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Amp Fiddler's Post-Tour Podcast

Posted by Jay Yee, Apr 16, 05:28 PM EST

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.

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Giant Step's Resident: The City, The Sounds, The Soul Part 11

Posted by Mawuse Ziegbe, Apr 15, 10:23 AM EST

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...

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Portishead Reveals Eleven Songs On Filmed Studio Performance

Posted by Jay Yee, Apr 14, 07:44 PM EST

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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View Photos From Giant Step's 12th Annual Sunset Soiree, March 27th-29th @ DELANO Miami Beach, FL

Posted by Jay Yee, Apr 10, 04:55 PM EST

View pictures from Thursday, March 27th. View pictures from Friday, March 28th. View pictures from Saturday, March 29th. Photos © Phillip Angert

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Giant Step's Resident: The City, The Sounds, The Soul Part 10

Posted by Mawuse Ziegbe, Apr 09, 12:08 PM EST

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....

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Exclusive Premier: Daru Spirit & Soul-Hop Sampler '08 Hosted & Compiled by Marc Mac (4hero)

Posted by Jay Yee, Apr 08, 12:07 PM EST

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 .

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Giant Step's Resident: The City, The Sounds, The Soul Part 9

Posted by Mawuse Ziegbe, Apr 02, 10:49 AM EST

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...

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Rahsaan Patterson Gives Back To The Community Apr. 26th

Posted by Jay Yee, Apr 01, 05:50 PM EST

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...

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Erykah Badu at Giant Step's Sunset Soiree in Miami, 3/28

Posted by Jay Yee, Mar 31, 04:18 PM EST

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

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Duffy Covers Hot Chip's ''Ready For The Floor''

Posted by Jay Yee, Mar 31, 01:44 PM EST

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.

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