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David Byrne Announces 'How Music Works' Variety Hour 

David Byrne may be best known for his work with The Talking Heads, but that has never stopped him from pursuing a variety of other creative endeavors. Just last year he launched a neuroscience driven exhibit in California called "Neurosociety". Now, Byrne is adding to his creative wheelbarrow with a

Global Peace Song Awards Call For Submissions 

The Global Peace Song Awards is an initiative designed to create awareness about music's power to inspire and create peace. Run by ProjectPeaceOnEarth.org the awards for this year are calling on entrants from music-makers in all genres. Composers, producers and songwriters are offered a host of

P. Diddy Is The Richest Man In Rap 

Yesterday, May 10th, Forbes magazine released its annual 'must-read' list detailing hip-hop's wealthiest artists of 2017. It's always a compelling read, and despite the lack of surprises it's reassuring that someone's keeping track of all the money so you don't have to. Pretty much the same as every

Oliver Tank Talks "OT" 

Oliver Tank is preparing to release his debut solo album, called quite simply OT. The Australian musician/producer is already well-known in the southern hemisphere - he's shared stages with the likes of James Blake, Lorde, and Lana Del Rey, while his EPs, Dreams and Slow Motion Music have racked up

Free Music Download: Ella Mai - "Time EP" 

Ella Mai just dropped a new EP, it's called READY, and it's her third DJ Mustard-produced EP released in the space of year. The London-born singer is also on tour in the USA, opening for Kehlani's Sweet Sexy Savage, with some pretty extensive dates that are covering pretty much every state in this