New Ledisi App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch! In celebration of the release of Ledisi’s new album “Pieces of Me” check out the brand new Ledisi App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch! The app includes two games, one where fans must solve the Pieces of Me puzzle and …
RISING STAR IS JOINED BY STELLAR LINEUP,
INCLUDING MENTOR CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE
It’s no exaggeration to state that the release of Warren Wolf, the eponymous debut album for Mack Avenue Records by Warren Wolf,
will make it as apparent to jazz fans as it already is to jazz insiders
that the 31-year-old vibraphonist is the next major voice on his
instrument. Joined by a unit of authoritative swingers (bassist Christian McBride, pianist Peter Martin, drummer Greg Hutchinson, alto and soprano saxophonist Tim Green, and, on two tracks, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt),
Wolf offers a ten-piece program that admirably represents his singular
blend of efflorescent chops, muscular attack, lyric sensibility,
harmonic acumen, encyclopedic knowledge of hardcore jazz vocabulary,
tireless groove and downright musicality. To continue, please click “MORE”!
PAUL TAYLOR | PRIME TIME CD Giveaway Winners! Good Afternoon Folks! It’s about that time to announce our 5 lucky winners in this weeks CD Giveaway Drawing of the new Paul Taylor album, “Prime Time”!! Drumroll please….(LOL)! The 5 Winners are: Anthony H. of Sanford, FL Ben B. of McDonough, …
SongVest,
the company that reinvented the music business by offering the ultimate
fan collectable — ownership in the royalty income of the songs
themselves — has announced their next auction will feature classic
songs from the 1980’s.
Fans will be able to bid on a percentage of the royalty income for
each song at auction. Each item is a “No Reserve” auction so that means
these items will sell if there is a bid. Buyers will collect their
royalties quarterly from SongVest and can track all of their purchases
and royalty income via our “Music Mogul Dashboard”. To continue, please click “MORE”!
By Susan Mutharia | T.U.M.S.On an interview with the Rolling Stone magazine, Clarence Clemons once said “I call the stage the healing floor. Whatever is wrong with you once you get on that stage is fine until you get off the stage. The mind is a very strong thing.” This …
AWARD WINNING GOSPEL RECORDING ARTIST JAMES FORTUNE TO BE HONORED AT 24TH ANNUAL ASCAP RHYTHM & SOUL AWARDS
JUNE 24, 2011
(New York, NY) – F.I.Y.A. World Music, eOne and Light Records recording artist, James Fortune, will receive two honors from the performing rights association, ASCAP, at the Annual Rhythm & Soul Awards later this month. Fortune will be recognized for his outstanding writing on his current hit songs “Encore” and “I Believe.”
Today’s music industry is full of songwriters, singers and musicians of various abilities, styles and character. It can be a competitive journey in finding one’s distinctive place for utilizing gifts and getting to the pinnacle point in a music career. There is a young singer with an incredible voice who is in the beginning of her career, but is quickly becoming a voice that is being set apart. Baltimore’s Brittney Wright is such one talent establishing her place as a true talent in gospel music. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 16, 2011
Call it “old school” call it “traditional,” call it what you will…but call it Tasha Taylor, and call it real!
Los Angeles’ KJLH, New Orleans’ KMEZ, Little Rock KOKY, Shreveport
KQXL, Columbus GA WAGH, Columbia SC WLXC, Chattanooga WMPZ, Montgomery
AL WWMG, Detroit WGPR and Atlantic City WTTH have embraced the song
“Queen” on initial offering. What do all these stations have in common?
They recognize and laud true Soul and R&B.
No auto-tuned vocals here! Radio.com raves “Resounding vocal power
found in Taylormade…Taylor would make any parent proud with vocal
power that packs an R&B soul-stirring punch!…Tasha Taylor is truly
an example of offspring who has taken talent to the next level…and
when it comes to the next generation of blues, R&B and Soul, then
there is little to worry about, as long as Tasha Taylor stands at the
helm.” To continue, please click “MORE”!
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 17, 2011
Stanley Clarke will be the 18th recipient of the Miles Davis Award at
the Montreal Jazz Festival June 26, 8:00 p.m., Salle Wilfrid-Peiletier
venue. The award will be presented before his festival performance with
Return To Forever. The Miles Davis Award was created in 1994 to honor a
great international jazz musician for the entire body of his or her
work and for that musician’s influence in regenerating the jazz idiom. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer Van Hunt makes his long awaited return this week with the online premiere of “June,” his first new music in more than three years.
“June” heralds the hugely anticipated release of Hunt’s extraordinary new album, What Were You Hoping For? . The album – a joint venture between the Nashville-based Thirty Tigers and Hunt’s own label, godless-hotspot – arrives in stores and at all digital retailers on September 27th. To continue, please click “MORE”!