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Jazz Vocalist Carol Duboc Releases New CD “Smile” | Available NOW

Music Therapy: Carol Duboc delivers a revealing “Smile”



Jazz singer-songwriter teams with Jeff Lorber for a deeply personal album about the demise of her marriage


Los Angeles, California (2013): Thinking that everything had fallen apart, the tears streamed down Carol Duboc’s face as she wrote the lyrics to “Smile,” the title track to the soulful jazz vocalist’s stunning sixth album that was released Tuesday (May 21) by Gold Note Music. She gazed at her young daughter’s smile and found hope. Hope infuses the painfully honest and courageously candid collection Duboc penned and produced with fusion pioneer Jeff Lorber about coming to terms with the end of her marriage.

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R&B/Soul Artist Shaliek to Perform LIVE on SIRIUS XM Radio on June 29th, 2013

Recording Artist Shaliek performs
Blood Sweat Tears LIVE on
SIRIUS XM Radio

 
New York City, NY – 2013 –  Pendullum Records R&B Soul Artist Shaliek will share in the celebration of Black Music Month with a live performance on SIRIUS XM Heart & Soul’s Soul Intro Broadcast. Throughout the month of June SIRIUS XM will gather an elite line up of recording artists such as Charlie Wilson, Fantasia and Shaliek for in studio performances. Shaliek a native of Bronx, NY who spent much of his childhood in South Carolina will secure his musical place in history when he performs his new single “The Past”.

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Janet Jackson Lends Voice to Support UNICEF for West & Central Africa

Janet Jackson Lifts Her Voice to Help Kids in West and Central Africa
 

“It’s unacceptable for children to die from hunger in the 21st century,” says Jackson


NEW YORK, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Janet Jackson, GRAMMY® Award-winning and Oscar® nominated artist, entertainer and actor is lending her talent and powerful voice to support UNICEF in providing humanitarian assistance in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa, where 1.4 million children are at risk of severe malnutrition, a potentially deadly condition if left untreated.

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BWB – Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum & Norman Brown – Reunite with New Album, “Human Nature” | Coming June 18th, 2013


 
Contemporary Jazz Group
BWB
Returns with New Album,
“HUMAN NATURE”
on June 18th, 2013
 
Individually, they are three titans of contemporary music: Rick Braun, the gifted trumpeter/flugelhornist with the golden voice; GRAMMY Award-winning tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum, the Memphis-born wunderkind who mixes Beale Street, gospel, the blues and bop; and Norman Brown, the GRAMMY-winning guitarist who brings a Louisiana lilt to his Wes Montgomery/George Benson influenced six-string soulful strut.

WATCH New Music Video by Gospel Singer Ethan Kent | “My Hope Is In Glory”

Ethan Kent Releases Official Video for Chart Topping Radio Hit “My Hope Is In Glory” (Live)

Dallas, TX —  Just who is this Ethan Kent that has been at the top of the radio charts?  Who is this Ethan Kent that has an eclectic style to his musical artistry and is pushing the creative envelop in contemporary gospel music by producing smooth tunes, innovative orchestrations and hip, hot arrangements?  Ethan Kent is the ‘new guy’ in gospel music, a fast rising talent and a man who deliberately mixes Jazz, Soul, R&B, Pop, Classical and Rock to create his own sound of gospel.

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British Soul Singer Michael Kiwanuka to Debut on PBS “Austin City Limits” on June 10th, 2013

Michael Kiwanuka To Live Stream Debut Taping For PBS’ Austin City Limits On
June 10th



BRITISH SOUL SINGER’S DEBUT ALBUM HOME AGAIN OUT NOW


SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — British soul singer Michael Kiwanuka is set to make his debut on PBS’ esteemed live music program Austin City Limits on June 10th. The taping will be live-streamed directly from ACL’s stage at The Moody Theater in Austin, TX, via the show’s YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/austincitylimitstv. Those who subscribe to the channel will be notified when the stream is scheduled to air, as well as when anything related to the show is announced.

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Sheléa Announces the Release of New Debut CD, “Love Fell On Me” on June 18th, 2013


 
SONGSTRESS SHELEA ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF HER DEBUT ALBUM,
LOVE FELL ON ME,
AVAILABLE JUNE 18, 2013
 
Love Fell On Me Features Brian McKnight, Stevie Wonder and A Collaboration with Narada Michael Walden
 
Los Angeles, CA – 2013 – Vocalist Sheléa (shuh-LAY-uh) announces the release of her debut album, Love Fell On Me to be released on June 18 with Breath of Life Records via CEN/RED Distribution, a division of Sony Music. One of the first singles, “Love The Way You Love Me” is a soulful ballad that showcased Sheléa’s “powerful voice.

Bounce TV Set to Premiere New Series, “forever Jones Presented by Walmart” on June 5th, 2013

The Fastest Growing African American Network in Television Set to Debut its First Original Non-Scripted Series: Forever Jones Presented by Walmart   
Featuring the Popular GRAMMY®-Nominated Family Gospel Group



Series Premiere Wednesday, June 5th at 9:00 P.M. (ET)


ATLANTA, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Bounce TV (www.BounceTV.com), the nation’s first-ever broadcast television network for African Americans, will premiere its first original non-scripted series, Forever Jones Presented by Walmart on Wednesday, June 5th at 9:00 p.m. ET.

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The Destiny’s Child Video Anthology (16 Short Music Films) on DVD | Coming June 4th, 2013

Music World/Columbia/Legacy Recordings Announce The Release Of The Destiny’s Child Video Anthology, A Career-Spanning Collection Of 16 Iconographic Short Music Films That Define An Era



The First-Ever Destiny’s Child Video Anthology Arrives Tuesday, June 4


NEW YORK, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Music World Entertainment, Columbia Records, and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, proudly announce the upcoming release of the Destiny’s Child Video Anthology, the first-ever career-spanning collection of sixteen iconic short music films that define the look and sound of a pivotal era (1998-2004) of musical and cultural history.  The DVD will be available starting June 4, 2013.

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