Norah Jones’ third studio album, Not Too Late on Blue Note will see her long-awaited return Jan. 30. All 13 tracks have been written or co-written by Jones with production by her songwriting partner and bassist, Lee Alexander. Indie singer/songwriter M. Ward, Kronos Quartet cellist Jeff Ziegler and organist Larry Goldings will make guest appearances. Jones kept a lower than usual profile in 2006, guesting on the self-titled Ipecac album from Mike Patton's Peeping...

UK soul/jazz singer Amy Winehouse is being tipped to record the theme song for the next installment of the James Bond franchise. "We've been in contact with the James Bond people and hopefully that'll come off in the future," Winehouse says. With Chris Cornell of Audioslave (and formerly Soundgarden) having delivered his effort for the latest film, Casino Royale , starring Daniel Craig as the first new Bond in a decade, interest is high in the revamped spy thriller. Cornell's...

The original D.C. hardcore band Bad Brains' currently untitled album will be produced by MCA aka Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. "The lawyers are finishing up the last little tidbits of it," Dr. Know told Billboard.com. "There's a lot of dubs, and there's some old school-meets-new school Brains. Not moderate tempo, but fast tempo. Yauch said, 'Man, I want y'all to do some old school-type sh**,' so we did it like that. I want to start working on the next one, because we did that one two years...

More details are revealed for Nas’ Def Jam debut Hip-Hop Is Dead as we near the December 19 release date. The fresh new single "Where Y'all At" can now be streamed on Nas’ Myspace page (or check the second link, you know how Myspace can get sometimes). The album boasts guest appearances like Damian Marley ("White Man's Paper (War))," Kanye West ("Still Dreamin'") and Snoop Dogg ("Play on Player"). The Queens-bred MC gets also...

Following on the heels of his recently released and critically-acclaimed album Fishscale , Ghostface Killah is back in the game with More Fish . The album, out December 19 on Def Jam , features the single "Good" and includes appearances from Ghost's crew, Theodore Unit , and his teenage son, Sun God . Check the tracks on Ghostface's Myspace page and the Def Jam site for a taste of what to expect.

One of our favorite UK soul artists Jamie Lidell is returning to the US for another round of feisty performances. And if you can't catch him live, you can still get your Jamie Lidell fix by tuning into the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson tonight (Thursday, November 2nd) for his national television debut. Word has it that Jamie will perform the title track from his acclaimed CD Multiply (Warp Records) with a full band! Upcoming US tour dates: 11/1/06...

Just in time for the holiday season comes the Gnarls Barkley limited edition 3-D CD and DVD package, St. Elsewhere . Out Tue, Nov 7th, the package compiles the platinum-certified, genre-defying collection in its entirety, along with an exciting assortment of exclusive extras and mind-blowing bonus features. Bound in a deluxe o-card adorned with a 3-D lenticular rendition of the album art, the new St. Elsewhere package will come with an all-new 92-page booklet...

This Friday, Nov 3rd, Stones Throw DJs Peanut Butter Wolf, J Rocc and Egon , with their impeccable DJ stylings, will be taking over Urban Outfitters on 6th Ave and 14th St. for a 4-hour DJ set. There will be special guests, CD giveaways and live t-shirt printing by Hit & Run . Best of all - it's FREE!

Prestigious British music magazine Q celebrated their 20th anniversary with their Q Awards 2006 last night in London. The ceremony took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel with stars like U2, The Who, Oasis, Sugababes, Manic Street Preachers, Smokey Robinson, Muse, Jay Kay among others in attendance. Oasis, U2 and Arctic Monkeys were the big winners, alongside new names like Corinne Bailey Rae and Gnarls Barkley . Here is the complete list of...

It seems like 3rd Ward , the 30,000 sq. ft. workspace and studio facility for artists in East Williamsburg, is being utilized as a loft party space more and more these days. RE:UP magazine and New Release are the latest 2 crews who are giving the underground party-throwing a try, bringing Luke Vibert to Brooklyn for a special performance. The multi-genre-ist and bearer of such pseudonyms as Kerrier District, Wagon Christ, Amen Andrews , and probably some...