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The Avalanches have today (May 3) shared a colourful remix of their famed hit ‘Frontier Psychiatrist’ by legendary producer Mario Caldato Jr.Caldato is most known for his work with The Beastie Boys, having engineered and produced a string of their albums from 1989 to 1998.

Also on this day: Former President George Washington is eulogized by Col. Henry Lee as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Jack Johnson becomes the first Black boxer to win the world heavyweight championship as he defeated Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia.During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson issues a proclamation authorizing the government to take over operation of the nation’s railroads.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHaim, Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson and Feist are among the more than 40 artists who will perform songs by Yusuf/ Cat Stevens for the CatSong Festival, a special live YouTube broadcast in celebration of the 50th anniversary of his classic 1970 albums “Tea for the Tillerman” and “Mona Bone Jakon.” According to the announcement, fans can expect new interpretations of “Wild World,” “Peace Train,” “Father And Son” and more of Yusuf’s hits and classic songs.

Yusuf / Cat Stevens has announced a virtual event called  ‘CatSong Festival’ set to take place next month.Taking place on December 5, the special live YouTube broadcast will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stevens’ 1970 albums ‘Tea For The Tillerman’ and ‘Mona Bone Jakon’.With over 40 artists on the lineup, the likes of HAIM, Brandon Boyd of Incubus, Jack Johnson, James Morrison, Passenger and many more will perform songs from across Stevens’ discography.“It’s great to see and hear these

LOS ANGELES -- Miles Brown says playing Jack Johnson on the hit comedy series “black-ish” inspired him to speak out about equality and social justice through his art. He does just that on his debut hip-hop album “We The Future,” alongside guests including Slick Rick and Jidenna.Brown says he’s been working on the 15-song collection aimed at empowering young people for two years, with help from his father Jack Brown, who raps as Wildchild in the hip-hop group Lootpack.

Milky Chance and Jack Johnson's joint single "Don't Let Me Down" rises 3-1 to take over the top spot on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart dated July 18.The song is Johnson's 10th Adult Alternative Songs No. 1 and first since "I Got You" led for two weeks in August 2013.

Unruly.The show will be split into six parts, and has been described by Variety as “an unapologetically Black, no-holds-barred telling of Johnson’s life.The statement added: “The first ever Black heavyweight boxing champion, the show would follow Johnson’s rise to greatness and the costs he paid for his skin color and defiance.”The series will be based based on the PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, and will see Dominique Morisseau serve as writer and

Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali has signed on to play boxing legend Jack Johnson in a new HBO series.Unruly will be based on the documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, directed by Ken Burns.Ali previously played Johnson, the world’s first black heavyweight boxing champion, in a stage production of The Great White Hope in 2000.Jackson once took part in a boxing match, dubbed “the fight of the century”, in 1910 against James J. Jeffries and ruled the boxing

When you think of boxing, there are a number of fighters that come to mind. Names like Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, and, of course, Muhammad Ali are all near the top of the list of most popular fighters of all time.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVHBO is developing Unruly, a six-part limited series about legendary boxer Jack Johnson to be played by two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. The project hails from Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone and will be written by Dominique Morisseau based the PBS documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, produced and directed by Ken Burns, and its companion book by Geoffrey C.

Shelf Portrait, celebs, influencers, and famous bookworms invite us inside their homes to show off their personal libraries. In our latest episode, Rudy Pankow (a.k.a.

Milky Chance hosted a Billboard Live At-Home performance Wednesday (May 6) to raise money for the National Coalition for the Homeless.

The maiden collaboration between the two acts

Jack Gilinsky hosted a Billboard Live At-Home performance Thursday (April 30) to raise money for Meals on Wheels America, which delivers meals to senior citizens.

He also joined Johnson for a performance of 'Constellations'

Willie Nelson will be the subject of a new concert special on A&E.

The 18th edition of Louisville, Kentucky's Forecastle Festival revealed this year's lineup on Wednesday morning (Feb.

Now in its 18th year, the Forecastle Festival will return to Louisville, Kentucky on July 17-19, 2020 and be headlined by local natives Cage the Elephant, British quartet the 1975 and acoustic rocker Jack Johnson. The full lineup appears below.

The Levitate Music & Arts Festival has announced the lineup for its eighth annual event happening July 10-12, 2020 at the fairgrounds in Marshfield, Massachusetts."The team at Levitate has been thinking about summer all winter long and is proud to announce a lineup to warm the soul," as press release from organizers reads.