White Folks Get Crunk — Its Mixtape Monday! Should be called still hung over from Saturday Night Monday this week. Killer time in the Lou on Saturday. Shouts out to Renaissance and Madmonk for having me. Shouts out to Mike for my first St. Paul Sammich. Big shout out to Jan... more info

Guardian Music — Union Chapel, LondonWhile the Barbican has been hosting the bulk of the ongoing celebration of the 30th anniversary of Les Arts Florissants, this programme consisting of Monteverdi's Sixth Book of Madrigals transferred aptly to a smaller and more a... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — First things first. Saturday I will be rocking and rolling in St. Louis with Madmonk and Renaissance. If you are in the area be sure to stop down to 609 and have a Real Juicy bomb with me! OK its Real Ghetto tuesday here at White Folks Get Crunk. So... more info

Detroit Free Press — In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Motown Records, the Wayne County Commission has proclaimed Nov. 20-22 "Motown Weekend." The highlight will be the Nov. 21 gala fund-raiser in the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center. more info

All About Jazz — Late this past spring, I read On the Shoulders of Giants, a book by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about the Harlem Renaissance, its music, and the effect of both on Kareem's development as a person. I already knew about his lifelong love of jazz and his wide-r... more info

Panormx — Canblaster is a French Dj, he loves analogic synthesizers. He found inspiration in the eclectic sets of 2 Many Djs, so his mixes go from RUN DMC to Vitalic. This blog is a fan, what about you?Canblaster - Chicken RunCanblaster - Kapongo Danc... more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - Christie's will offer for sale a drawing by Renaissance master Raphael which he used as a study for a figure in a Vatican fresco, and expects it to break the record for an old master drawing sold at auction. more info

Tastes Like Caramel — Jamie T. is the quintessential 21st century solo artist, he can do everything and do it extremely well. A brilliant lyricist who sometimes sings, sometimes raps and is also a talented musician, Jamie T. is something of a South London Renaissance man.... more info

Live Daily — Tracy Lawrence [ tickets ] has added a fall leg to his in-progress tour of the US behind his recently released 10th studio effort, "The Rock." The multi-platinum country singer, who returns to the road beginning Oct. 1 in Mason City, IA, currently... more info

Rock Sellout —    The Pro(g)hibition There is only one creature out there more obsessively passionate, fiendishly dedicated and flamboyantly expressive than a Muse fan and that’s haters of Muse and their fans.  I guess this is inevitable from two perspectives... more info