In a statement, Kweli said that the forthcoming album's title comes from "the image of the ear and of the drum, which are powerful enough by themselves, but put them together and it's an instrument in your body that helps you hear. They're also two very simple, yet powerful words. I wanted to focus on finding a sound that makes you move, and that's where the word 'eardrum' popped in my head."

Isaac Hayes [ tickets ], Booker T. & The MGs, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Mavis Staples, Mable John, The Soul Children and Angie Stone are among the acts scheduled to perform June 22 in Memphis as part of an event dubbed "50 Years of Stax: A Concert to Benefit the Stax Museum of American Soul Music." Proceeds from the show will benefit the museum, which is located at the site of the old Stax headquarters on Memphis' historic McLemore Avenue, according to a press release. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. (Ticketmaster is LiveDaily's parent company.)

Founded in 1957, Stax--a racially integrated label in what was then a segregated city--released hits from artists including Otis Redding, Booker T & the MGs, The Bar-Kays, Hayes, Sam & Dave, The Staple Singers, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Floyd, Johnnie Taylor and Bell.

Jazz clarinetist Alvin Batiste [ tickets ]--who toured with Ray Charles and recorded with Branford Marsalis--died Sunday of an apparent heart attack, according to published reports. He was 69.

Also on Sunday, Chicago blues harmonica legend Cary Bell--a veteran of Muddy Waters's and Willie Dixon's bands--died of heart failure, according to a press release. He was 70.

Concertgoers who purchase tickets at Ticketmaster.com for concerts scheduled to take place between Memorial Day (5/28) and Labor Day (9/3) will receive a 10-song digital-music sampler "showcasing a variety of emerging and established artists," along with one complimentary song of their choosing from Apple's iTunes Music Store, according to a press release. (Ticketmaster is LiveDaily's parent company.)