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Music Icon Gladys Knight to Join CENTRIC’S “APOLLO LIVE”

From The Dance Floor To The Apollo Stage: Legendary Multi-Grammy Award Winner Gladys Knight Joins CENTRIC’s “APOLLO LIVE”


NEW YORK, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Following her successful run on “Dancing With the Stars,” the “Empress of Soul,” Gladys Knight, will lend her musical expertise to CENTRIC’s new original series APOLLO LIVE premiering in Fall 2012.  Joining judges Doug E. Fresh and Michael Bivins, the legendary songstress will give guidance to each hopeful contestant as they take the stage with the hope to jumpstart their career in the entertainment industry. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Esperanza Spalding Nominated for 2012 NCLR ALMA Award

Esperanza Spalding Nominated for 2012 NCLR ALMA Award


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Bassist/composer/vocalist Esperanza Spalding has been nominated for a 2012 NCLR ALMA Award® in the category of Best Female Music Artist, along with Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan, Naya Rivera and Demi Lovato. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Gospel Release: Angie Hall | Beyond Expectations…Thoughts From An Unspoken Mind | Avail NOW – LISTEN TO NEW TRACK!

Angie Hall – Beyond Expecations…
Thoughts From An Unspoken Mind
 Available Now!


Listen to “I Give You Praise” by clicking HERE!


For Angie Hall, music has always been a constant companion.  Growing up in a small town in North Carolina, music was commonplace in a household where everyone was a singer, musician, or both.  This absorption of musically is now manifesting in a passionate songstress ready to embark on a life of music ministry. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Jazz Release: Charles Mingus – The Jazz Workshop Concerts (1864-65) | Coming Sept. 18th, 2012 – LISTEN TO STREAMING TRACK

Mosaic Records Celebrates 90th Birthday Anniversary of
Charles Mingus with 6 CD Limited Edition Collection
Including Previously Unreleased Material


 
Charles Mingus
The Jazz Workshop Concerts
1964-65

Release Date:
September 18, 2012

 

Listen to a Streaming Track From The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65


Because this is the 90th birthday anniversary year of Charles Mingus, Sue Mingus called last spring to ask Michael Cuscuna whether he might be interested in issuing some of the unreleased Mingus tapes she had in the archives.  It didn’t take long to make such a decision! To continue, please click “MORE”!

Gospel Starlet Amber Bullock Releases Anticipated CD, “So In Love” | Avail. NOW

Gospel Singer Amber Bullock Releases “So In Love” | In Stores NOW!


Music World Gospel recording artist Amber Bullock, soared to the top of the gospel music charts after capturing the hearts of millions as she topped a talented field of singers to become the 2011, Season 4 winner of BET’s Sunday Best, the #1 rated weekly gospel music competition show. To continue, please click “MORE”!

CD Baby Launches New Music Retail Store to Help Independent Artists

CD Baby Launches Brand New Music Retail Store to Help Independent Artists Sell More Music

CD Baby, the world’s largest online
distributor of independent music, has launched a newly designed
CDBaby.com, the retail storefront where musicians from around the globe
can sell downloads, CDs, vinyl, and more.

Portland, OR (PRWEB) July 11, 2012

The new CDBaby.com,
which premiered in beta version in June, is designed to feature more
music in more places. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Guitarist Melvin Taylor Releases New Music Video, “Star Spangled Blues”

Melvin Taylor
New Music Video
“Star Spangled Blues”

2012 is a time of great change and national self-definition and the time for a new
vision of our national song has come.

 
At the hands of virtuoso guitarist Melvin Taylor, The Star Spangled Blues takes us
on a kinetic musical journey, blasting through existing musical genres and creating something unique – something never heard before.  Taylor’s blazing guitar work is accompanied by the magnetic performance of Reverend Xavier Chance whose unique spoken words re-conceive the words of Francis Scott Key as they were originally posed – as a question.



 
The accompanying music film takes us on a journey through space and time rewinding American history putting the choice of citizenship back in the hands of the individual. To continue, please click “MORE”!

New Music Video: Trizonna McClendon – This Is My Range (Official Video)

Honest Management presents the return of Chicago female vocalist Trizonna McClendon. Her late 2006 debut album Overtones & Innuendo’s introduced her brand of R&B to the masses with an infectious single titled Sunshine and Lemonade that made her one to watch as well as a welcomed addition to a then burgeoning and revamped Indie Soul music scene. Overtones & Innuendos went on to receive distribution in Japan (P-Vine Records), a few nominations and won an award or two, which carried the album well into 2008.

In late 2009, Trizonna McClendon’s sophomore release NewFamiliar (a much more edgy and 100% live music R&B/Soul experience), impacted with a high quality music video for the electrically soulful and sassy single Shatter Proof that garnered the album loads of positive press and feedback. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Look For New Release from Band The Urban Renewal Project, “Go Big or Go Home” | Coming Sept. 18th, 2012

New Release:
The Urban Renewal Project
“Go Big or Go Home “
Release Date 09/18/2012



THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT
NOT YOUR GRANDDADDY’S BIG BAND
 NEW ALBUM FROM LOMBARDY RECORDS COMING SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 – “GO BIG OR GO HOME”

THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT’S FAT HORNS AND FUNKY BASS GROOVES F– — USE WITH THE GLISTENING VOCAL TALENTS OF KEN NEELY AND FRESH RHYMES OF LOGIC THE TOPIC TO CREATE A VEIN-MELTING BLEND OF JAZZ, FUNK, POP, & HIP-HOP THAT GETS HEADS SHAKING AND TOES TAPPING. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Artist Anita Wilson’s New Single, “Speechless” Soars Up The Charts

Gospel Artist Anita Wilson Soars Towards Top Ten With Single, “Speechless”

 
 (Chicago, IL) – July 5, 2012 – Buzz has been surrounding new solo artist Anita Wilson and her debut release, Worship Soul.  The brand new project from the Donald Lawrence protégé captures the worshipper and gifted songwriter at her finest with eleven soul-stirring songs.  Wilson’s lead single, “Speechless”, has been getting rave reviews as well as it soars up the gospel music charts. To continue, please click “MORE”!