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New Label Fo Yo Soul Racks Up 12 Stellar Award Nominations 2015

NEWLY FORMED RECORD LABEL FO YO SOUL RECORDINGS/RCA
RECEIVES TWELVE STELLAR AWARD NOMINATIONS

Progressive Gospel Act The Walls Group Receives Seven Nominations and “Sunday Best” Winner Tasha Page-Lockhart Receives Three Nominations, While Fo Yo Soul Recordings CEO, Kirk Franklin Receives Two Nominations in The Prestigious Producer of The Year Category

Dallas TX – January 15, 2015 – Fo Yo Soul Recordings/RCA, a joint venture between gospel music icon Kirk Franklin and RCA Records, receives twelve Stellar Award Nominations in the label’s first year of operation, with multiple nominations for founder Kirk Franklin and the hit debuts by The Walls Group and Tasha Page-Lockhart.

Sheryl Lee Ralph to Receive HARTS International Foundation Innovative Peace Award

Sheryl Lee Ralph to recieve HARTS International Foundation Innovative Peace Award in Arts and Philanthropy

Photo Credit: Reggie Anderson

Los Angeles, California … Her Excellency Ama Tutu Muna, Minister of Art and Culture, The Republic of Cameroon has announced that actress and honored AIDS activist Ms. Sheryl Lee Ralph has been chosen to receive the HARTS International Foundations Innovative Peace Award in Art and Philanthropy for her years of committed global service in the fight against HIV/AIDS through her D.I.V.A. Foundation. Ms. Ralph will accept this award at the Musee National Museum Gala, Friday January 16th, 2015 in Yaounde, Cameroon.

Singer MONIFAH to Receive the VANGUARD Award at the 9th Annual OUTMusic Awards

PRLog – Dec. 30, 2014 – NEW YORK — R&B recording artist MONIFAH will receive The VANGUARD AWARD at the 9th annual OUTMusic Awards and received (2) OUTMusic Award nominations including Song of The Year. The awards will be presented in New York City at The Town Hall NYC on Monday, January 19, 2015.

Angelique Kidjo’s CD “Eve” Nominated for Grammy Award for “Best World Album”

Angelique Kidjo Nominated For “Best World Album” Grammy For 429 Records Release “Eve”

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — 429 Records is celebrating Angelique Kidjo‘s Grammy Award nomination for “Best World Music Album” for her album Eve. Eve, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s World Albums Chart and a hit album worldwide, is a vibrant new collection of songs dedicated to the power of African womanhood, particularly those women she grew up with in her native Benin.

Bassist Nathan East Earns GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Nathan East Earns GRAMMY Nom for Solo Debut

Nathan East celebrates a GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album today for his self-titled solo debut ‘Nathan East,’ on Yamaha Entertainment Group. Released in March, the album hit #1 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Albums chart.

Glynn Turman, Roger Guenveur Smith and Toni Braxton to be Honored at the 24th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards

Actors Glynn Turman And Roger Guenveur Smith Join Music Sensation Toni Braxton To Be Honored At the 24TH Annual NAACP Theatre Awards

On November 17th Emmy Award winner Glynn Turman, Six-time Grammy Award winner Toni Braxton and international writer, director and actor Roger Guenveur Smith will be honored at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills during the NAACP Theatre Awards hosted by Kym Whitley.

Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) November 12, 2014

For 23 years the NAACP Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch has produced a star-studded gala honoring thespians for their astonishing achievement in entertainment and theatre.

The Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition & All-Star Gala | Nov. 8th-9th, 2014

2014 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition & All-Star Gala Concert to be Held November 8-9 in Los Angeles; President Bill Clinton to Receive Maria Fisher Founder’s Award Talent Includes Herbie Hancock, Kevin Spacey, Pharrell Williams, Queen Latifah, John Mayer, Chaka Khan, Wayne Shorter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Taj Mahal, Dianne Reeves and Many More

Washington, D.C.— The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz today announced the 2014 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition and All-Star Gala Concert will take place Saturday, November 8th and Sunday, November 9th in Los Angeles.

Raheem DeVaughn Receives Spirit of Democracy Award

Socially Conscious Recording Artist, Raheem DeVaughn, Receives Spirit of Democracy Award for Community Service

Washington, DC – Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and founder of the LoveLife Foundation, Raheem DeVaughn, told the audience he was attempting to lead by example with his music and foundation as he accepted the Ruby Campbell Pulliam “Love You More” Servant Leadership and Community ServiceAward during the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s (NCBCP) 17th Annual Spirit of Democracy Awards Red Carpet Affair held in DC last week.

NBC News Anchor Lester Holt Becomes Honorary Chair of the 2014 – 2015 Jazz Fellowship Awards

American Pianists Association Announces
NBC News Anchor Lester Holt as Honorary Chair
of the 2014 – 2015 Jazz Fellowship Awards

The American Pianists Association is pleased to announce NBC’s Lester Holt as the honorary chair of the American Pianists Association’s 2014 – 2015 Jazz Fellowship Awards presented by REI Real Estate Services. The winner of the competition will receive the Cole Porter Fellowship, valued at $100,000, includes a $50,000 cash prize (the largest prize in the world for a young jazz pianist), a recording contract with Mack Avenue Records, and career assistance and engagement for two years.

Motown Gospel Receives 6 GMA Dove Award Nominations | 2014

MOTOWN GOSPEL RECIEVES SIX GMA DOVE AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR TYE TRIBBETT, MICAH STAMPLEY and SHERI JONES – MOFFETT

Nashville, TENN (August 1, 2014) – Motown Gospel receives six GMA Dove Award nominations for Tye Tribbett, Micah Stampley and Sheri Jones – Moffett. Tribbett received three nominations for Contemporary Gospel/Urban Album of the Year (Greater Than – Live), Contemporary Urban Gospel Song of the Year (“If He Did It Before…Same God”), and Gospel Performance of the Year (“If He Did It Before . . . Same God”). Micah Stampley received two nominations for Contemporary Gospel/Urban Album of the Year (Love Never Fails), and Contemporary Urban Gospel Song of the Year (“Our God”). Sheri Jones – Moffett received a nomination for Contemporary Gospel/Urban Album of the Year (Power & Authority – Live in Memphis).

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