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WATCH NEW VIDEO! R&B Duo Saun & Starr’s New Single “Look Closer” feat Sharon Jones

Saun & Starr III
 
Daptone’s Saun & Starr Share New Video for ‘Look Closer’, Featuring a Sharon Jones Cameo
 
Track Appears On Forthcoming Debut LP Look Closer Out May 18th
 
Daptone Records’ Saun & Starr first crossed paths at an open mic night in 1980s Harlem. Now, they have shared a new video for the album’s title track, directed by Rob Hatch-Miller & Puloma Basu, and featuring a cameo by Sharon Jones as well as a string of would-be stars auditioning for the fictitious “Mr. Daptone”.
 

London Born Singer Benjamin Clementine to Release New EP “I Dream, I Smile, I Walk, I Cry” on April 28th, 2015

Benjamin Clementine - I Dream, I Smile, I Walk, I Cry
 
BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE MAKES HIS U.S. DEBUT WITH
I DREAM, I SMILE, I WALK, I CRY EP, OUT APRIL 28,
AND PAIR OF NEW YORK SHOWS
 
Capitol Records has signed Benjamin Clementine and will introduce the London-born, Paris-based artist with I dream, I smile, I walk, I cry. Set for release on April 28, the four-song EP will be available exclusively in the U.S.
 

WATCH NEW VIDEO! Bluey from Incognito to Release New Album “Life Between The Notes” on April 28th, 2015

Bluey - Life Between The Notes
 
VISIONARY, INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SUPER-HERO & INCOGNITO MASTER-MIND BLUEY
RETURNS WITH SECOND SOLO RECORDING LIFE BETWEEN THE NOTES (4/28/15)
 
WATCH NEW VIDEO for Single “Saints & Sinners” on T.U.M.S.!
 
Shanachie Entertainment is thrilled to be releasing Life Between The Notes from pioneering and ground-breaking UK groove-master Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick on April 28, 2015. The creative force behind Incognito, the preeminent funk/jazz/soul/dance outfit in the world, Bluey pioneered the ‘acid jazz’ movement and laid down the blueprint for the neo-soul scene to follow.
 

Blue Note Entertainment Group Launches New Division – “Blue Note Travel”

Blue Note Travel
 
BLUE NOTE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LAUNCHES NEW TRAVEL DIVISION
BLUE NOTE TRAVEL
 
Division to Offer Music-Focused Global Travel Experiences for Fans
 
Cuba Featured as Initial Destination – Itineraries Now Available With Travel Dates Beginning in May
 
New York, NY – April 9, 2015 – Blue Note Entertainment Group – the entity that owns and operates music venues such as Blue Note Jazz Club, B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, Highline Ballroom, Subrosa, and The Howard Theatre, among other properties – announced today the launch of Blue Note Travel, a new division that will curate a wide range of culturally enriching music travel experiences for fans to global destinations.

Soul Music Duo Saun & Starr Releases New Video for “Big Wheel” | WATCH!

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New Video From Daptone Records’ Saun & Starr –‘Big Wheel’
 
Track Appears On Forthcoming Debut LP Look Closer Out May 18th
 
Daptone’s newest addition to their illustrious stable of artists, Saundra Williams and Starr Duncan Lowe, known as Saun & Starr, have released a new video for their song ‘Big Wheel’. The track is featured on the duo’s debut full-length Look Closer coming out on the 18th of May via Daptone Records. You may also recognize them as the long-time soulful backing singers for Grammy-nominated Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings.

NEW VOICES/LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC! Soulful Duo Saun & Starr to Release Debut CD “Look Closer” in U.S. May 19th, 2015

Saun & Starr
 
Daptone Records Announce ‘Look Closer’ Debut Album By Saun & Starr Released May 18th In The UK & May 19th in the US.
 
Soulful duo Saundra Williams and Starr Duncan became friends when they met at an open mic night in Harlem in the ’80s. For the past five years they have sung backing vocals for Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings.

Angelique Kidjo Wins World Music Grammy & Announces New Album “Sings” Set For Release March 31st, 2015

Angelique Kidjo
 
Beninese Singer/Songwriter Records Signature Songs & New Material with the Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg
 
Second Grammy Win for Highly Lauded 2014 Album “Eve”
 
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Angelique Kidjo, the Benin born singer/songwriter is celebrating the win last night of her second “Best World Music Album” Grammy Award for her #1 charting 2014 album Eve, as well as the announcement of her new 429 Records album Sings.

LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC! Italian Jazz-Funk Group Camera Soul Releases New Album “Dress Code”

Camera Soul - Dress Code
 
The Italian jazz-funk supergroup follows up the success of previous album, ‘Not For Ordinary People’, with its third studio album and the debut of lead vocalist Maria Enrica Lotesoriere.
 
Denver, CO, USA (PRWEB) January 20, 2015
 
On January 20, 2015, Italian jazz-funk group Camera Soul will release its third studio album, ‘Dress Code’, through Azzurra Music in Europe and TIMKAT Entertainment in the Americas.
 

Sheryl Lee Ralph to Receive HARTS International Foundation Innovative Peace Award

Sheryl Lee Ralph
 
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.

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

Angelique Kidjo - Eve 2014
 
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.