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Brittany Howard And Michael Kiwanuka Announced A Co-Headlining Tour For Fall 2024

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Indie funk-rocker Brittany Howard and British soul star Michael Kiwanuka have announced a co-headlining joint tour running for 14 dates this fall. They’ll be supported by guitarist-composer Yasmin Williams.

Howard is currently on her own solo tour through the end of April, with a slate of festival dates around the world throughout the summer that includes Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, and Pitchfork.

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, April 26 at 10AM local time, with a pre-sale going up on Wednesday, April 24. You can get tickets and more info here.

04/23 Tulsa, OK / Cain’s Ballroom ^
04/24 Kanas City, MO / The Truman ^
04/26 St. Louis, MO / The Pageant ^
04/27 Oxford, MS / Double Decker Arts Festival
04/28 Austin, TX / Austin Blues Festival
06/15 Manchester, TN / Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
06/20 Milwaukee, WI / Summerfest
06/22 Vienna, VA / Wolf Trap’s Out & About Festival
06/26-30 Somerset, England @ Glastonbury Festival
07/02 London, England @ Koko
07/03 Lytham St Annes, England @ Lytham Festival
07/05 Dublin, Ireland @ Marlay Park #
07/06 Manchester, England @ Albert Hall
07/07 London, England @ London Finsbury Park #
07/09 Chepstow, Wales @ Chepstow Summer Sessions #
07/10 Glasgow, Scotland @ Glasgow Green #
07/12 Rotterdam, Netherlands @ North Sea Jazz Festival
07/13 Bruges, Belgium @ Cactus Festival
07/14 Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Festival
07/21 Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
08/02 Newport, RI @ Newport Jazz Festival
08/03 Montreal, Quebec @ Osheaga Festival
08/11 Lyons, CO @ Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
09/29 Philadelphia, PA @ The Met +*
09/30 Boston, MA @ Roadrunner +*
10/02 Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre +*
10/03 New York, NY @ SummerStage +*
10/06 Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre +*
10/08 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom +*
10/10 Boise, ID @ Outlaw Field at Idaho Botanical Garden +*
10/11 Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield Concerts +*
10/12 Vancouver, British Columbia @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre +*
10/14 Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Festival Pavilion +*
10/15 Seattle, WA @ The Paramount +*
10/17 Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre +*
10/18 Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre +*
10/19 Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre +*

Sundance 2024 Recap: Up and Coming Artists Bring their Talents to Iconic Film Festival

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As Sundance 2024 draws to an end, a variety of artists had a chance to showcase their talents at the iconic film festival, including many artists who have ties to the hip-hop industry.

Ezinma a violinist, film composer, educator, and performer who has worked with renowned artists including Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Kendrick Lamar, Khalid, and Yo-Yo Ma, performed a special set mixing classical music and hip-hop for Chase Sapphire cardmembers at the Chase Sapphire on Main lounge. As a composer, Ezinma has scored many national advertisements, documentaries, and short films, making her an up-and-coming person to watch in the film community as well. Joining other reality stars such as Jon Gosselin, Chef Melissa King, multi-hyphenate Bravo Top Chef winner, also created and presented special dishes and held a meet and greet for Sapphire Reserve cardmembers at the lounge as well.

White Claw hosted the Brittany Howard for an exclusive Shore Club performance during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday night. Brittany’s performance began with an eclectic and immersive sound bath experience which set the stage for a first-hand look and listen at Brittany’s brand-new album set to release on Friday, February 9. As the sound bath concluded, Brittany played 9 songs from her new album, each one showcasing Brittany’s expansive musical knowledge and each highlighting a different genre of music. In between each song, Brittany discussed her inspiration, journey to each completed song and her vision for the album as a whole. For her final act at the White Claw Shore Club, Brittany took the stage for the first time as DJ blackfootwhitefoot and brought the crowd to their feet with some groovy funk music. 

The Latinx House celebrated the Latin community’s filmmaking achievements through a series of expert panels, receptions, parties, and flash talks with creators, powerful discussions on pertinent issues, including representation in the industry, climate change and banned books. Appearances by industry and Latinx luminaries at the 2024 house included directors and cast from films such as “Ponyboi,” “In the Summers,” “Border Hopper,” “God Save Texas,” among many others. In celebration of Sundance’s 40th edition, they took a look back at the festival’s four decades of powerful films and envision the future of films created specifically by Latinx storytellers. 

