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Harry Belafonte to Receive Honorary Doctorate at Berklee

Harry Belafonte to Receive Honorary Doctorate at Berklee March 6th, 2014



Berklee College of Music president Roger H. Brown will present an honorary doctor of music degree to iconic musician, songwriter, and activist Harry Belafonte at a Berklee tribute concert, in recognition of Belafonte’s inspiring musical and humanitarian achievements. Past recipients of Berklee’s honorary doctorate include Duke Ellington (the first, in 1971), Dizzy Gillespie, Steven Tyler, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Juan Luis Guerra, David Bowie, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Bonnie Raitt, George Clinton, and Carole King.

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Special Concert: Jonathan Batiste to Receive Louis “Satchmo” Legacy Award | Jan 31st, 2014 | Feat Lalah Hathaway, Regina Belle, Alex Bugnon & More

The National Jazz Museum’s Jonathan Batiste to Receive Louis “Satchmo” Legacy Award at
the Apollo Theater

 
Dear Friends,
 
We are thrilled to announce that the National Jazz Museum in Harlem‘s Artistic Director at Large Jonathan Batiste has been awarded the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Legacy Award by our friends at The Apollo Theater. We invite you to celebrate with us on January 31st at 7pm for the award ceremony…
 
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Gregory Porter’s “Liquid Spirit” Wins Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album

GREGORY PORTER’S BLUE NOTE DEBUT
LIQUID SPIRIT
WINS THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM


 
2014 TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED INCLUDING
VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT AT NYC’S TOWN HALL
 
WATCH PORTER’S PERFORMANCES ON ABC JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE

 
Jazz and soul singer Gregory Porter won his first-ever GRAMMY Award yesterday when his Blue Note Records debut Liquid Spirit was awarded Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles.

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The 3rd Annual “For The Love of R&B” in Hollywood | Jan 22nd, 2014

Tank & Jason Lee to Host Third Annual
“For the Love of R&B” Live Music Event
in Hollywood



This year’s iconic event will celebrate Tank’s GRAMMY® nomination with TGT for “Best RnB Album of the Year”


HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The third annual “For the Love of R&B” live music event will celebrate R&B trailblazer Tank and his GRAMMY® nomination with TGT in the “Best RnB Album of the Year” category this year. The exclusive, invitation-only event, co-hosted by Celebrity Blogger & Personality Jason Lee, will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 22nd at The Sayers Club, located at 1645 Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood.

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Earl Bynum & The Mount Unity Choir Wins Stellar Award for Contemporary Choir of the Year | 2014

Earl Bynum and The Mount Unity Choir Take Home Stellar Award For
Contemporary Choir of The Year



Debut Release For Virginia’s Bishop K.W. Brown Presents Earl Bynum and The Mount Unity Choir Continues To Capture Major Awards and Recognition


Chesapeake, VA — The Gospel Music industry celebrated its most outstanding vocalists, musicians and creative individuals and groups in Nashville, TN last week.  The 29th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards were handed out during a live show at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium and broadcast on UP TV.  Mount Lebanon Baptist Church in Chesapeake, VA took home one of those prestigious awards. 

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Tasha Cobbs “Grace” Lands @ #1 on Billboards Top Gospel Albums Chart

Motown Gospel’s Tasha Cobbs Lands at #1
on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums Chart
Nearly 50 Weeks After The Release of ‘Grace’


 
Cobbs Receives Seven Stellar Gospel Music Awards Nominations and
Two GRAMMY® Award nominations alongside upcoming
Performances on the Trumpet Awards and the Stellar Awards

 
(Nashville, TN – January 9, 2014) – Motown Gospel’s Tasha Cobbs rings in the New Year with a #1 album on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart, seven Stellar Gospel Music Awards nominations, two GRAMMY® Award nominations and performances on the Trumpet Awards and the Stellar Gospel Music Awards. Released February 5, 2013, ‘Grace’ has remained in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart.
 
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Chris Jasper and The Isley Brothers to Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

CHRIS JASPER & THE ISLEY BROTHERS Receive Grammy’s Lifetime 
Achievement Award



Legendary songwriter, producer, keyboardist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee CHRIS JASPER, an integral member of the legendary “3 + 3 era” ISLEY BROTHERS, will be awarded a GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD this January along with the rest of the Isley Brothers, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley (posthumously), O’Kelly Isley (posthumously), Ronald Isley, and his brother-in-law Rudolph Isley.

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Anthony Hamilton Receives 2 Grammy® Award Nominations for Single, “Best of Me” | 2014

GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SINGER/SONGWRITER
ANTHONY HAMILTON
RECEIVES TWO GRAMMY® AWARD NOMINATIONS
FOR BACK TO LOVE ALBUM TRACK 
“BEST OF ME”


 
Hamilton Nominated in the Categories of Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song
 
(New York, NY – December 16, 2013) – Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Anthony Hamilton celebrates two Grammy® Award nominations for his hit song “Best of Me,” for the upcoming 56th Annual Grammy Awards taking place on January 26, 2014.  




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Tamar Braxton Garners 3 Grammy Award Nominations | 2014

Tamar Braxton Garners Three 2014 Grammy Award Nominations



HOLIDAY ALBUM “WINTER LOVERSLAND” AVAILABLE NOW
NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Tamar Braxton has garnered three Grammy Award nominations at the 2014 Grammy Awards. The ceremony airs live on CBS from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on January 26 at 8pm ET/PT.

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Concord-Telarc Receives 8 Grammy Nominations

CONCORD-TELARC DIVISION OF CONCORD MUSIC GROUP
RECEIVES 8 GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS


 
Cleveland, OH – The Concord-Telarc Division of Concord Music Group received 8 GRAMMY® nominations, as announced by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) on December 6, 2013. All nominations were for albums released from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013.

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