Midnight Rider subject Gregg Allman, a founding member of the iconic Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band, is urging director Randall Miller not to proceed with production on the controversial biopic after the tragic death of camera assistant Sarah Jones. Allman sent Miller a personal letter asking him to not move forward with the…

We all work with sound every day, but how many of us have actually seen it? Now thanks to Schlieren Flow Visualization and a high-speed camera, we can now see what a clap actually looks like. Thanks to my buddy Buzz Goddard for the heads up on this. [Bobby Owsinski]

Nas is in the midst of a well-deserved victory lap, celebrating the 20th anniversary of his iconic debut album, 1994’s Illmatic. But the man born Nasir Jones is also looking ahead to his next album. In a recent interview with NPR, the Queensbridge rapper offered an update on the forthcoming follow-up to 2012’s Life Is…

Wu-Tang Clan rapper RZA answered questions from fans during a Reddit AMA session yesterday (April 23). He kicked off the conversation with a paragraph about himself and detailed his work with both Wu-Tang and as a film composer, as well as his jump into acting nearly a decade ago. The rapper/composer recalled jumping into music…

West and Rubin were tabbed to accept a special award on behalf of the Roland TR-808 at the Tribeca Film Festival’s Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, but couldn’t make it to New York City for the ceremony. Instead, Romanek assembled a found-footage clip that smashes together Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Laurel and Hardy, Kanye’s ‘I’m In…

Where can you see futurist George Dvorsky by day and living meme Riff Raff by night? This year’s retooled Moogfest is an eccentric five days of daytime musings on sci-fi, instrument design and music visuals and evening performances ranging from M.I.A to Holly Herndon. The celebration of art, technology and innovation begins today in Asheville,…

Lil Boosie speaks on his release and new album with The Breakfast Club. [Real Talk NY]

Beats Music, which switched on the ability for listeners to buy subscriptions to the service within its iOS app on Sunday, has climbed up the iTunes charts in recent days. As of Wednesday, Beats was the No. 1 most downloaded app in the music category in iTunes — above Pandora, Spotify and SoundCloud. Among the…

Yesterday, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced the recipients of its 2014 Performing Artist Awards, including 13 jazz and improvising musicians, who will receive at least $1.7 million in unrestricted grants in total. The awards were given in two tiers. Six jazz musicians were given Doris Duke Artist Awards, worth an unrestricted grant of $225,000…

We live in an age where a 6-year-old with a laptop and a copy of iMovie can edit some footage together. Editing software is abundant and as easy to use as it has ever been, and the masses are using these tools to flood the internet with copious amounts of video content. But most of…