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  • Björk 2011 smile
    Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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    Watch: Björk Performs "Cosmogony" on "The Colbert Report," Discusses "Biophilia"

    Björk was the guest on last night's episode of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. She performed the song "Cosmogony" off her new album, Biophilia. For the performance, Björk was backed by members of an award-winning Icelandic women's choir, Alarm Will Sound percussionist Chris Thompson, and app developer Max Weisel, who will also perform on stage alongside Björk in the live shows. Watch it here, along with Björk's conversation with Colbert.

  • Björk: "Biophilia" [cover]
    Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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    Björk to Perform from "Biophilia" on "The Colbert Report" in Advance of NYC Residency

    Björk, whose ten-night Biophilia residency in New York City begins this Friday, will be the guest on tonight's episode of The Colbert Report. Tune in to Comedy Central starting at 11:30 PM ET tonight to see Björk perform "Cosmogony" from Biophilia and talk with host Stephen Colbert about the multimedia project: the album, the Apps, the educational series, and the residency, which includes six shows at the New York Hall of Science in Queens and four at Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.

  • Carolina Chocolate Drops 2012
    Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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    Watch: Carolina Chocolate Drops Featured on CNN; Celtic Connections Show "Set the House Alight" (Herald Scotland)

    Carolina Chocolate Drops were featured on CNN Newsroom, discussing their music and its roots with anchor Brooke Baldwin. Watch it here. The band performed at Celtic Connections in Glasgow with support from Punch Brothers. The bands "played with the kind of hard-won technique that leaves you high on life," raves The Scotsman in a five-star review. The Herald Scotland calls the Chocolate Drops "riotously good fun" and "a real treat"; they "set the house alight." The band launches its US tour on Thursday. Chocolate Drops and Kronos Quartet can be heard on Chimes of Freedom, a new album of songs of Bob Dylan benefiting Amnesty International.

  • Wanda Jackson: "The Party Ain't Over" [cover]
    Monday, December 19, 2011
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    Wanda Jackson Joins Florence Welch, Sharon Jones in Tribute to Amy Winehouse on VH1 Divas Special

    Wanda Jackson will join Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings to pay tribute to the late Amy Winehouse on VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul, premiering tonight at 9 PM ET on VH1. Jackson famously performs Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good" on her latest album, The Party Ain't Over. The VH1 Divas show, a tribute to the heritage of soul music and the cities in which it flourished, also includes performances from Mary J. Blige, Kelly Clarkson, Chaka Khan, Mavis Staples, and more, all backed by the show’s house band, The Roots.

  • The Black Keys: VGAs, Dec 2011
    Monday, December 12, 2011
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    Watch: The Black Keys Perform "Lonely Boy" at Video Game Awards

    The Black Keys followed a week of performances in NYC celebrating the release of their new album, El Camino, with a weekend on the West Coast. They performed at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas, at which "the guys could have converted almost anyone in attendance to the Church of Keys with the way the audience hung on to every word and guitar stroke," reports MTV, and at the Video Game Awards (VGA). You can watch their VGA performance of the El Camino tune "Lonely Boy" here.

  • The Black Keys: "Late Show w/ David Letterman," Dec 2011
    Thursday, December 8, 2011
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    Watch: The Black Keys Perform on the "Late Show with David Letterman"

    The Black Keys continued the celebration of the release of their new album, El Camino, with a performance of "Gold on the Ceiling" on the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS last night. Watch it here. NPR's Fresh Air calls the new album a "reinvention" for the band, with their having "achieved a sound that's frequently brighter, more open and eager." Tickets for the March 2012 leg of the band's North American tour go on sale to the general public tomorrow.

  • The Black Keys: "The Colbert Report," Dec 2011
    Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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    Watch: The Black Keys Perform on "The Colbert Report" Following Release of "Stunning" (Reuters) New Album

    The Black Keys' new album, El Camino, was released yesterday to great critical acclaim and plenty of celebrating all around. The band was on The Colbert Report last night, performed "Lonely Boy" and a web-exclusive of "Gold on the Ceiling"—all of which you can watch here—and performs on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight. Reuters calls El Camino "stunning." The Washington Post calls the band "exhilarating." MTV includes El Camino on its list of the 20 Best Albums of 2011, calling it "positively brilliant." Stereogum says, "There isn’t a single weak track." Consequence of Sound gives the album four stars and finds it "very nearly the Platonic ideal of rock and roll."

  • The Black Keys: SNL, Dec 2011, by Mary Ellen Matthews
    Monday, December 5, 2011
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    Watch: The Black Keys Perform on "Saturday Night Live"; Hear Them on NPR's "Weekend Edition"

    The Black Keys, whose new album, El Camino, is just one day away, were featured on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, talking with host Audie Cornish about the new album. The Black Keys were musical guests on Saturday Night Live this weekend, performing two songs off of El Camino: "Lonely Boy" and "Gold on the Ceiling." Watch the performances here. The Evening Standard gives the album four stars, calling it “fiery, raucous and ferocious fun.” "The Black Keys have grown into one of the most exciting rock bands of our time," exclaims the Independent on Sunday. "Too late for those album of the year polls?"

  • Björk: "Crystalline" on "Later ... with Jools Holland," Nov 2011
    Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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    Watch: Björk Performs "Crystalline" on "Later ... with Jools Holland"

    Björk performs songs from her new album, Biophilia, on Later ... with Jools Holland, airing Friday night on BBC Two in the UK. She performed the song "Crystalline" on Tuesday night's half-hour preview show; watch the performance here. Among the other guests on this week's shows are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, and Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings. Björk will perform at the Lollapalooza festival in Chile next year.

  • k.d. lang: Channel 7's "Sunday Night," Nov 2011
    Monday, November 21, 2011
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    k.d. lang Closes Out World Tour in Australia, Performs on Channel 7's "Sunday Night"

    k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang close out their three-week tour of Australia—and months-long world tour—at the Brisbane Riverstage tomorrow night. The Age, reviewing one tour stop, says: "lang's voice remains a marvel." While in Sydney for a sold-out, six-night residency, lang and the band took time out for a special invitation-only live performance and audience Q&A that aired on Channel 7's Sunday Night. Fans around the world can now watch online via the show's site.

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