary artists and remixers for Love Vibration Nation Music. Your ‘Small Rooms [...]
Mr. Fingers' Cerebral Hemispheres comes out April 13 on Alleviated Music. Marc Sethi/Courtesy of the artist As you make your way through all 100+ minutes of Cerebral Hemispheres, Larry Heard's first album of new music released as Mr. Fingers in almost a quarter-century, the thing that may prove most startling is the variety. The house music sound [...]
Mr. Realistic and Tony Gray Live at Wet Willie March 31st, 2018 9pm -2am. 800 Gervais St Columbia, SC 29201
The full line-up for Mamby on the Beach‘s 2018 weekend was announced today, all in one blast. Nestled in among the eclectic range of headliners playing the Chicago festival are some extremely exciting selections in the electronic music scene, representing both some hometown beat magicians of the Chicago underground and the wider dance music scene. On [...]