Mos Def signaled early on that he would march to the beat of his own drummer at House of Blues on Tuesday night. Literally. He began his almost 3-hour set behind the drum kit, beating the drums while rapping in...
Bruce Springsteen continues his quest for world domination by headlining the just-announced lineup at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, June 11-14 in Manchester, Tenn. Along with Springsteen and his E-Street Band, you can find a reunited Phish (for two...
Local luminary Erykah Badu's New Amerykah is No. 19 on Rolling Stone's top 50 albums list for 2008. And "The Healer" came in at No. 43 on the top 100 singles list. The lists appear in the January edition of...
1). Erykah Badu. Sorry to say it, but Dallas' queen of neo-soul talked too much. After "Love of My Life," she threw down this bizarre scat solo using two curse words as anchors, then she spent three or four minutes...
Today, we profiled My Morning Jacket, who make no secret of their love for Erykah Badu. Now Badu tells us she "loves" the group's version of her '97 hit "Tyrone." "They put a new twist on it," she says. "It's...
My Morning Jacket won over Bonnaroo in June with its jammy cover of Erykah Badu's "Tyrone," which it also cut on 2004's Early Recordings. What the fascination? Aside from being a great tune, it also lets Jacket leader Jim James...
Erykah Badu lands on the cover of August issue of Veg News. Inside, she says she's been a vegetarian for 20 years and a vegan for two, but sympathizes with those who can't afford anything but fast food: "You almost...
We ran into Doug Rucker at Saturday's star-studded Booker T. Washington concert, and he pointed us to the excellent 8-minute video he made to help raise funds for the arts magnet high school's renovation. Among those interviewed in his...
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