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Patrice Rushen and Other Alumni Honor Teachers at L.A.’s Locke High School for Music Building Dedication

Patrice Rushen, Drummer Raymond Pounds and More Salute Mentors at Locke High School Music Building Dedication Ceremony in Los Angeles
Ceremonial Reflections and Photos by A. Scott Galloway

On Saturday afternoon November 7, 2015, Locke High School in South Central Los Angeles dedicated its music building to three gentlemen instrumental in making that location the ground zero training workshop for some of L.A.’s finest musical achievers. Those music educators are Don Dustin, Frank Harris and Reggie Andrews. As Master of Ceremonies William Allen Young stated that afternoon, these men instilled within their students, “If you want to be the best, you’ve got to BEAT the best!”

Music Legend Sam Moore Comes to Miami for Benefit Event “Salute the Soul Man” | Nov. 21st, 2015

Music Legend Sam Moore Celebrates Birthday With Benefit Event

GRAMMY Award-winning legendary Soul Man™ comes home to Miami for star-studded bash with Sting, Jon Bon Jovi, Michael McDonald, Randy Jackson, Don Henley and more

UPDATE: This event has been postponed. New date to be announced soon…

MIAMI BEACH, FL (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 09, 2015 – Sam Moore comes home to Miami to celebrate his 80th birthday with some adoring superstar friends for benefit event “Salute the Soul Man” on Saturday, November 21 at 8:00pm at the Fillmore Jackie Gleason Theatre.

Hidden Beach Experiences to Launch “Luther Vandross: The Power of Love Experience” in Spring 2016

HIDDEN BEACH RECORDINGS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES NEW CORPORATE UMBRELLA AND PARTNERSHIP WITH PRINCETON ENTERTAINMENT

The first joint venture will be Luther Vandross: The Power of Love Experience – Scheduled to kick off in Spring 2016

LOS ANGELES, CA – November 3, 2015 – Hidden Beach Recordings has now made Hidden Beach Experiences its new corporate umbrella, providing multi-tiered platforms of entertainment that encompass live music events, theatrical partnerships and music-related film productions.

Patti LaBelle Teams Up with American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE to Educate the Public about Lung Cancer

Grammy Award-winning Singer Patti LaBelle Teams Up with American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE to Educate the Public about Lung Cancer

PR Newswire, CHICAGO (November 4, 2015) – To kick off Lung Cancer Awareness Month this November, the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative, nationally presented by CVS Health, today announced its partnership with Grammy Award-winning singer Patti LaBelle to further educate the public about lung cancer, the leading cancer killer of women in the United States.

Aretha Franklin Presents the Gospel Legends Concert in Detroit | Nov. 22nd, 2015

Aretha Franklin Presents the Gospel Legends at
New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit on November 22 featuring
Pastor Shirley Caesar, the Williams Brothers,
Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Audrey DuBois Harris and Reverend Marcia Dyson

(Detroit, MI – November 4, 2015) – Aretha Franklin will present her annual Gospel concert and service Thanksgiving week on Sunday, November 22. Franklin’s Gospel Legends event will feature multiple award-winning recording artists Pastor Shirley Caesar, the Williams Brothers, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, and Audrey DuBois Harris.

R&B Songstress Meli’sa Morgan to Release New Single “So Good” on Nov. 9th, 2015 | LISTEN!

Legendary R&B Songstress Meli’sa Morgan Returns with New Single “So Good” – Coming Nov. 9th, 2015

New single produced by Lenny Fontana. New Album Coming 2016!

Legendary R&B/Soul music vocalist Meli’sa Morgan is back on the scene. Well after a 10 year hiatus, Ms. Morgan is set to let the world know her voice is still as relevant today as ever with the release of new dance single “So Good” from RFC/Fresh Records. The track will be made available Nov. 9th via Amazon and iTunes and is considered the lead single from her much anticipated new album to arrive sometime in 2016.

Lalah Hathaway Makes #1 Debut on Amazon with New Album “Lalah Hathaway LIVE”

MULTIPLE GRAMMY® AWARD WINNER
LALAH HATHAWAY
MAKES #1 DEBUT ON AMAZON WITH NEW ALBUM LALAH HATHAWAY LIVE, AVAILABLE NOW

Hathaway Continues to Hit Upcoming Cities including Charlotte, Washington DC, Norfolk and Philadelphia

Nashville, TN (November 2, 2015) – Two-time GRAMMY®-winning artist Lalah Hathaway has just released her new live album Lalah Hathaway Live, making a #1 debut on Amazon’s R&B digital albums, and remaining in the Top 5 of Amazon’s Hot New Releases in R&B digital albums. The album is also in the Top 5 on iTunes R&B/Soul albums.

Vocalist Andra Day to Headline Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 27th Annual Awards Gala | Nov. 16th, 2015

Warner Bros. Records Artist Andra Day to Headline Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 27th Annual Awards Gala

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Warner Bros. Records artist Andra Day will kick-off the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) 27th Annual Awards Gala Monday, November 16, 2015 at the Washington Hilton. Recently named one of DC’s 2015 Top100 Events, TMCF’s Gala will sell-out the Washington Hilton’s ballroom and bring together more than 1,500 of the nation’s business leaders, philanthropists, Members of Congress, DC socialites, and more than 400 star students from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominately Black Colleges (PBIs). The black-tie event, which raised $4.1 million last year, aims to raise over $5 million this year.

LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC! Kathy Sledge to Release New Single “Keep It Movin'” on Dec. 1st, 2015 | Announces New Concert Tour “Kathy Sledge Presents: My Sisters & Me”

Kathy Sledge To Release New Single “Keep It Movin'” On iTunes And All Digital Platforms On December 1 On Pacific Electronic Music

TO EMBARK ON “KATHY SLEDGE PRESENTS: MY SISTERS AND ME” CONCERT TOUR ON NOVEMBER 14 FEATURING KATHY SLEDGE, DENIECE WILLIAMS, KARYN WHITE AND CECE PENISTON

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — KATHY SLEDGE will release her much anticipated new single titled KEEP IT MOVIN’ on iTunes and all digital platforms on December 1. The song was first released as an Aristofreeks feat. Kathy Sledge EDM single on Pacific Electronic Music last Fall, hitting #2 on the Billboard Club chart. The GRAMMY® nominated artist collaborated with producer/duo Aristofreeks on the tune in which she co-wrote with Max Martire, and released it to the club and EDM festival circuit. Now, the original radio mix of the song will be available to fans worldwide.

Herb Alpert & Wife, Lani Hall Announces The “Come Fly With Us” U.S. Tour | Starting Dec. 2nd, 2015

HERB ALPERT’S ‘COME FLY WITH US’ TOUR

The “Come Fly With Us” concert tour takes off around the USA, with Herb and his wife, the Grammy award–winning singer Lani Hall, and their three–piece band.

Herb Alpert’s legendary career includes five decades of unprecedented breakthroughs as a musician, painter, sculptor, and record executive and philanthropist. In the past two years alone, he won his ninth GRAMMY® for 2013’s Steppin’ Out and received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama.

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