Cross Rhythms — Gospel jazz man Ben Tankard to release new album in June more info

Altsounds — While 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival has left Göteborg and is now sailing through the Skagerak their scouting party in Germany could not pass by Frankfurt am Main without picking up a huge TANKARD of beer... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — It appears that Kanye’s Monster video has been banned from being played on MTV because the video glorifies violence against women. Female activists Sharon Haywood and Melinda Tankard started a petition to get the video off the air.   “The mainst... more info

Popdose — Scream, thrash and then meditate to the latest sounds from the metal world. more info

Metalsucks — I’ve got a bad feeling about this. First up “Rules for Fools,” from Tankard. This band is German, so, of course, they made a video about disciplinary action that attempts to be funny but is actually anything but. Was this filmed and edited enti... more info

All About Jazz — The genre of Gospel Jazz is growing by leaps and bounds. The unique merging of two highly expressive and improvisational African American forms of music has spawned a variety of gifted artists such as Angella Christie, Ben Tankard and Kirk Whalum. It... more info

Cross Rhythms — Piano man Ben Tankard set to release new album more info