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Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley Announce Tour/Album Due 5/18

April 1st, 2010 | No Comments

NAS & DAMIAN “JR. GONG” MARLEY ANNOUNCE OFFICIAL TOUR DATES

TOUR INCLUDES PERFORMANCES AT BONNAROO AND GATHERING OF THE VIBES

NEW STUDIO ALBUM DISTANT RELATIVES SET TO DROP MAY 18

Nas

Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley have
announced the official tour dates for their “Distant Relatives Tour,” set to kick off May 21 in Arcata,
CA. The tour will follow the May 18 release of their highly-anticipated collaborative studio album, Distant
Relatives (Universal Republic), and will include performances at Bonnaroo, June 11 and Gathering
of The Vibes, August 1. The pair recently performed at the annual music festival SXSW in Austin, TX, as well as
WMC’s Ultra Music Festival in Miami this past weekend. They will also make one more special performance on May
2 at West Palm Beach, FL’s Sunfest before kicking off the tour. Opening for Nas and Damian during their
landmark tour is Nigerian-born singer-songwriter Nneka, who recently introduced her sound to the America earlier this year through her
U.S. debut release, Concrete Jungle (see our recent feature on Nneka here). In addition to announcing tour dates, Nas and Damian have released the
official album cover, which was shot by Nabil Elderkin and designed by Nesta Garrick.

Official tour dates are as follows:

May 2nd West Palm Beach, Fl Sunfest

May 21st Arcata, CA Arcata Community Center
May 22nd Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheater
May 23rd Seattle, WA Showbox Sodo
May 25th Oakland, CA Fox Theater
May 26th Santa Barbara, CA University of California, Santa Barbara
May 28th Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
May 29th Las Vegas, NV The Joint
May 30th Valley Center, CA Harrah’s Rincon – Open Sky Theater

May 31st Los Angeles, CA UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival
June 2nd Santa Fe, NM Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre
June 8th Houston, TX House of Blues
June 9th Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek Outdoor Amphitheater
June 11th Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 12th Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
June 13th Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista, FL
June 27th Brussels, BE Couleur Cafe Festival
June 28th Paris, FR Paris Hip Hop Festival
July 1st Arendal, NO Hovefestival
July 3rd Cologne, DE Summerjam
July 4th Gdynia, PL Heineken Opener Festival
July 6th Copenhagen, DK Vega
July 7th Hultsfred, SE Hultsfred Festival
July 9th Frauenfeld, CH Openair Frauenfeld
July 10th Montreux Vaud, CH Montreux Jazz Festival – Miles
July 11th Rotterdam Holland North Sea Jazz
July 13th Hamburg, DE Stadtpark
July 14th Munich, DE Tollwood Festival
July 16th Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
July 17th Dublin, IE Tripod
July 20th Hammersmith, UK Hammersmith Apollo

July 23rd Gräfenhainichen, DE Splash Festival
July 31st Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront
August 1st Bridgeport, CT Gathering of The Vibes Festival

Tickets go on-sale April 2 and can be purchased at all Ticketmaster outlets.

For performance dates and more information including an extended video trailer about the album, project, and tour,
please go to www.distantrelatives.com.


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Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley: New Album Drops 5/18

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments

NAS & DAMIAN “JR. GONG” MARLEY: NEW STUDIO ALBUM “DISTANT RELATIVES” SET TO DROP MAY 18

Nas

Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley are proud
to announce the release of their highly-anticipated collaborative studio album, Distant Relatives
(Universal Republic)
on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Featuring the signature instrumentation and musicianship of Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley with the hard-hitting beats and lyrics of Nas, the album title refers not only to the bond between the artists, but the
connection to their African ancestry, which inspired the album both musically and lyrically.

Throughout the course of their musical careers, the duo has always admired each other’s style. Since first meeting
in 1996 the two artists have shared a mutual respect and camaraderie that was most recently showcased on the
track “Road to Zion,” from Damian’s critically acclaimed album, Welcome to Jamrock. After having such a positive
experience working together, they have now joined forces again for Distant Relatives. In their latest collaboration,
Nas and Damian trace hip-hop’s roots to Africa, where the genre originated as a vital form of cultural expression
and was then transported by the slave trade to the Caribbean and the American colonies. It blossomed a half
century ago in the dance halls of Kingston, Jamaica, and soon migrated to the park jams and recreational centers of
New York City, where the culture became known as hip-hop. This evolution forms the basis of the Distant Relatives
project which, in addition to the album, also includes a documentary film, performances and a series of public
discussions, the first of which took place in conjunction with National Geographic Live in Washington, DC last
December.

“Damian and Nas have made a groundbreaking album that combines the depth and vision of these two artists with a
seminal musical and cultural thread of multiple generations,” stated Monte Lipman, President and CEO of Universal
Republic Records. “We’re thrilled to play a role on what’s certain to be another pivotal album for both artists and one
of the more unique collaborative efforts in recent years.”

Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley plan to hit the road following the release of their album, including stops at
Bonnaroo and the Heineken Opener Festival in Poland.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. As We Enter
  2. Tribal War (featuring K’NAAN)
  3. Strong Will Continue
  4. Leaders (featuring Stephen Marley)
  5. Wisdom
  6. Count Your Blessings
  7. Dispear
  8. The Promised Land (featuring Dennis Brown)
  9. In His Own Words (featuring Stephen Marley)
  10. Nah Mean
  11. Friends
  12. My Generation (featuring Lil Wayne)
  13. Africa Must Wake Up (featuring K’NAAN)

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Taylor Momsen Furious Leighton Meester’s Music Gets Spins On “Gossip Girl” While Her Own Tracks Are Snubbed

November 30th, 2009 | No Comments

There’s a mayjah catfight brewing between two of the hottest socialites on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. These days, the drama on The CW’s cult favorite Gossip Girl hangs around long after the cameras have stopped rolling, TV industry tattles tell Hollywood Life.com. Word is 16-year-old beauty Taylor Momsen is green with envy that G.G. co-star [...]

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Miike Snow Tour

November 5th, 2009 | No Comments

MIIKE SNOW ANNOUNCE FULL NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR THIS SPRING

Tour Dates Kick Off March 22 In Atlanta and Continue Through April 15 in San Francisco

Miike Snow

Following their wildly successful tour throughout North America this fall, the Downtown Records/Universal Republic trio Miike Snow are eagerly returning to the U.S. in Spring 2010 for their second headlining tour. The tour begins March 22 in Atlanta and continues across the country, wrapping up April 15 in San Francisco.

Receiving great reception for their live translations of the highly refined electronic compositions featured on their self-titled debut, the combination of Swedish producers and multi-instrumentalists Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, along with New York-based songwriter Andrew Wyatt, expand on their dynamic sound with a six-piece band.

The songs of Miike Snow have recently been featured on primetime TV: twice on the third season of Gossip Girl, with “Plastic Jungle” ushering in the new season and “Animal” closing out the third episode with it’s now widely known anthemic chorus. The band is now gearing up for their follow-up single to the groundbreaking debut of “Animal” with “Silvia,” an ode that follows its’ predecessors pop intelligence.

Miike Snow Tour Dates

11/09/09 Mon La Cigale Paris, FRA

11/10/09 Tue Le Botanique Brussels, BEL

11/11/09 Wed The Paradiso Amsterdam, NL

11/12/09 Thu Dinn Ri Carlow, IR

11/14/09 Sat Koko London, GB

11/15/09 Sun Lido Berlin, GER

11/16/09 Mon Atomic Cafe Munich, GER

11/17/09 Tue Lido Berlin, GER

11/18/09 Wed Uebel und Gefaehrlich Hamburg, GER

11/20/09 Fri Loppen Copenhagen, DK

11/21/09 Sat BLA Oslo, NO

11/23/09 Mon Kuudes Linja Helsinki, FI

11/26/09 Thu Babel Malmo, SE

11/27/09 Fri Parken Gothenburg, SE

11/28/09 Sat Debaser Stockholm, SE

03/22/10 Mon The Masquerade Atlanta, GA

03/24/10 Wed 9:30 Club Washington, DC

03/25/10 Thu Theatre of Living Arts (TLA) Philadelphia, PA

03/26/10 Fri Music Hall Of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY

03/27/10 Sat Webster Hall New York, NY

03/31/10 Wed Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA

04/02/10 Fri Club Soda Montreal, QC

04/03/10 Sat Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, ON

04/05/10 Mon Metro Chicago, IL

04/06/10 Tue Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN

04/09/10 Fri Bluebird Theater Denver, CO

04/10/10 Sat Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT

04/12/10 Mon Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC

04/13/10 Tue Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA

04/14/10 Wed Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR

04/15/10 Thu The Independent San Francisco, CA

Praise for Miike Snow:

“They all have deliriously intuitive talent and are capable of expressing a wide range of emotions through music.” – FILTER

“The lush sounds and subtle electronic flourishes make it all thoroughly modern, thick with a tactile atmosphere similar to Depeche Mode’s “Violator” album.” – LOS ANGELES TIMES


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Tori Amos: New Album First Seasonal Release

September 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Midwinter Graces Arrives November 10


Tori Amos

Tori Amos will release her first seasonal album, Midwinter Graces, on November 10 via Universal Republic. A follow up to Tori’s critically acclaimed studio album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Midwinter Graces will find Amos reworking and expanding on classic carols as well as developing some of her own seasonal tracks.

Midwinter Graces is an album that has been in the making for the past 40 years. Raised in the Baltimore area under the watchful eye of her Methodist minister father, Amos grew up playing holiday carols at Sunday services and Christmas Day celebrations in her father’s church. These were the songs that gave a young Amos her first taste of music, and now almost 40 years later she gets her own chance to reimagine classics like “What Child, Nowell” and “Star of Wonder,” plus offer up original tracks like “Pink and Glitter” and “Our New Year.”

For Midwinter Graces, Amos has again teamed up with long time collaborators Matt Chamberlain on drums, Jon Evans on bass and Mac Aladdin on guitars. Tori has enlisted the help of a big band and an orchestra with John Philip Shenale arrangements to create her new seasonal classics.

Track Listing

11. What Child, Nowell

2. Star of Wonder

3. A Silent Night with You

4. Candle: Coventry Carol

5. Holy, Ivy, and Rose

6. Harps of Gold

7. Snow Angel

8. Jeanette, Isabella

9. Pink and Glitter

10. Emmanuel

11. Winter’s Carol

12. Our New Year

Tori Amos is on tour now; dates available here.

For more on Tori Amos, see our recent exclusive feature/interview here.


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