Hawaiian musician, entertainer, and sovereignty activist Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole helped to popularize and change perceptions of Hawaiian music. This video with his version of "Somewhere over the Rainbow" includes footage from his funeral, attended by roughly ten thousand people, and the scattering of his ashes.

Two New York percussionist friends show us their favorite instruments, and also have fun playing them for us.

Invited to Shutdafunkup and Eat, Dj Moni mixes tunes from multiple and diverse influences: some Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, House, Soul, and even Brazilian sounds, among many others. We’re glad she didn’t listen to her parents’ career advice.

On this second clip from Faithless band members, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz, they discuss ‘Comin Around’, a song recorded in collaboration with Temper Trap. It speaks to the issue of dealing with the challenge of personal relationships that fail.

From TV news: Bob Dylan won't be going to Stockholm to accept his Nobel Prize for Literature. Leonard Cohen has died after a fall in his home, and Teri Hart chats with stars of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk & Nocturnal Animals.

Ed Sheeran's song "Galway Girl" is a collaboration between the British sing-songwriter and the Irish folk band Beoga, mixing traditional Irish music with pop.

The "Shape of You" singer, Ed Sheeran talks with Ellen DeGeneres on her show about the Grammys, his girlfriend and their cats, along with his upcoming work with Beyoncé. He also discusses a cycling accident which put him out of commission for a month.

In the song "Overpass Graffiti," Ed Sheeran sings about how his feelings for his ex-girlfriend will never fade, much like "graffiti on the overpass."

"The Joker and the Queen" is from Ed Sheeran's album = (pronounced "equals") and features Taylor Swift. The actors in the music video are in fact the same actors who as children featured in another duet of Sheeran and Swift's, “Everything Has Changed” from 2012.

In this humorous advertisement for Ed Sheeran's tour, he finds himself back in math class, although something seems to be haunting him...