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Jack White’s Third Man Records to Release Jay-Z’s ‘Open Letter’ on Vinyl

Tyler Collins July 10, 2013 No Comments

Third Man Records will release Jay-Z’s “Open Letter” on vinyl.

Budweiser Made In America Festival: Ben Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 9/1/12 & 9/2/12

Nick Gunther September 7, 2012 No Comments

As much as an entertainer Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter is, it’s more so his skill as a businessman and entrepreneur that gave him the accessibility to curate the Budweiser Made In America celebration in Philadelphia this past Labor Day weekend.

Bloggy Goodness: New Spider Genus – Loureedia

Jeffrey Greenblatt May 24, 2012 No Comments

Lou Reed joins a select group of musicians who have had a type of spider named after them.

Bloggy Goodness: Bluegrass Underground

Jeffrey Greenblatt November 3, 2011 No Comments

With most of the HT Staff being based in the Northeast we have often gushed about the amazing experience of attending a Midnight Ramble at Levon Helm’s barn. Well we’re

Bloggy Goodness: Rush To Release Sectors Box Set

Jeffrey Greenblatt October 20, 2011 1 Comment

We’ve rounded up stories about Rush, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more for this week’s column.

The B List: 10 Oddball Musical Pairings

Hidden Track Staff September 1, 2011 5 Comments

Following yesterday’s stunning announcement that Jack White had collaborated with Insane Clown Posse our thoughts turned to other oddball musical pairings. For this week’s B List, we polled the Hidden Track staff and compiled a list of ten of the oddest musical collaborations.

Here’s what we came up with…

10. Phish and Jay-Z

It’s well documented that Phish loves to cross genres and play with guests, but when Trey Anastasio introduced Jay-Z to the stage in Coney Island in 2004 – jaws dropped. Can you imagine the Notorious B.I.G. stepping on stage with the Grateful Dead? As live collaborations go, 99 Problems / Big Pimpin’ was a big risk and a great success. And we think it’s safe to say Jay-Z never expected 8,000 Phish-heads belting his lyrics back at him – and neither did they. READ ON for nine more oddball musical pairings…

Bloggy Goodness: Europe ’72, Vol. 2

Jeffrey Greenblatt August 18, 2011 No Comments

With the Grateful Dead’s massive, drool-inducing Europe ’72 box set set to finally roll out this fall, the band’s 22-date tour will once again be mined for a scaled-down companion

Video: Jay-Z & Kanye West – Otis

Jeffrey Greenblatt August 15, 2011 No Comments

Last week the, two titans of the world of hip hop – Jay Z and Kanye West – dropped their long in the works debut album Watch The Throne. For

Tour Dates: Game Of Thrones

Jeffrey Greenblatt July 26, 2011 No Comments

While we certainly don’t pretend to be experts on the world of hip-hop around these part, we undoubtedly had to sit up and take notice when two of the biggest

Bloggy Goodness: Bonnaroo Edition

Jeffrey Greenblatt June 10, 2010 1 Comment

With the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival kicking off in a just few more hours, we’ve finally got the official schedule for the fest’s YouTube webcast – which you’ll be