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Brittany Howard Announced Her New Album ‘What Now’ And The Release Date With Its Honest Title Track

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After establishing herself as one of contemporary music’s most powerful vocalists as part of Alabama Shakes, Brittany Howard went at it alone in 2019 for her debut solo album, Jaime. Now, four years later, she returns with news of her sophomore effort: Howard announced What Now today and shared the title track.

The album doesn’t yet have an announced release date but the title track is here now, and it’s a funky, rhythmic rocker with a strong groove. Howard says of the song, “‘What Now’ is maybe the truest and bluest of all the songs. It’s never my design to hurt anyone’s feelings, but I needed to say what was on my mind without editing myself. I like how it’s a song that makes you want to dance, but at the same time the lyrics are brutal.”

A press release describes the album, “Endlessly unpredictable, the album finds the artist bringing her singular musicality to a shapeshifting sound encompassing everything from psychedelia and dance music to dream-pop and avant-jazz — leaning into an exploration of retro future afroism.”

Watch the “What Now” video above and find the What Now cover art below. Howard also announced some new tour dates for 2024, so find all her upcoming shows below.

11/06/2023 — Birmingham, AL @ Iron City Bham *
11/07/2023 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
11/09/2023 — Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre *
11/10/2023 — Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall *
11/11/2023 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern *
11/14/2023 — Houston, TX @ House of Blues *
11/15/2023 — Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum *
11/17/2023 — Mexico City, Mexico @ Corona Capital
02/06/2024 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall ^
02/09/2024 — Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall ^
02/12/2024 — Boston, MA @ The Wilbur ^
02/16/2024 — New York, NY @ Webster Hall ^
02/20/2024 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^
02/23/2024 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel ^

* with L’Rain
^ with Becca Mancari

Janelle Monáe’s 17-Minute ‘Say Her Name (Hell You Talmbout)’ Features Beyonce, Chloe X Halle, And More

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Janelle Monáe has long used her art to bring attention to issues the world faces, and that’s just what she does on her latest, the 17-minute “Say Her Name (Hell You Talmbout).” The song, released to coincide with International Daughter’s Day on September 26, features the names of women who died at the hands of police brutality: Rekia Boyd, Latasha Walton, Atatiana Jefferson, Kendra James, Priscilla Slater, and many others, over 60 in total.

Monáe recruited a healthy roster of artists to help out with the track: Featured on it are Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Chloe X Halle, Tierra Whack, Brittany Howard, Zoë Kravitz, Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw, Isis V., Asiahn, Mj Rodriguez, Jovian Zayne, Angela Rye, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Brittany Packnett-Cunningham, and Alicia Garza.

Monáe wrote on Instagram of the song, “We will never forget our SISTERS who have lost their lives to police brutality. Join me, @AAPolicyForum + my sisters this Friday, September 24th in this rally cry as we #SayHerName in honor of #InternationalDaughtersDay.”

As the title suggests, the track is a follow-up to her 2015 single “Hell You Talmbout,” a similarly spirited protest anthem.

Proceeds from the new song will go to The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) and their #SayHerName campaign. On their website, AAPF describes the campaign, “The #SayHerName Campaign is so much more than a hashtag. It is a multi-dimensional campaign centered around the experiences and demonstrated needs of the #SayHerName Mothers Network — mothers, sisters, and families who have lost daughters to police violence.”

Listen to “Say Her Name (Hell You Talmbout)” above.

Life Is Beautiful Announces A Slate Of Aftershows With Brittany Howard, Ludacris, and Others

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Las Vegas festival Life Is Beautiful was forced to cancel its 2020 edition (of course), but it’s coming back strong in 2021 with an impressive lineup. Even if you can’t make it to the actual festival (which takes place from September 17 to 19), though, some additional “Life Is Beautiful Presents” performances will still pack quite the punch.

The festival announced the series of shows, at Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas, today: Jacob Collier will perform on September 15, Brittany Howard (with Ant Clemons) on the 16th, San Holo on the 17th, and Ludacris (with Childish Major) on the 18th.

Those artists are also on the festival lineup, which is led by Billie Eilish, Tame Impala, ASAP Rocky, Green Day, Haim, Young Thug, St. Vincent, 6lack, Modest Mouse, Don Toliver, Lany, Earthgang, Purity Ring, Ashnikko, Shaed, Trevor Daniel, Still Woozy, Noah Cyrus, Yaeji, Remi Wolf, and Jamila Woods.

