Dave Chappelle returned to the Big Apple in big style with his current series of shows at New York City’s legendary Radio City Hall. During his second concert, the crowd was treated with a surprise set by none other than Kanye West, who popped up on stage to do live versions of his songs like…

Russell Simmons is climbing off the yoga mat. The hip-hop impresario-turned-lifestyle guru, author of the New York Times best-seller Success Through Stillness, moved from the East Coast to Los Angeles early in 2014. Now, he is launching a flurry of new entertainment projects — and has begun blasting the way Hollywood works. Simmons, 56, has…

Composer Noah Sorota on Falling Skies from SoundWorks Collection on Vimeo. About Composer Noah Sorota: Noah developed a love for music at a young age. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Noah began on violin at the age of three and added instruments to his musical arsenal throughout his childhood, including: clarinet, piano, saxophone, trumpet, guitar, and…

We’ve known for months that YouTube will soon introduce its own streaming music service, and in doing so it’s revisiting its licensing agreements with all the major and indie labels. For a monthly fee the new service will reportedly allow users to download their streams to enable listening offline, and also eliminate those annoying adverts…

In this video, Stephen McCaul of Noise Engineering takes an in-depth look at the company’s Eurorack module line. Noise Engineering Eurorack modules: Ataraxic Translatron – LFSR VCO Basimilus Iteritas – Drum Synthesizer Zularic Repetetor – Rhythm Sequencer Sinclastic Empulatrix – Envelope Generator with minimum VCA…

The EDM industry is currently worth $6.2 billion, per a recent report at IMS Ibiza — but depending on who you asked on Day 1 of the third annual EDMbiz conference in Las Vegas Wednesday, that number could be wildly conservative. “$6.2 billion may be what’s spent on tickets or clubs or drinking, but I…

Following Tyler, the Creator’s entertaining interview, Trey Songz sat down with Larry King for his Ora TV talk show “Larry King Now.” The R&B hitmaker, who will release his sixth album Trigga on July 1, opened up about everything from being a sex symbol to his complicated relationship with his biological father. He also weighed…

Against the Clock is a series on FACT TV where we give an artist 10 minutes in the studio and see what they come up with. You can watch all the past episodes here. Taking the challenge this week, Luke Abbott. After cutting his teeth on Trevor Jackson’s Output label in the mid-’00s, Abbott found a home…

SoundExchange, the independent performance rights organization that collects and distributes digital performance royalties, today announced its Q1 numbers.  In the fiscal first quarter the nonprofit paid $162.4 million to recording artists and labels, its largest Q1 payment to date and a 38% increase over the $117 million paid out last year. The report also noted that…

Checking back in the Skee Lodge, Chuck explains his shots at this year’s XXL Freshmen class. He also explains how his new eOne deal came about, The Documentary 2, Lil Durk diss, charity work with Kevin Durant, co-starring in Nicki’s video, LeBron and more….