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Soul-Blues Singer Sugaray Rayford to Release New Album “Human Decency” on June 14th, 2024 | LISTEN!


 
SUGARAY RAYFORD ANNOUNCES
NEW ALBUM ‘HUMAN DECENCY’ DUE JUNE 14th
VIA FORTY BELOW RECORDS
 
LOS ANGELES, CA – Sugaray Rayford is pleased to announce the June 14th release of Human Decency via Forty Below Records. The title track is a simple reminder that our similarities are more substantial than our differences, and in the end, there is no black or white or left or right; there are only hearts and minds.

The Powerhouse Fellowship Soul Choir feat. Shawn Cotterell Release New Single “God Is Good” | WATCH NEW VIDEO!


 
Toronto’s Powerhouse Fellowship Soul Choir Featuring Shawn Cotterell Release Single and Video “GOD IS GOOD”
 
Toronto, CA — The Powerhouse Fellowship Soul Choir, featuring Shawn Cotterell, has a new single, “God Is Good.” This is the first single from Powerhouse Fellowship’s forthcoming album, REFLECTIONS. The new single is released on Impact Gospel Recordings, exclusively distributed by IndieBlu Music, a division of MNRK Nashville.

Bay Area Saxophonist Raffi Garabedian Releases New Project “The Crazy Dog” | LISTEN!


 
Rising Bay Area Saxophonist Raffi Garabedian
Releases New Album The Crazy Dog Today
 
A series of lustrous chamber jazz compositions drawing inspiration from letters written by his paternal grandparents, who fled the Armenian genocide during World War I, and his father’s historical fiction inspired by the family’s experience settling near Boston
 
Raffi Garabedian has release the first single, “A Mother’s Letter,” from his forthcoming album The Crazy Dog. Raffi says: “A Mother’s Letter” was the first song I composed for this project.

Latin Jazz Ensemble Dave Schumacher & Cubeye to Release New Album “Smoke In The Sky” on April 12th, 2024 | WATCH & LISTEN!


 
Jazz Ensemble Dave Schumacher & Cubeye to Release New Album “Smoke In The Sky”
 
An accomplished versatile virtuoso baritone saxophone player, Chicago native Dave Schumacher has been a mainstay on the New York jazz scene for more than forty years. His big, bold baritone first came to international attention during the eighties, spending much of those years touring the world with Lionel Hampton’s Orchestra.

Photographer Matthew Jordan Smith to Release New Book “Aretha Cool: The Intimate Portraits” on March 15th, 2024


 
Celebrity, Fashion and Beauty Photographer Matthew Jordan Smith Releases ‘Aretha Cool: The Intimate Portraits’, A Tribute to The Queen of Soul, Available Now on Amazon
 
(Los Angeles, CA – March 14, 2024) – Celebrity, fashion, and beauty photographer Matthew Jordan Smith releases his fourth book, Aretha Cool: The Intimate Portraits (ICLA) in tribute to The Queen of Soul during Women’s History Month on Friday, March 15, 2024, available now on Amazon.

Jazz Guitarist Ronny Smith to Release New Album “Struttin” on April 19th, 2024


 
Jazz Guitarist Ronny Smith to Release New Album “Struttin'”
 
The mellow-toned guitarist Ronny Smith has always had the ability to play with great passion solos over infectious grooves, resulting in music that is both accessible and full of subtle creativity. Inspired by Wes Montgomery and George Benson, Smith’s sound is quite attractive and, even as he builds up his solos, he keeps the melodies in mind.

Saxophonist Michael Cates Releases New Single “Get On It” | LISTEN!


 
Jazz Saxophonist Michael Cates Releases New Single “Get On It”
 
“Get on it,” a Greg Manning production, is the latest single from saxophonist Michael Cates and is the follow up to the hit single “New Lives” which received international airplay and landed on Spotify’s prestigious “New Smooth Jazz” playlist upon its release. Cates co-wrote the track with Manning and the end result will speak for itself.

Jazz Guitarist Norman Brown to Release New Album “It Hits Different” on March 29th, 2024 | LISTEN!


 
Grammy Winning, Multi-Platinum Selling & Chart-Topping Guitar Hero
Norman Brown Releases Fourteenth Album as a Leader It Hits Different
 
Music is a language, it speaks to the invisible part of us that moves the physical part of us,” declares the charismatic, introspective, and deeply spiritual Grammy-winning guitarist Norman Brown. The multi-platinum selling and chart-topping guitar guru has been thrilling international audiences for over four decades with his jaw-dropping virtuosity, soul-stirring performances, and gravity-defying technique.

Singer/Songwriter Gene-o aka “Classic Twist” Releases New Single “Holding Back The Years” feat. Saxophonist J. Henry | LISTEN!


 
CLASSIC TWIST
“Holding Back the Years”
 
When renowned veteran R&B/jazz singer/songwriter Gene-o launched his genre-defying Classic Twist concept in 2023, the vision was twofold – to draw on his lifelong passions for pop and rock and later country to both write empowering anthem-like songs centered on and driven by our collective potential for change…

Jazz Guitarist Chris Standring to Release New Project “As We Think” on April 5th, 2024


 
Positive Thinking: Contemporary jazz guitarist Chris Standring shares his joy and optimism on “As We Think,” dropping April 5
 
LOS ANGELES (12 March 2024): While a kid growing up in the United Kingdom, contemporary jazz guitarist Chris Standring read James Allen’s “As a Man Thinketh,” and it sowed the seeds of positivity and optimism, leading to a transformation that occurred in his early sixties when the musician got married for the first time last year.