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Singer of sea shanty group Fisherman's Friends also seriously injured at Surrey venue

The follow-up to 'Smoke Ring For My Halo' will be released on April 8

The song's producers recall how the No. 1 tune, which the singer performed with Sting on Sunday's Grammy Awards, came to be.

Last night's performance included a tribute to the late Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys

The Postal Service quicken their pace on "A Tattered Line Of String." For a band called The Postal Service (Ben Gibbard's electronica-tinged passion project), the group hasn't been all that good at keeping in touch. It's...

Purity Ring: "Grammy" (Soulja Boy cover) Back in 2011, when they'd only released a couple of songs, Purity Ring's Corin Roddick told Pitchfork that he "can't get enough" of Soulja Boy's album The DeAndre Way. Now, the Ca...

The trio are currently finishing up their debut album in Los Angeles

The singer -- who derailed her career in 1992 with an infamous SNL protest -- says the surprise resignation offers a chance for renewal.

Don't worry, single people: we've got you covered. This Thursday night, Valentine's Day, Pitchfork.tv will webcast performances by Laurel Halo and Teengirl Fantasy live from Manhattan's Le Poisson Rouge. Tune in to Pitch...

An international collaboration brings you today's track, a progressive house banger that might just help you forget it's Monday. French artist Michael Calfan teams up with Swedish producer John Dahlback to give us "Let Y...

Backstreet Boys Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, A. J. McLean and Kevin Richardson will be the subject of a new documentary about their rise to stardom.

Foals have announced they'll hit the road in support of their new album Holy Fire, out tomorrow through Warner Bros. After they finish their current route throughout the UK and Europe, they'll headline dates across North...

A new Yamaha advertisement quips, "Dr. Who?"

If there is a group that comes to mind someone says "electronic," Big Gigantic might be one of them. Technology has been rapidly changing and evolving in the past decades, which, of course, affects our daily lives in eve...

The latest Black Cab Session presents Solange's "Bad Girls" from a particularly gorgeous vantage point. Watch her perform a stripped-down, acoustic version of the True song in the back of a cab, alongside her creative pa...

Mr. Byrd became successful and controversial in the 1970s by blending jazz, funk and R&B into a precursor of jazz fusion.

Musician and political-activist Billy Bragg announces a new single 'No One Knows Nothing Anymore' - available to download from this week

It's probably a good idea to get out of Marouan Benabdallah's way when he sits down to play Bartok. The young Moroccan pianist has a powerful, even ferocious technique, and -- as he proved at the Phillips Collection on S...

"It's not often that reggae entertainers are invited to events like this, so I'm just thankful that Bruno and the crew invited us to be there," said Marley, who performed with Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Sting.

Winners from the 2013 Grammy Awards.

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James has shared the video for "A New Life" off his recent solo debut Regions of Light and Sound of God. The clip begins with James performing the tune on an acoustic guitar in the dark. As...

This Wednesday night, Dirty South Joe and Flufftronix will drop their fourth mixtape for their super sexy Luvstep series. In addition, at 10 PM EST they will be hosting a live stream for a 30 minute question-and-answer s...