Some cinematic hip hop with a video to match. “The Sheltering Sky” is the second single from Telemachus’ forthcoming debut album In The Evening, and it features vocals from Jehst.

The long awaited and eagerly anticipated new album by Mark de Clive-Lowe, called Renegades, is out now. Renegades features percussion by Sheila E, bass by Pino Palladino, strings by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and vocalists such as Nia Andrews, Tawiah, Sandra Nkale, Omar, and my personal favorite Bembe Segue. More info here and here.

This roots reggae track is stripped down to the basics – drums, bass, organ, and vocals – and it’s not missing a thing. “When Will They Learn” comes from the first 45 in an upcoming series of Liam Bailey singles on Truth & Soul.

I love that Air is still referred to as a “French band.” Anyway Cartier has been asking certain artists to provide musical interpretations of the concept, “How far would you go for love?” As part of that project, the French band Air provided the soundtrack to the following video called “Painted Love.”

Tokyo Dawn is running a remix contest for the track “Rain a Fall” from Colonel Red’s new album, Keep Walkin. Rules and downloads are right here.