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Smokey Robinson Signs with Verve Music Group | To Release Duets Album in Fall 2013

Legendary Singer-Songwriter Smokey Robinson Signs With Verve Music Group To Release First-Of-Its-Kind Duets Album In Fall Of 2013 

 

ROBINSON SIGNED TO LABEL BY GRAMMY®-WINNING SONGWRITER DAVID FOSTER

AMERICAN IDOL HIGHLIGHTS ROBINSON’S NEW RECORD ON 3/27 BROADCAST


LOS ANGELES, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Legendary Motown icon and Grammy® award-winning songwriter, Smokey Robinson , has signed a record deal with Verve Music Group.  Robinson was signed to the label by its Chairman, David Foster , to release his 29th career LP, a special duets album, due out this coming fall.

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New Book: “Jazz Conversations” by JaRon K. Eames” (Available Now)

JaRon K. Eames Releases New Book, “Jazz Conversations” | Featuring Interviews with Nancy Wilson, Oscar Peterson, Chuck Mangione, Ahmad Jamal & More |
Available NOW

Jazz Conversations with JaRon K. Eames is a compilation of more than 400 pages of delightful, insightful conversations with some of the most renowned musicians, producers and promoters in the jazz world. Noted jazz writer Nat Hentoff wrote in the book’s Foreword: “Although I have chronicled jazz musicians for more than 60 years now, I learned a lot more about why this music lifts so many spirits throughout the world by being present at these conversations … JaRon himself becomes a valuable part of jazz history.”

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Legacy Recordings Honors Sly & The Family Stone as Artist of the Month | March 2013

Sly & the Family Stone Honored As Legacy Recordings’ Artist of the Month for
March 2013



  
SLY STONE’S 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED ON MARCH 15TH; BEGINS YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION OF SLY & THE FAMILY STONE

MULTI-DISC CAREER RETROSPECTIVE BOX SET ARRIVES LATER THIS YEAR

NEW YORK, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — On the occasion of Sly Stone’s 70th birthday on March 15th, his life and the music of Sly & the Family Stone will be commemorated as the Artist of the Month for March 2013, by Legacy Recordings, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.  Legacy’s celebration of Sly & the Family Stone will continue throughout the year.

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The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #12 | Quincy Jones feat El DeBarge, Al B. Sure, James Ingram & Barry White – The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)

Quincy Jones - Back On The Block
 
Yes….We come back at you this evening readers with our #12 selection into the Top 100 R&B Slow Jams. And this one was waaaaaayyy overdue:
 
You see, Music legend Quincy Jones KNEW what it meant to create a slow jam composition. At the right place – At the right time – With the RIGHT PEOPLE.

Chaka Khan Releases New Single “It’s Not Over” – LISTEN! | New Project, “The iKhan Project: Commemorative Limited Edition” on April 30th, 2013


 
Ten-Time GRAMMY® Award Winner Chaka Khan Releases Two Versions of New Single “It’s Not Over” featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning Recording Artist LeCrae 
 
Chaka Releases The iKhan Project: Commemorative Limited Edition on
April 30
 
(Los Angeles, CA – February 14, 2013) –Ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner Chaka Khan announces today the release of two versions of her first single, “It’s Not Over,” featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist LeCrae, available on iTunes today, February 14 with all other digital retailers to follow.

Vocal Ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock to Release New 2-CD, “A Tribute: Live! Jazz At Lincoln Center” on Feb 26th, 2013

World-Renowned Vocal Ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock Adds Something Different – A Jazz Trio! – On New 2-CD Live Set And Upcoming Special Shows Celebrating Musical Influences


   
February 26th Release on Appleseed Recordings,
“Sweet Honey in the Rock: A Tribute: Live! Jazz At Lincoln Center,”
and Tour Dates Spotlight Quintet’s Inspirations and Versatility


February 14, 2013 (Los Angeles, CA):Nearing its fourth decade, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning female African-American a cappella group Sweet Honey In The Rock was ready to follow its adventurous spirit and undertake a new challenge – to honor some of the seminal songs that first inspired its unique blend of folk, blues, jazz, gospel and ethnic music in a concert presentation utilizing an instrumental backing trio for the first time.

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Legacy Recordings Honors Nina Simone as Artist of the Month for February 2013

LEGACY RECORDINGS HONORS
NINA SIMONE
AS ARTIST OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 2013



Activist Singer’s 80th Birthday Celebrated During Black History Month

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“I think she was the greatest female artist of the 20th century” – Elton John

“I always loved the passion in her voice. She’s inspired me as a composer, a pianist, a singer and as a woman with a voice.” – Alicia Keys
 
” Nina Simone’s impact on both jazz and culture will remain monumental; there was simply no one like her..”  – Bonnie Raitt
 
“She was ahead of her time as a concert-level piano player who sang, wrote and spoke her mind…I aspire to be more like her.” – india.arie

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Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, commemorates the life and music of Nina Simone on the occasion of the singer’s 80th birthday and celebrates the iconic High Priestess of Soul as the label’s Artist of the Month for February 2013. 

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The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #15 | The Controllers – Somebody’s Gotta Win, Somebody’s Gotta Lose

The Controllers - In Control
 
Man, Oh Man…..OH MAN.
 
Just when the team was going to lay low again and wait another 8 months (hahaha) to drop a slow jam to complete possibly one of the longest…longest unfinished countdown’s in cyberspace history for a magazine or blog, we may have made quite a few more people happy tonight in letting them & all know a new addition is being added RIGHT NOW.
 
Who could EVER forget or let this midnight, blue lights in the basement, monumental quiet storm pass us by???

Destiny’s Child to Release Collection, “Love Songs” on Jan. 29th, 2013

MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA/LEGACY SET TO RELEASE DESTINY’S CHILD – LOVE SONGS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 29



NEW CAREER-SPANNING COLLECTION OF TOP-SELLING VOCAL GROUP’S MOST ROMANTIC RECORDINGS FEATURES “NUCLEAR,” THE FIRST NEW DESTINY’S CHILD RECORDING IN EIGHT YEARS

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(JANUARY 10 – New York, NY) Music World Entertainment/Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings will release Destiny’s Child – Love Songs, a new career-spanning collection of the most sensual and romantic recordings from the best-selling vocal group, on Tuesday, January 29, 2013.

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“UNITY: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson” hits iTunes

Unity Releases Its 2nd Solo Track, “Será Que No Me Amas” in Tribute to Michael Jackson



 

Miami, FL, October 17, 2012 –(PR.com)–
“Será que no me amas” the 2nd solo release from the acclaimed and much
anticipated musical project “UNITY: The Latin Tribute to Michael
Jackson,” hits the iTunes market worldwide.

Fans of Michael’s
music will recall this Latin version of “Blame it on the Boogie” as one
of the early hits of The Jacksons era.

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