When announcing that lineup, organizers noted, “When curating the lineup for Life Is Beautiful this year, we challenged ourselves to stay grounded in the realities of the year that we just lived. The way we discover artists changed, the places we listened to music evolved, and the meaning of music deepened as we listened in new ways. This year’s lineup isn’t our 2019 lineup in 2021. It’s our 2021 lineup, and celebrates the artists, both established and emerging, who were the shining lights during our darkest days.”

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Childish Gambino Turns In An Optimistic Cover Of Brittany Howard’s ‘Stay High’

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This week will bring Jaime Reimagined, for which Brittany Howard recruited some of her musical peers to put their own spin on songs from her 2019 debut solo album, Jaime. She rounded up quite the cast for the project, as it features folks like Bon Iver, Earthgang, BadBadNotGood, Syd, and Common.

Also appearing is Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover), whose cover of “Stay High” was shared today. Gambino’s rendition of the song starts with a string into before he sings in falsetto over jaunty keyboards, synths, and electronic drums. Howard’s original version of the song has more of an organic sound, but Gambino’s rendition retains the optimistic spirit of the original and doesn’t come across as too much of a departure despite the vastly different instrumentation.

Brittany Howard previously said of the project, “Making Jaime was so much fun for me because I was able to explore so many different genres of music. There were no rules. This reimagination project has been no different. I have been honored to have so many incredible artists from all musical worlds interpret my songs in such interesting and different ways.”

Listen to Gambino’s rendition of “Stay High” above.

Jaime Reimagined is out 7/23 via ATO Records. Pre-order it here.

Brittany Howard’s Upcoming ‘Jaime’ Remix Album Features Childish Gambino, Bon Iver, And More

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Back in September 2020, Brittany Howard shared a pair of remixes from Earthgang and Bon Iver, which were released together as Jaime (The Remixes). Now, Howard is expanding on the idea, as her upcoming album Jaime Reimagined, which is set for release on July 23, will feature more remixes of the album’s songs. Participating artists include Childish Gambino, Common, Syd, and others. Alongside the announcement, Howard shared a pair of tracks from the release: “Presence (Little Dragon Remix)” and “Tomorrow (BadBadNotGood Remix).”

Brittany Howard said of the project, “Making Jaime was so much fun for me because I was able to explore so many different genres of music. There were no rules. This reimagination project has been no different. I have been honored to have so many incredible artists from all musical worlds interpret my songs in such interesting and different ways.”

BadBadNotGood also said, “We’ve been fans of Brittany Howard’s work from a distance for years but haven’t had the chance until now to connect. She has an absolutely incredible voice and her songwriting style is really unique. The original of ‘Tomorrow’ had such a special, floating sound that it was difficult to find a direction to go in for the remix. We tried to give the amazing vocals a new context and build around that. We were honored to have the opportunity and hope everyone enjoys it!”

Little Dragon added, “Working with Brittany’s voice felt really inspiring, because it radiates emotions and energy.”

Previously, Earthgang said of their remix, “We’ve been big fans of Brittany and Alabama Shakes so this is a dream come true. Songs like these help us make sense of all the craziness in the world at times. Her song ‘Goat Head,’ dealing with her Black experience in America and the world, resonated the loudest at this time. Just thankful to be able to give the world our medicine and heal the people.”

Vernon also noted of his at the time, “Brittany is a truly singular artist; so much power and musicality. This album speaks to so many people, including us. To have a chance to recreate ‘Short And Sweet’ in our own image with long-time collaborators Jenn Wassner and CJ Camerieri, was both an honor and almost too much of a privilege.”

Listen to the Little Dragon and BadBadNotGood remixes above and find the Jaime Reimagined art and tracklist below. Also revisit our 2019 interview with Howard about Jaime here.

ATO Records

1. “13th Century Metal (Michael Kiwanuka Version)”
2. “Goat Head (Earthgang Version)”
3. “Stay High (Childish Gambino Version)”
4. “Presence (Little Dragon Remix)”
5. “Short And Sweet (Bon Iver Remix)”
6. “Tomorrow (BadBadNotGood Remix)”
7 .”Baby (Gitty Remix)” Feat. Syd
8. “History Repeats (Georgia Anne Muldrow Geemix)”
9. “Georgia (J Most Remix)” Feat. Emily King
10. “Stay High again.. (Fred again.. & Joy Anonymous Version)”
11. “He Loves Me (9th Wonder Remix)” Feat. Common
12. “History Repeats (Jungle Remix)”
13. “Run To Me (Laura Mvula Version)”

Jaime Reimagined is out 7/23 via ATO Records. Pre-order it here.