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SRI Records Acquires Rights to Recordings of Jackie Wilson, Early Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley and Early Ike & Tina Turner

Jackie Wilson, Ike & Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye and Bob Marley Songs Go to SRI Records



SRI Records has acquired the exclusive rights to the recordings of Jackie Wilson, early Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley and the early recordings by Ike & Tina Turner.


Los Angeles, CA, April 2014 –(PR.com)– SRI Records is pleased to announce that the label has acquired the exclusive rights, through a representative of Jackie Wilson’s estate, to release all of Wilson’s original recordings on SRI Records. In addition the label has also been granted the rights to all of the early Ike & Tina Turner recordings, a wonderful lost Marvin Gaye album and the Bob Marley catalog.

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The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #8 | Deborah Cox with R.L. – “We Can’t Be Friends”

Deborah Cox - One Wish
 
Good Evening Music Lovers and welcome back to T.U.M.S….
 
The next entry into our list of great ballads tonight brings back memories of two great vocalists of the 90’s, who made major impact separately through their own careers and had decidedly came together to leave R&B love song fanatics a classic track to remember always.

Long Awaited Recording “John Coltrane – Offering: Live at Temple University” to be Released on Sept. 23rd, 2014

John Coltrane - Offering- Live at Temple University 2014
 
John Coltrane – Offering: Live At Temple University,
A Long-Awaited Recording of An Historic 1966 Performance Features Coltrane in Rare Form, Exhorting Through The Saxophone & Vocal Chants
 
Trane with Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Rashied Ali, Sonny Johnson & Percussion In High-Fidelity Audio Taken From Recently Discovered Tapes
 
To Be Released September 23, 2014, Coltrane’s 88th Birthday via Impulse!/Resonance Records
 
Resonance Records and UME are proud to present Offering: Live At Temple University, documenting a legendary concert by John Coltrane at Temple University in his adopted hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 11, 1966, six weeks after his fortieth birthday and nine months before his untimely death.

Chaka Khan Joins Fans for Video Chat on Google+ Hangouts on Air | Documentary Special Airing on Centric TV

Ten-Time GRAMMY® Award Winner Chaka Khan
Joins Fans for a Pre-Birthday Live Video Chat on
Google+ Hangouts on Air
Wednesday, March 19, 9pm ET/8pm CT/6pm PT


 
Chaka Celebrates Her Birthday Week with
Preview of New Tracks, Documentary Special Airing on
Centric TV Network and an Exclusive Performance on
Sirius XM Satellite Radio
 

 
(Los Angeles, CA – March 17, 2014) – Ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner Chaka Khan will join fans for a pre-birthday one hour live video chat on Google+ Hangouts on Air on Wednesday, March 19, at 9:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. CT/6:00 p.m. PT.  The video chat will be broadcast from the historic Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA.  Nine of Chaka’s most loyal supporters from around the world, including Europe, South America and the United States, will conduct a question and answer session; and viewers will have the opportunity to submit questions.
 
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U.S. Postal Service Honors Jimi Hendrix with Forever Stamp at SXSW | 2014

U.S. Postal Service Honors Legendary Guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, with Limited-Edition Forever Stamp on the SXSW Outdoor Stage at
Butler Park

Rocking the Music Icons Stamp Series With a Tribute Concert


AUSTIN, Texas, March 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Postal Service will take center stage on the SXSW Outdoor Stage at Butler Park with the dedication of the Jimi Hendrix Forever Stamp.

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The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #9 | Isley Jasper Isley – Caravan of Love

Isley Jasper Isley - Caravan Of Love
 
The legacy of the Isley Brothers…
There is WAY too much to mention when getting into the background to one of the hottest, well known, full pledge bands in modern Rhythm and Blues, Soul music history. And we will not waste any time attempting to get into the bio. No, not at all.
 
Instead, we will move on…and keep it movin’….until we FINISH our Top 100 R&B Slow Jams on T.U.M.S.

Keyboard Legend Bernie Worrell’s Classic CD, “Elevation – The Upper Air” Released | Available NOW

Bernie Worrell’s First Ever Solo Piano CD Released On M.O.D. Technologies –
Elevation, The Upper Air


Bernie Worrell, keyboard legend, founding member and essential collaborator / composer / arranger in George Clintonʼs Parliament/Funkadelic, has worked with an extremely diverse array of artists -Talking Heads, Bootsy Collins, The Rolling Stones, Lee ”Scratch” Perry, Black Uhuru, Fela Kuti, Burning Spear, Pharoah Sanders, Buddy Guy, Sly & The Family Stone, Mos Def, Albert King, Sly & Robbie, etc. He is among the most influential and emulated electronic keyboardists in modern music. His synthesizer work defined 80ʼs and 90ʼs West Coast Hip Hop and is still recognized in the pop hits of today.

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Legendary Trumpeter Herb Alpert to Receive 2014 REDCAT Award | March 15th, 2014

Award-Winning Musician and Philanthropist Herb Alpert to be Honored at
CalArts’ REDCAT Gala


Los Angeles (PRWEB) March 03, 2014

Award-winning musician and philanthropist Herb Alpert will be honored with the 2014 REDCAT Award at a March 15 Gala to be held at REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater). Steven D. Lavine, president of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), described Alpert as “a legendary artist and visionary who brings much the same generosity of spirit and depth of creativity to his philanthropy.

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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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