Amp Fiddler has recorded a post-tour podcast as he reflects on some of the best moments on stage in March. You can hear it exclusively through his website - click the link below for a free download too. If you haven't heard Amp's previous podcasts, which includes plays of some previously unreleased material as well as him giving his tip for the US presidential elections, you can still download that for free through iTunes.

This week's column was supposed to be all about art. I was having a very New York Friday which included a mouth-watering pastrami sandwich at the tourist-infested but very hype-worthy Carnegie Deli in Midtown. Then I popped by MoMa to take in the convergence of imagination and technology with "Design and the Elastic Mind" and the ambitious use of hues in "Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today." But my blithe metropolitan day was interrupted by a vigil in Union Square. If you're a...

In this 35-minute video, Portishead divulges much of their forthcoming album (11 tracks) Third (out Apr 29th) live in studio.

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Photo of DJ Spinna & Jazzy Jeff © Michael July Many of you may know that being a proper New York resident means flitting off to warmer locales and scaring the natives with your frenetic pace, ever-present dark sunglasses and debilitating ache for anything caffeinated. It's even more fun when you infest said locales in groups. Such was the case this March, when all the cool kids left NYC to the office monkeys for the SXSW festival in Austin and the Winter Music Conference in Miami....

Download the exclusive premier of Daru Jone's Spirit & Soul Hop Mixtape compiled by Marc Mac of 4hero fame. The mix features the "Turn It On" Remix by the UK's own legendary. Available free here and here .

The origins of rock music have always been entangled in the African-American experience. Musical idioms like blues and to an extent jazz have laid the groundwork for rockin' and rollin.' For several reasons, over the years, rock music has no longer been considered "a black thing." But there have always been the Lenny Kravitzes, Meshell Ndegeocellos, Bad Brains, Living Colours and many others who stand up and represent. Today, there's a blitz of new kids pickin' up axes...

In celebration of Rahsaan Patterson's success with Wines & Spirits and the launch of his second single and video "Feels Good," CD sales for his show at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza on April 26th will directly benefit the community. Exemplifying his civic side, Patterson has chosen to give proceeds to LIFEbeat, an organization that mobilizes the talents and resources of the music industry to raise awareness and provide support to the AIDS community. Rahsaan will also...

Photo of Erykah Badu © Phillip Angert - View more of Erykah here . Here's Erykah Badu doing her New Amerykah thing down at our 12th Annual Sunset Soiree at DELANO in Miami Beach, FL. Part 1 Part 2

The new UK pop star of 2008, Duffy covers Hot Chip's "Ready For The Floor" - one of the better songs off of the indie band's latest album Made In The Dark . Recorded live in a studio for Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 1 show, Duffy spins a web of downtempo magic with her voice of gold - watch it below.