Arcade Fire has confirmed the track list for their new album, The Suburbs, which will be released Aug. 2 in the UK and Aug. 3 in the US & Canada.

Drawing from the top echelon of recording artists and music industry executives, the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has assembled its most impressive group of judges in its history.

MC Development (the developer of this site) has released iDjembe 2.0, which lets you play the djembe on your iPhone or iPod Touch. iDjembe features authentic sampled sounds. Version 2.0 adds Virtual Drum Circle, which lets you send your beats to other players on your local network.

Legendary South African singer Myriam Makeba has died following a concert in Italy. I've been in shock since I read the news this morning, as she was one of my favorite singers.

Here's a vintage performance of her most well-known song, "Pata Pata" to remember her by.

For 8 years now, Michael Leahy has been watching the lyric scene, the people that write them and “the trouble they make” as he puts it. “Song lyrics are an endless source of news, amusement and debate,” he notes. “They have the power to move, inspire and seriously irritate people.”

Hello.

Who can send me a copy of the lyrics of the 'O ! Ry Zandry Kely' song by Rakoto ?
I do not know Malagasy (the language of Madagascar), so I don't understand a single word of the song.
But I find it sounding so beautifully and its rhytm is fantastic, that I'd like to obtain the lyrics anyway.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Cheers,
Rik (in Belgium)

The playlist of the new game from Electronic Arts, "Facebreaker", features a track from South Africa's Tone Deaf Junkies. They are just one of a number of pioneering acts from South Africa, grouped around the African Dope label.

For details, visit http://www.music-wire.com/south-africas-tone-deaf-junkies-showcased-on-facebreaker-game/

Goa based record label 'Rock and Raaga' has released the Brown Indian Band's debut album titled 'E-Fusion'.

I'm a big fan of Dave Matthews Band, so this news hit me hard today. LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, August 19, 2008, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles from sudden complications stemming from his June ATV accident on his farm near Charlottesville, Virginia.

July 5th 2008 1001 Ways Gandhi Program Live at 4. Yogafestival Berlin