Rock the Bells 2009 Lineup: Nas, Common, The Roots to Headline

Hip-hop's heavyweights are gathering again for the 2009 edition of the Rock the Bells tour, with Nas, Common, and The Roots scheduled to headline the rap fest's proceedings. Other artists picked to play include a...

Mia Farrow To Air "Darfur Olympics"

Mia Farrow has spent much of the last several years raising awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and she has been an outspoken critic of China's role in Sudan. As the Olympic games begin today in...

The music festivals just keep coming to Beijing: Talib Kweli and Ozomatli

I spent much of this "golden week" in Beijing checking out some of the music festivals that have suddenly been swarming the scene here. Tuesday night was Beijing's version of the Yue Festival, which featured Talib...

Rock the Bells in SF just plain ROCKED

You could tell it was gonna be a badass show on Saturday from the energy on the Caltrain from Sunnyvale, packed with hip-hop heads and rockers from the mid-nineties should-to-shoulder trying to catch a buzz. Whether it was the dudes recounting Comedy Central's roast of Flava...

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