Man, I love how these sound. Canadian composer/producer Streets by Night has just released his five track album, Acappella Sessions Vol. 1, that takes songs from Jay-Z (Song Cry), 2 Pac (Me Against the World), Aaliyah (Are You That Somebody?), Notorious B.I.G. (Everyday Struggle), and Nas (It Ain't Hard to ... Read more »

The brilliant music video for Rich Aucoin's It, off his new album, Public Publication, directed by Noah Pink, with stunning spot-on cinematography by Christopher Porter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkuWgXhzxg4 It's been rightfully hailed by toronto.com as "one of the greatest music videos of the year."Related posts: Well done, Noah. Zaha Hadid’s The Opus Wow – Mark Romanek’s Never ... Read more »

Related posts:
Well done, Noah.
Zaha Hadid’s The Opus
Wow – Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go just became the film I most want to see

Toronto's MJ Cyr with a live video of her performing Innocent in Heart, the song that will be the first single off her upcoming album, BahaiDevotionalRecord: ... Read more »

Related posts:
Hey Rosetta! – There’s An Arc
Kanye West’s new song, Power (featuring Dwele), is all kinds of orgasmic
I dare you not to cry: Tracy Chapman, Behind the Wall
I miss the 80s – Corey Hart, Never Surrender, Unplugged
From Kanye: A-cero’s Dominican Sto. Domingo house is pretty beautiful

Seattle hip-hop artist Macklemore, with producer Ryan Lewis, performing My Oh My, Wings, Otherside, and Irish Celebration, live in the KEXP studio back in February, 2011: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbZqDME1C24[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR3pNEOSN04[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs3jDlrVZQY[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srp81vkFkEU[/youtube]Related posts: From my other brother: Black Eyed Peas – I’ve Got a Feeling (Live on Oprah) I think Macklemore is becoming one of my favourite artists I’m ... Read more »

Related posts:
From my other brother: Black Eyed Peas – I’ve Got a Feeling (Live on Oprah)
I think Macklemore is becoming one of my favourite artists
I’m liking everything Macklemore is putting out right now
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Empire State of Mind, Live at the World Series
USA vs China, Men’s Basketball – Live blogging the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China

This is awesome. So great. Kind of reminds me of Kanye West's remix of Power. And it's way better, I think, than their last song, Wings. Seattle-based hip hop artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's Can't Hold Us, featuring Ray Dalton: Related posts: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, live on KEXP I’m liking everything Macklemore is ... Read more »

Related posts:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, live on KEXP
I’m liking everything Macklemore is putting out right now
Sabzi’s remix of Macklemore’s The Town is 17 kinds of wonderful
Still one of my favourite YouTube videos.
Marginally more talented than other artists

A good one, preferably. Awesome tonbak (a type of Persian goblet drum and one of two so-called "national" drums of Iran, the other being the daf, the large tambourine-style instrument played at the beginning of this video) solo at the 0:57 mark in this classical Persian piece performed by Homay and ... Read more »

Related posts:
The Ooks of Hazzard cover MGMT’s Kids…with ukuleles
Young Neil Young
MJ Cyr: Canada’s next indie superstar
Great music video – Depeche Mode, “Wrong”

Yeah. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrQ4njrnnsI[/youtube]Related posts: Dear John trailer I Am Legend News coverage of John Belushi’s death Read more »

Related posts:
Dear John trailer
I Am Legend
News coverage of John Belushi’s death
Is John Careless the new Adam Sandler?
From E: The best thing I’ve seen today.

This is a video Jorge Narvaez made with his daughter, Alexa, of the two of them singing Home, by Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros. It's pretty great. And the dude can actually sing. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L64c5vT3NBw[/youtube] And yeah...I cried.Related posts: From E: The greatest thing you’ll see today Best. Thing. Ever. Puma – Hardchorus – Savage ... Read more »

Related posts:
From E: The greatest thing you’ll see today
Best. Thing. Ever. Puma – Hardchorus – Savage Garden’s “Truly Madly Deeply”
Revisiting Boyz n the Hood and Do the Right Thing
From my brother
The best thing you’ll see all day: Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake give a primer on rap history with the incredible Roots

The Charlie Rose interview with Jay-Z last month took place in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium at the Brooklyn Museum, home to one of the largest art collections in the world, and located about a 10 minute drive from the Marcy Houses housing project, where Jay-Z grew up. ... Read more »

Related posts:
An hour with Jay-Z on Charlie Rose
From my brother: “Kid Rock is such an awkward white guy”
NPR interview with Ben Karlin
Well, clearly we’ll have to interview Jamsheed.
Lars and the Real Girl, part 2

[flv]http://charlierose.http.internapcdn.net/charlierose/digitalgrill_content/120810LFT768_3PM.flv[/flv] This is a great interview with Jay-Z on Charlie Rose. They talk mostly about Jay-Z's experience coming up as a rapper, his influences, and the way his background as a drug dealer served as a safety net until he really hit it big as an entertainer. I don't know if anything ... Read more »

Related posts:
Part 2: Audience Q and A with Jay-Z on Charlie Rose, and (occasionally) awkward NPR interview
Bobby McFerrin is brilliant
Lars and the Real Girl, part 2