Are you Notorious?

Fox Searchlight Pictures announced that George Tillman Jr. (Men Of Honor, Soul Food) is set to direct Notorious, the screen version about the life of rapper Christopher Wallace aka Notorious B.I.G. The film will be produced by Voletta Wallace (B.I.G.’s mother), Wayne Barrow and Mark Pitts (B.I.G.’s former music managers), Bob Teitel and executive produced […]

Herbie Hancock “Court and Spark” feat. Norah Jones

River: The Joni Letters is Herbie Hancock’s journey into the world of words, his initiation as a man of letters. “I wanted the lyrics to be the foundation for this whole project, for everything to stem from the lyrics and their meaning.”
“What I have done before in projects is to take someone else’s song […]

Bomshel “The Power of One” video

Country artist Bombshel’s song “The Power of One” appears on the Evan Almighty soundtrack. They lyrics speak to the influence that each individual can have to change the world. The Power of One website has links to volunteer organizations, as well as a place to share your story of people helping people.

Harlem the Artist “Slow Dance” video

R&B artist Harlem the Artist’s latest single is “Slow Dance.” Check out the stop action video:

Projekt Revolution 2007 Giveaway!

Blogcritics and NowWhat.com/music are pleased to host a giveaway of Projekt Revolution swag. One lucky winner will get a prize pack that includes a copy of:

Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Mindless Self Indulgence - Another Mindless Rip Off
Saosin - Saosin
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
Him - Dark Light
Placebo - […]

Fall Out Boy “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” live clip

Here’s a clip of Fall Out Boy performing “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” at the Roxy in Los Angeles last February:

Alvin and The Chipmunks trailer

One of the stronger memories of my childhood is listening to the Alvin & the Chipmunks Christmas song record over and over and over and…. Well, you get the picture. And speaking of picture, it looks like the singing rodent trio are hitting the big screen with a live action film due out this Christmas.

Cannonball Jane “Take It To Fantastic”

By day she’s mild-mannered Bridgeport, CT based elementary school music teacher Sharon Hagopian, but by night she’s smart and sassy electro-pop underground darling Cannonball Jane, maker of a mind-bendingly brilliant mix of hip-hop samples and sixties girl group pop. Her first musical go was the album Street Vernacular, released last year in the UK (and […]