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  • Wednesday,March 9,2016

    St Germain (Ludovic Navarre), in support of his recently released self-titled album, has embarked on a world tour, which comes to North America this spring. Today, St Germain debuts a live long-form video clip from his performance at The Bataclan in Paris on November 12, 2015. Filmed by Charlotte Vasseneix, who directed the video for his song "Real Blues," it highlights St Germain's first Parisian show in over a decade. You can watch the video, which premiered via Thump, here. A digital EP of four remixes of tracks from the new album this Friday.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsOn TourVideo
  • Thursday,March 3,2016

    Lianne La Havas was on PBS's Tavis Smiley show this week, discussing the inspiration behind her album Blood and EP Blood Solo, and performing "Green & Gold." "Blood is relating to my heritage and my family and it was something that I began to think more deeply about over the course of the last couple of years," she says. "And I found that my songwriting was beginning to explore more my family, and actually why I am like I am and where it all comes from." Hear what she has to say and watch the performance here.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideo
  • Monday,February 29,2016

    Lake Street Dive stopped by the NPR to give a Tiny Desk Concert, performing "I Don't Care About You," "How Good It Feels," and "Godawful Things"—three songs from their new album, Side Pony, which has debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard Top Albums chart. "The appeal of this band of New England Conservatory friends lies in their warmth in harmony and comfortably styled songs," says Boilen, "sometimes tilting toward soul, often rocking danceably on a new collection of songs called Side Pony ... You can hear everyone mesh so well in these three new songs from Side Pony—songs likely to be favorites for many at year's end." You can watch the full set here.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsRadioVideoWeb
  • Friday,February 26,2016

    Michael Daves's new album, Orchids and Violence, is out now. The album comprises two discs with identical track listings of mostly traditional bluegrass tunes, including songs by bluegrass pioneers Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley. The first disc has straightforward interpretations with a band of roots-music innovators: bassist Mike Bub, violinist Brittany Haas, mandolinist Sarah Jarosz, and Punch Brothers banjoist Noam Pikelny. The second includes bass, drums, and electric guitar, mostly played by Daves, with a raw, experimental rock take on those tunes. Daves and friends perform from the album in NYC March 3–5.

    Journal Topics: Album ReleaseArtist NewsVideo
  • Friday,February 26,2016

    Lake Street Dive was the musical guest on Conan on TBS last night. The band performed "I Don't Care About You" from their just-released Nonesuch Records debut album, Side Pony. You can watch the performance here. The group takes its Side Pony tour to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Reno this weekend.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideo
  • Tuesday,February 23,2016

    Lake Street Dive has unveiled a new live video for "Call Off Your Dogs," a song off their new album, Side Pony. The video, directed by Greg Kaplan, was filmed live at the famed Electric Lady Studios in New York City. Watch it here. Lake Street Dive has kicked off its US tour, performing in Tucson tonight, then heading to California for shows in San Diego, LA, and San Francisco. The band will perform on Conan on TBS on Thursday.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideo
  • Tuesday,February 23,2016

    Audra McDonald was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC last night. She spoke with Fallon about her upcoming return to Broadway in Shuffle Along, and more. She also joined the host for a reunion of their duo, the Yahoo! Answers Lounge Singers, to give voice to some sage Yahoo! Answers in their own inimitable way. You can watch them here.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideo
  • Monday,February 22,2016

    Sam Amidon performed four songs for Seattle public radio station KEXP at last year's Pickathon festival in Oregon. In addition to the previously released "Down the Line," you can watch the complete four-song set with that song and "Your Lone Journey," both from his latest album, Lily-O, as well as two earlier songs here. Amidon performs at a live eTown taping with Bill Frisell in Boulder on Tuesday and joins Regina Carter at Royce Hall in LA on Friday. He continues to tour the country in the coming months with Glenn Kotche, Punch Brothers, and more.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideo
  • Friday,February 19,2016

    Lianne La Havas spoke with PBS NewsHour about her Jamaican and Greek roots and the visit to her mother's family in Jamaica that inspired her album Blood . "It was really moving, emotional for lots of reasons, just because my family are from there, but I had never seen it before," she tells NewsHour. "And it was nice to go there and feel connected to a place. That was a feeling I never felt before." You can watch the piece, which also includes live performance clips, here.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideo
  • Thursday,February 18,2016

    Lianne La Havas was the musical guest on The Late, Late Show with James Corden last night on CBS, performing the song "Green & Gold," from her new album Blood and her new EP, Blood Solo. You can watch the performance here.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideo
  • Thursday,February 18,2016

    Rokia Traoré has unveiled the official music video for "Ilé," a song from her newly released album Né So. The video was directed by Romain Carciofo. You can watch it here. The Times says of Né So: "Traoré has made the album of her career."

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideo
  • Wednesday,February 17,2016

    Rokia Traoré performed two songs from her new album, Né So, on the French TV show Le Grand Journal last night: "Ilé" and "Obiké." You can watch here. She was also a guest on the French show Le Grand 8 on Monday, performing "Mayé" from the new album. Traoré tours several cities across France starting in Paris on Thursday, February 25, followed by stops in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Geneva. She heads to the US in late March for shows in NYC, DC, and Savannah.

    Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideo

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