Guardian Music — Nation of Shopkeepers, LeedsThe latest artist to appear on Later With Jools Holland before releasing a note, Lianne La Havas is a Paloma Faith backing singer turned major label priority, working with top producers and championed by Bon Iver and Gary ... more info

Altsounds — *_ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT ANNOUNCES FEB. 28 RELEASE OF BLACK RADIO_* *_FEATURING ERYKAH BADU, BILAL, LUPE FIASCO, LALAH HATHAWAY, _* *_LEDISI, MOS DEF, MUSIQ SOULCHILD, MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO & OTHERS_* On February 28, 2012, *Robert Glasper E... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Produced by Mark Ronson, “A La Modaliste” is the Jazz remix for RE:GENERATION featuring Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Members of The Dap Kings. Presented by Hyundai Veloster, RE:GENERATION is a documentary film tha... more info

Guardian Music — The London soul sensation lionised by Justin Vernon and Gary Barlow on the personal nature of her songs and the relief of finding a sense of identity"My boyfriend told me to say, 'If anyone asks, you're single!'" laughs the new soul sensation Lianne ... more info

Swedesplease — Halina Larsson is an ex-pat from Sweden who has lived in LA and now resides in Brooklyn. She’s go a diverse sound and a variety of influences including Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Erykah Badu, Feist and Elliot Smith. She’s a trained jazz vocalist ... more info

Stereogum — Thom Yorke kept the recent string of DJ appearances alive with a stop at the BBC, where he played tracks from Radiohead’s recent TKOL Remix as well as cuts from Burial, James Blake, Aphex Twin, Erykah Badu and more. Stream the set over at the BBC. ... more info

Guardian Music — Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek says the divisive dubstep star will work with the band as part of a new music documentaryThe "most hated man in dubstep" is helping to reopen the Doors. Skrillex will produce "the first new Doors track of the 21st centu... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Emma Warren bounces along to OutKastAquemini was the album that turned me into a raving OutKast fan, a position consolidated by subsequent albums Stankonia and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. I consi... more info

Stereogum — Somehow, billing an artist to play their most famous release, exclusively, got super vogue all of the sudden. Nas did Illmatic. Erykah Badu did Baduizm. A Tribe Called Quest did Midnight Marauders. So, yeah, some good stuff got covered, but what else... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - A hip-hop concert set to feature headline performances from Lauryn Hill, Nas and Erykah Badu has been cancelled. more info