By bandweblogs on Jul 15, 2009 in Bands, Music News, Press Releases | Tags: Dave Brubeck, Festivals, Joan Baez, Mos Def, Neko Case, Newport, NPR, NPR Music, Pete Seeger, The Decemberists, Tony Bennett | 0 Comments

NPR Music, together with five partner radio stations, is exclusively live webcasting and broadcasting dozens of performances from George Wein’s Folk Festival 50 and CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 next month in Newport, RI, offering four days of music by some of the country’s most acclaimed artists …
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By bandweblogs on Jun 18, 2009 in Albums, Free Mp3s, Music News, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Fashion, Invisible DJ, LnA Clothing, Mos Def, Ron Herman, Shopbop | 0 Comments

Introducing The Mos Def Music Tee embedded with the new Mos Def album, ‘The Ecstatic’! Mos Def is the first artist to release the new CD in T-Shirt format; four more “Mix Tees” and several new artist tees are coming this Fall as part of the rapidly growing Music Tee? Collection …
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By bandweblogs on Jun 17, 2009 in Albums, Bands, Featured, Music News, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Bilal, Maxwell, Mos Def, Q Tip, Robert Glasper, The Roots | 0 Comments

Pianist Robert Glasper presents both sides of his musical persona with ‘Double-Booked’, his third album for Blue Note Records, which will be released on August 25, 2009. The album bridges Glasper’s parallel careers as the leader of an acclaimed jazz trio and a first-call sideman with hip-hop artists such as Mos Def, Q Tip and The Roots …
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