Black Music Matters News

 
ACL Releases 2012 Festival Lineup
KUT News
The midnight announcement of the lineup for the Austin City Limits Music Festival has become an annual ritual. For KUT's Texas Music Matters, David Brown reports the just-released roster for 2012 is already getting good reviews. For music nerds who ...

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Big Sean Grabs Three Nominations, BET Awards 2012
BET
With nods for Miguel and J. Cole the BET Music Matters program is well represented at this year's big show. By Brooklyne Gipson BET Music Matters artist Big Sean was among the stars who received nominations for the BET Awards 2012.

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Real Talk: Notes on D'Angelo's Return
Arizona Informant
... whose third album we've been not-so-patiently waiting for, who is set to give his first US performance in a decade at the ESSENCE Music Festival this July. His hair is still cornrowed (but I'm not even mad), his body is trim — not that it matters, ...

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Asia's Entertainment Digerati and Music A-Listers Convene at the Week That Matters
MarketWatch (press release)
Branded Ltd. today announced the return of three signature events-- DigitalMatters, Music Matters and Music Matters Live from 22nd to 26th May 2012 in Singapore, inspiring dialogue and collaboration with all that matters in the music and digital ...

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Ravinia Festival's Music Matters Benefit raises a record $378000
Lake Zurich Courier
The Ravinia Associates raised nearly $378000 at its annual fundraiser “Music Matters” on Saturday, May 12, at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, 221 North Columbus Drive in Chicago. This year the black-tie event also honored the 50th anniversary of the ...

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Asia's Entertainment Digerati and Music A-Listers Convene at the Week That Matters
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
SINGAPORE--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Branded Ltd. today announced the return of three signature events– DigitalMatters, Music Matters and Music Matters Live from 22 nd to 26 th May 2012 in Singapore, inspiring dialogue and collaboration with all ...

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Tupac Shakur stage production to open in Chicago in January
Los Angeles Times
She said the production will most likely be a play with sequences featuring Shakur's music. Miller is a member of the Black Ensemble Theater who has appeared in a number of its productions. The company has mounted several musically themed stage ...