Panormx — Guys, I've been mad busy lately, and that was why I nearly posted nothing. Sorry for that. Now I try to make that good with a list of my favourite tunes of 2009 for so far.Ursula 3000 - Zombies (Hijack Remix)Catchy vocals, awesome drop. Not original ... more info

Big Stereo — It’s been a minute or two since we’ve heard anything new from Hercules and Love Affair. Well Hercules’ mastermind Andrew Butler has been busy with a new mix cd for Sidetracked, a new remix series from Renaissance. As you’d expect the track li... more info

Get Weird — It’s been a while since there has been any home grown mixtape business on the blog and here’s the latest which is a quick twenty minute excursion through some summer time beats featuring tracks from the likes of Renaissance Man, Minimow, Nadastro... more info

DJmag — Hercules and Love Affair mix Renaissance's new compilation more info

Totally Fuzzy — S.F.P. said...New update at "BAISTOPHE":ABO #221RENAISSANCELOVE GOES ON (1969-2005)Sometimes life is unfair. At the end of the Yardbirds (ABO#074) life, Jimmy page had in the idea to pursue the adventure. Then the Yardbirds became the New Yardbirds a... more info

MTV.com News — Former Pretty Ricky member scored hit with 'Boyfriend #2.'By Shaheem Reid Pleasure P Photo: Atlantic Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — and we're not talking about Mark Curry. The new Mr. Cooper is the man who's known by his fans as Pleasure P, f... more info

Guardian Music — The much-loved Penguin Cafe Orchestra was the brainchild of one man's fantastical musical imagination. His son Arthur Jeffes explains how he's keeping the dream aliveMy first memories of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra are not musical ones. My dad, Simon ... more info

Allmusic Blog — Thought usually to be an English vocal genre that was popular in the Renaissance, the madrigal actually has roots in Flemish music, and going further back, appears to have been a descendant of the Italian frottola, a form noted for chordal accompanim... more info

Detroit Free Press — Seldom Blues Jazz & Supper Club at Detroit's Renaissance Center marks its 5th anniversary Friday evening with an appearance by Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, along with a strolling buffet and live jazz by several performers, says co-owner Frank Taylor... more info

MTV.com News — 'Ocean Drive can show you how broke you really are,' Pit says of his hometown's flashiest 'hood.By Shaheem Reid Pitbull Photo: Ultra Records MIAMI — The world-famous South Beach strip — Miami, Florida, U.S.A.! Ocean Drive to be exact. ... more info