We asked a few of the student reporters for ABC News On Campus to cover the Austin City Limits festival for us a few months back. They handled the duties admirably. One of the reporters, KiAh Collier,... [continue]

Speech Debelle supposedly came out of nowhere to win the Mercury Prize in 2009, but she’s been writing and recording music for several years. We scheduled an interview for Amplified. I didn’t know... [continue]

When most Americans think about indie rock bands, they don't normally imagine a band from China. But a new tour featuring artists from Beijing has been introducing cities on the East Coast to a fresh... [continue]

Here's the Nightline story I did on 50 Cent. Spent a couple days with him, and we got a lot pretty well. My producer called it "the strangest buddy film ever." Watch til the end, when the interview... [continue]

Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss, AKA Sleigh Bells, have been getting a ton of press love after the CMJ festival hoisted them to internet prominence. Pitchfork, the New Yorker, Stereogum, even... [continue]

Check out British dance pop band playing their song You Came Out at Public Assembly two weeks ago during CMJ. Interesting interweb note about the name of the group: the main time that construction of... [continue]

British dance rock threesome We Have Band was a highlight of our CMJ experience this year. They played the show we helped curate, they are genial and fun folks, and they don't shy away from making... [continue]