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Gospel Hit Making Duo Mary Mary Returns March 29th, 2011 with New Album, “Something Big”


 
Mary Mary Announce SOMETHING BIG for March 29
 
LEAD SINGLE, ‘WALKING,’ TOP 10 AT URBAN AC
 
SOMETHING BIG FOLLOWS MULTI AWARD WINNING AND GROUNDBREAKING PREVIOUS RELEASE, THE SOUND
 
NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Columbia Records/Myblock Records artists Mary Mary, sisters Erica and Tina announced the release of SOMETHING BIG, the long-awaited follow-up to The Sound, their multi-award winning, groundbreaking previous CD.  Produced by Warryn Campbell for Myblock Records and written by Mary Mary, SOMETHING BIG is slated for a March 29, 2011 release.

Gospel Group, The Cash Family Releases “Against All Odds”…

The Cash Family is a group of anointed singers who have been ministering
God’s praises for numerous years. The members of this God-fearing
family are kingdom-builders who love God and His people. Their music is
exemplified in their lifestyles; they are considered modern-day
missionaries who spread love, hope and help to those in need. As
ministers of music, their main goal is to win souls for Christ.


They originate from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area and have
travelled to Ohio, New York (Apollo Theatre), South Carolina, North
Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Connecticut and New Jersey. These singers
have sung with many renowned Gospel artists at several major venues. To continue, Please click “MORE”!

Gospel Singer Charles McPhatter Receives 2 Music Nominations…

Gospel Artist Charles McPhatter Nets Two 25th Annual Washington Area Music Association Nominations

 
Singer Also Receives Multiple Wins In The Songwriters Association of Washington Mid-Atlantic Song Contest

 
(Washington, D.C.) – January 20, 2011 – The Nation’s Capital boasts a number of gospel icons.  One
of the hottest towns for gospel music is also the home of up-and-coming
artist and smooth-sounding gospel crooner Charles McPhatter.  A
solo artist and former member of the gospel group, Christopher Page
& The Dreamkeeper’s Ensemble, McPhatter is a gifted singer and
songwriter whose family is related to late soul singer Clyde McPhatter
of the Drifters and the Dominoes.
 
Charles’
most recent release, Life Songs, a collection of uplifting,
contemporary gospel tunes, has been receiving rave reviews as well as
accolades.  The
Washington Area Music Association (WAMA), the organization which
recognizes the talents of local artists, took note of McPhatter who was
just nominated for two 2011 awards: Gospel/Inspirational Vocalist and
Gospel/Inspirational Recording for Life Songs.  He shares the categories with fellow nominees Richard Smallwood, Earnest Pugh, Stephen Hurd, Y’Anna Crawley and others.  WAMA
will be presenting awards on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at State Theatre
(220 N. Washington St., Falls Church, VA) at 8:00PM. To continue, Please click “MORE”!

ABKCO Records & HDTracks Celebrate The Music of Sam Cooke…

ABKCO RECORDS AND HDTRACKS CELEBRATE THE MUSIC OF

SAM COOKE ON THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH

Sam Cooke is
rightly credited with creating and defining “soul music,” — no one did
it better. Had he lived, Cooke would have turned 80 on January 22,
2011.  While Cooke’s untimely death
at the age of 33 was tragic and deprived successive generations of new
music, his influence and legacy is of such magnitude that his artistry
is still enjoyed by fans the world over to this day. ABKCO Records and Hdtracks are thrilled to make available, for the first time ever, in high resolution digital audio four of Cooke’s core albums – Sam Cooke at the Copa, Keep Movin’ On, Ain’t That Good News and the career-encompassing compilation Portrait Of A Legend 1951 – 1964.  These seminal works are finally available for download in 88.2kHz/24bit audio. To continue, Please click “MORE”!

“Diana | Queen Of Motown” by Ian Phillips (New Book)

New Diana Ross Book Gets Back to Reality

New hardcover title concentrates on
the achievements and work of superstar and Motown legend, Diana Ross.
Track by track, album by album and movie by movie, her prodigious output
is examined and evaluated in a celebration of five decades of stardom.

Kent, England (PRWEB) January 20, 2011


During a career spanning half a century in which a skinny little girl
from Detroit’s Brewster Projects came to be a byword for style,
professionalism and artistic integrity, Diana Ross has also become an
icon for women, for black people, for disenfranchised individuals
throughout the world.

Millions of words have been written about her – some of them true –
as writers, commentators and fantasists have scrambled to define,
package and fictionalise the person behind the achievements – to find
some mystic shorthand explanation for it all. To continue, Please click “MORE”!

CTI Records Continues 40th Anniversary Celebration with The Release of 6 More Classic Reissues

CTI Records 40th Anniversary Celebration Continues!
 

 

SONY MASTERWORKS JAZZ RELEASES CLASSIC REISSUES FROM GEORGE BENSON, DEODATO, MILT JACKSON, PAUL DESMOND, JIM HALL AND RON CARTER

Available January 25, 2011

Also
available, critically acclaimed CTI Records: The Cool Revolution deluxe
4-CD box and California Concert: The Hollywood Palladium 2-CD set
featuring previously unreleased tracks

NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — Masterworks Jazz continues the celebration of the 40th
anniversary of CTI Records, the beloved jazz label founded in 1970 by
producer Creed Taylor with the release of 6 more classic reissues
available on January 25th, 2011. They include: White Rabbit by George Benson, All Blues by Ron Carter (first time on CD in the U.S.), Prelude by Deodato, Pure Desmond by Paul Desmond, Concierto by Jim Hall, and Milt Jackson‘s Sunflower.
The reissues are packaged in eco-friendly softpack sleeves that
replicate the original gatefold LP design and their iconic covers most
with photos by Pete Turner.

White Rabbit is perhaps George Benson‘s
finest album for CTI, featuring the signature title track arrangement
of the Jefferson Airplane classic – a 1972 Grammy® nominee for Best Jazz
Performance by a Group. To continue, Please click “MORE”!