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WATCH NEW VIDEO! Saxophonist Elan Trotman Releases 7th New Album “Electro Sax” | Available NOW


 
Plugged In: Saxophonist Elan Trotman adds EDM beats to his Caribbean-jazz fusion
 
BOSTON (24 April 2017): Saxophonist Elan Trotman is unwavering in his committed to wave the flag high for Caribbean music, but after releasing six soul-jazz albums and more than ten chart-topping singles that made him a permanent fixture on radio playlists, the Barbados native is “shaking it up” by going electronic on “Electro Sax,” his seventh outing which was released last Friday (April 21) by Island Muzik Productions.

LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC! Trombone Shorty’s New Single “No Good Time” | Announces New Fall Headline Tour 2017


 
Trombone Shorty Announces Fall Headline Tour
 
Blue Note Debut Parking Lot Symphony Out This Friday 4/28
 
Trombone Shorty has released “No Good Time,” the third single from Parking Lot Symphony, the Blue Note debut by the beloved bandleader, singer, songwriter and horn-blower born Troy Andrews, which comes out this Friday, April 28.

Flautist/Singer Ragan Whiteside to Release 4th Album “Treblemaker” on May 12th, 2017 | LISTEN!


 
Flute And Vocal Maven
Ragan Whiteside
Has Some Treble Up Her Sleeve
 
Contemporary jazz’s most promising artist is set to release her fourth studio album.
 
(Atlanta, GA 4/20/2017) – Ragan Whiteside, the flautist-singer who catches the ear like few in the world of contemporary jazz can, is getting ready to make waves this May 12th with her fourth studio album, Treblemaker.

Afrobeat Pioneer Tony Allen to Release New EP, “A Tribute to Art Blakey” on May 19th, 2017 | LISTEN!


 
AFROBEAT LEGEND TONY ALLEN PAYS TRIBUTE TO JAZZ LEGEND ART BLAKEY
WITH NEW EP TO BE RELEASED MAY 19 ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS
 
Blue Note Records has announced the May 19 digital release of Tony Allen’s new EP, A Tribute to Art Blakey. On the 4-track EP the legendary Nigerian drummer and Afrobeat pioneer best known for his work with Fela Kuti pays tribute to his longstanding idol, the American jazz drummer and Blue Note legend Art Blakey.

The Fourth Annual “My Music Matters: A Celebration of Legends Luncheon” to Honor Patti LaBelle, Kirk Franklin, Teddy Riley and David Porter | June 1st 2017


 
National Museum of African American Music to Host
2017 My Music Matters: A Celebration of Legends Luncheon
 
Annual Celebration will Honor Patti LaBelle, Kirk Franklin, Teddy Riley and David Porter
 
Nashville, TN (April 20, 2017) – The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) will kick off Black Music Month in June with its fourth annual My Music Matters: A Celebration of Legends Luncheon on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at City Winery in Nashville, TN.

WATCH NEW VIDEO! Le’Andria Releases New Single “Bigger Than Me”


 
LE’ANDRIA INTRODUCES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR “BIGGER THAN ME”, AVAILABLE NOW
 
“Bigger Than Me” Marks Lead Single from Upcoming New Album
 
NASHVILLE, TN – April 14, 2017 – GRAMMY® and Stellar Award-winning artist Le’Andria introduces a dose of joyful sunshine with the release of the uplifting new single “Bigger Than Me”, available at digital providers now and at radio beginning April 17th.

Mariah Carey Forms “Butterfly MC Records” As Exclusive Joint Venture With Epic Records


 
Mariah Carey Forms “Butterfly MC Records” As Exclusive Joint Venture With Epic Records
 
LOS ANGELES, April 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Multi-platinum global superstar Mariah Carey, the best-selling female artist of all time with18 Hot 100 #1 hits, inks an exclusive joint partnership of Butterfly MC Records and Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Enter­tainment, it was announced today by LA Reid, Chair­man and CEO, Epic Records.

LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC! Band Soul Understated Releases New Single “Wibble Wobble” feat Mavis “SWAN” Poole


 
SOUL UNDERSTATED
FEATURING MAVIS ‘SWAN’ POOLE RELEASES
WIBBLE WOBBLE
DEBUT SLICE OF FUNK IS FIRST TASTE OF EXCITING NEW EP ON SHANACHIE ENTERTAINMENT
 
These days in the commercial Black music universe, production is dominated by tracks created by producers. There are precious few bands….and the sound of musicians expressing themselves in real time is an increasingly rare commodity.

Legendary Soul Jazz Guitarist Melvin Sparks Album “Live at Nectar’s” Coming April 28th, 2017


 
The Legacy of Late Great Soul Jazz Guitarist MELVIN SPARKS
To Be Celebrated With Release of LIVE AT NECTAR’S
Due April 28th on ONE NOTE RECORDS
 
The legacy of legendary soul jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks will be celebrated on April 28, 2017 with the release of Live At Nectars on One Note Records. The recording, to be issued on digital formats, as well as limited edition vinyl, documents Melvin’s final band on December 30, 2010 just a few months before his passing in March 2011.

LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC! Neo-Soul Singer Lydell Williams Releases New Album “The Sound Of My Melodies”


 
LYDELL WILLIAMS KEEPS THE RAW, HEARTFELT NEO-SOUL
FLOWING ON HIS EPIC 17-TRACK SET ‘THE SOUND OF
MY MELODIES’ – FROM WHICH HE PLANS TO DROP
AN UNPRECEDENTED EIGHT SINGLES!
 
Continuing to fulfill his mission to get back to the roots of R&B and Neo-soul with substance, raw emotions and the no holds barred baring of his deep life experiences, multi-talented singer, songwriter and producer Lydell Williams is set to drop The Sound of My Melodies.