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July 2015

Legacy Recordings to Release Four Disc Collection “Johnny Mathis: The Singles” on Sept. 25th, 2015

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Legacy Recordings and Columbia Records Celebrate Johnny Mathis’s 80th Birthday with Release of Johnny Mathis: The Singles on September 25, 2015
 
Definitive Four Disc Anthology Brings Together 87 Non-LP and Compilation-Only Tracks including Landmark Hits “It’s Not For Me to Say,” “Chances Are” and “The Twelfth of Never”
 
Pre-order available on Amazon.
 
NEW YORK, July 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and Columbia Records will celebrate the 80th birthday of legendary crooner Johnny Mathis with the release of Johnny Mathis: The Singles, a definitive four disc anthology, on September 25, 2015.

WATCH NEW VIDEO! Tenor Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis Drops New CD “Days of FreeMan”

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Tenor Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis Releases Days Of FreeMan, A Tribute To His Hip-Hop Roots — Album Available Now
 
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NEW YORK, July 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Visionary composer and tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis‘s bravest, yet most palpable artistic feat, Days Of FreeMan, opens with a poignant and profound introductory monologue from a maternal sage. She says: “The best thing of living is living who you are. You can’t be somebody else; you gotta be what God gave you to be and who you are. You look in the mirror and see yourself and say ‘I’m James Brandon Lewis.”‘ Next, bass and drums congeal around the sapphire melodic motif of “Brother 1976,” recalling one of those jazzy jewel-like hooks from a 1990s Native Tongue hip-hop jam. The effect is like 1990s hip-hop’s fascination with jazz being spit back by a prodigious jazz innovator.
 

WATCH NEW VIDEO! R&B/Soul Vocalist Stacy Barthe Releases New Project “BEcoming”

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Motown Records R&B/Soul Recording Artist Stacy Barthe Releases Debut Album “BEcoming”
 
Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, up and coming R&B vocalist Stacy Barthe breathes new life into the soul music format with the release of project “BEcoming” via Motown Records. The 17 track collection features special guests John Legend and Common, and a different direction in the production dept. Much of the sounds the listener will experience is the detail to live instrumentation, as opposed to the norm of drum machines & loops. Stacy also reaches deep to compose tracks as it pertains to her personal life and struggles.
 

Amy Winehouse’s 1st Two Albums “Frank” & “Back To Black” Released Digitally

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Amy Winehouse’s First Two Albums, “Frank” And GRAMMY®-Winning “Back To Black,” Get Digitally Remastered By UMe
 
Rare Remixes from Back To Black tracks also available now
 
LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Amy Winehouse‘s career, though meteoric, was unfortunately cut short by tragedy, but the multi-GRAMMY® Award winner’s musical legacy can now be appreciated anew with Island Records/Universal Music Enterprises’ digital re-mastering of her first two albums.

Gospel Singer Samuel R. Blakes Releases New CD “I Survived” on July 31st, 2015

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BISHOP SAMUEL R. BLAKES RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM I SURVIVED AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE TODAY
 
PROJECT FEATURES GOSPEL LEGEND BISHOP PAUL S. MORTON AND
R&B CROONER DAVE HOLLISTER AMONG MORE
 
New Orleans, LA (Friday, July 31, 2015) — New Orleans based new traditional gospel artist Bishop Samuel R. Blakes releases his debut album I SURVIVED (On Top Music Group/Fountain of Life Records/Central South Distribution) available in stores and online via iTunes, Amazon and Google Play today.

Legendary Singer Oleta Adams Returns with 2 New Singles “Long And Lonely Hours” & “Safe And Sound” | LISTEN!

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SOUL/JAZZ/GOSPEL SINGER/SONGWRITER
OLETA ADAMS
SHARES HER BELIEF IN THE POWER OF
MUSICAL PRAYER ON TWO NEW
DIGITAL SINGLES, “LONG AND LONELY
HOURS” AND “SAFE AND SOUND”
 
Twenty four years after Oleta Adams’ empowering version of the Brenda Russell-penned “Get Here” became a Top 5 Billboard 100 hit, earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was adopted as an anthem for the U.S. troops in the Gulf War, the veteran soul, jazz and gospel singer, songwriter and pianist continues to touch people around the world with comfort, compassion and a beautiful, much needed sense of catharsis.
 

Reggae Artist Stephen “Ragga” Marley to Perform Tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live | Announces U.S. Tour

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Stephen “Ragga” Marley Kicks off U.S. Tour &
Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tonight (Jul 30) with son Jo Mersa
 
Stephen “Ragga” Marley – the eight-time Grammy winner and multi-talented singer/songwriter/musician/producer – begins his headlining tour. On Saturday Aug 1, he will hit the stage at country’s largest annual reggae festival Reggae On The River. He continues to perform along the Golden Coast, then travels to Europe for a short stint of festival and club dates. He heads back to the United States on August 29 for the Catch A Fire Tour to join Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Morgan Heritage, Tarrus Riley, Jo Mersa, Black-Am-I, Skip Marley and Jemere Morgan until the end of September.

Actress Ebony Jo-Ann to Release New Blues Album “Please Save Your Love For Me” on Sept. 18th, 2015

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Multiple Award-Winning Theatre, Film and Television
Actress Ebony Jo-Ann Releases New Blues CD,
‘Please Save Your Love for Me’
Available on September 18th
 
Ebony Jo-Ann to Appear in George Faison’s
40th Anniversary of
‘The Wiz: A Celebration in Dance and Music’
Featuring Phylicia Rashad, André De Shields,
Dee Dee Bridgewater and More
 
(New York, NY – July 29, 2015) – Multiple award-winning theatre, film and television actress, Ebony Jo-Ann releases her new Blues CD, Please Save Your Love for Me on her independent label, Blackgold Production on Friday, September 18th.

Sunday Best Season 7 Winner Geoffrey Golden to Release New Project “Kingdom…LIVE!” on Aug. 7th, 2015 | WATCH VIDEO!

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GEOFFREY GOLDEN
SUNDAY BEST SEASON 7 WINNER
TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM
KINGDOM…LIVE!
ON AUGUST 7TH
 
Dallas, TX (July 30, 2015) – On Friday, August 7, 2015, Fo Yo Soul Recordings/RCA artist and winner of the seventh season of BET’s popular show, Sunday Best, Geoffrey Golden, will release his debut album, Kingdom…LIVE!. The highly anticipated CD was recorded in Dallas and features 11 stellar tracks, including the stand-out, lead single, “All of My Help”.

Jazz Singer Carol Duboc to Release New Album “Colored Glasses” on Sept. 18th, 2015

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Groove therapy: contemporary jazz singer Carol Duboc keeps her diary open on “Colored Glasses”
 
Her seventh album, due September 18, is bolstered by collaborator Jeff Lorber’s R&B rhythms.
 
Los Angeles, California: On Carol Duboc’s deeply personal 2013 release, “Smile,” the contemporary jazz singer-songwriter opened up in a way that she had never done so before, revealing the pain and heartache involved with dissolving her marriage while being the mother of a young daughter. She described writing the album with producer and jazz keyboards legend Jeff Lorber as therapeutic.