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Don’t call it a comeback: has there ever been a year quite like 2013?
Sure, Daft Punk are dominating headlines right now, next week releasing their first non-soundtrack album since 2005’s Human After All, but their comeback story is just one from a year that seems [...]
D’Angelo announces four North American live dates
D’Angelo announces four North American live dates
4th April 2013 • 
A rejuvenated D'Angelo is set to perform three rare shows in North America this year. After last year's jaw-dropping Bonnaroo performance with Questlove (handily documented here and here), th [...]
Watch the second part of D’Angelo and Questlove’s <em>Superjam 2012</em> documentary
Watch the second part of D’Angelo and Questlove’s Superjam 2012 documentary
3rd April 2013 • 
We covered part one of the documentary here, and now it's time for the next installment. The second of four parts, this rare look behind the scenes charts D'Angelo's return to the public eye a [...]
Watch the first part of a documentary about Questlove and D’Angelo’s Bonnaroo Superjam
Watch the first part of a documentary about Questlove and D’Angelo’s Bonnaroo Superjam
20th March 2013 • 
The reclusive soulman joins Questlove and company to perform 'My Summertime Thang'. Last year, D'Angelo emerged after a 12-year American performance hiatus, surprising fans at Questlove's annua [...]
Watch footage of D’angelo and ?uestlove’s surprise Brooklyn gig
Watch footage of D’angelo and ?uestlove’s surprise Brooklyn gig
5th March 2013 • 
The reclusive singer plays a low-key gig with The Roots bandleader. Last week, D'Angelo and Questlove announced — and promptly sold-out — a two-man show at the Brooklyn Bowl billed as "The  [...]
D’Angelo, The Roots, Elvis Costello, Bilal and more perform <i>The Music of Prince</i>
D’Angelo, The Roots, Elvis Costello, Bilal and more perform The Music of Prince
5th February 2013 • 
This March will see The Roots play house band for a Prince tribute concert at New York's Carnegie Hall.  With The Purple One releasing a divisive new single, 'Screwdriver', last month, it's as [...]
D’Angelo’s long-awaited new album to be “turned in by February”
D’Angelo’s long-awaited new album to be “turned in by February”
22nd January 2013 • 
Soul icon D'Angelo's new album is "99% done". The Virginia singer's third full-length, following the classic Brown Sugar and Voodoo (it's basically r'n'b's equivalent of that new My Blood [...]
D’Angelo’s <em>Voodoo</em> to be reissued on vinyl for first time
D’Angelo’s Voodoo to be reissued on vinyl for first time
24th October 2012 • 
The classic album from the reclusive R&B star will be reissued in Decemeber. D'Angelo's 2000 sophomore album Voodoo, an R&B classic by any measure, will be reissued by Light in the Attic's Mode [...]
Beastie Boys, Dam-Funk and D’Angelo sign up for ridiculously star-studded crowdsourced funk documentary
Beastie Boys, Dam-Funk and D’Angelo sign up for ridiculously star-studded crowdsourced funk documentary
22nd October 2012 • 
Here's an auspicious looking Kickstarter project. Critic and filmmaker Nelson George has teamed up with legendary New York producer Arthur Baker for a new documentary about the genesis of funk  [...]
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