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TV Gospel Special “ROCK MY SOUL” to Premiere on PBS Starting Feb. 28th

‘ROCK MY SOUL’ Premieres March 2015 on PBS

Gospel Legends and All-Star Guests Come Together in Celebration of One of
America’s Most Popular and Influential Musical Genres

Born of fevered rural tent revivals and urban clapboard churches, gospel music was made for the concert stage. Showmanship and virtuosity transformed this music of hope into one of America’s most popular and influential musical genres as gospel came of age to inform the creators of blues, rock ‘n’ roll, R&B and soul revolutions.

GRAMMY® Award Winning Music Legend Nile Rodgers Honored with Vanguard Award

Grammy Award Winning Musical Icon Nile Rodgers Honored

MojaMoja Innovation Fund presents Living Legend with Vanguard Award

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 10, 2015 – GRAMMY® Award winning musical icon Nile Rodgers was honored Saturday, February 7, 2015, with the Vanguard Award by the MOJAMOJA Innovation Fund at the 7th Annual MOJAMOJA Brunch & Afterparty presented by 89.9 KCRW and FIGat7th.

Concord-Telarc Division of Concord Music Group Wins 4 GRAMMY® Awards

CONCORD-TELARC DIVISION OF CONCORD MUSIC GROUP
WINS 4 GRAMMY® AWARDS

Cleveland, OH – The Concord-Telarc Division of Concord Music Group is proud to be the winner of four GRAMMY® Awards. Winners were announced by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) at the 57th Annual GRAMMY® Awards on Sunday, February 8, 2015 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. All awards are for releases from October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014.

Cunard & Blue Note Records Announce New Entertainment Partnership

Cunard and Blue Note Records Announce Musical Partnership

Cunard to host first-ever Blue Note jazz themed cruise onboard 29 October Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Cunard and venerable jazz label Blue Note Records are proud to announce an exciting entertainment partnership, which will debut on Cunard’s flagship, Queen Mary 2, on October 29, 2015. Guests onboard will embark on a very special Transatlantic Crossing, featuring intimate jazz performances by the Blue Note 75th Anniversary All Star Band, Our Point of View, formed for the label’s milestone anniversary in 2014.

Gloria Gaynor, Arturo Sandoval and Others to Perform at 2015 Grammy Celebration® | Feb. 8th, 2015

GLORIA GAYNOR, JESSIE J, AND ARTURO SANDOVAL
TO PERFORM AT 2015 GRAMMY CELEBRATION®

The Recording Academy® To Produce Official GRAMMY Awards® After-Party
Immediately Following The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards On Sunday, Feb. 8

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 22, 2015) — GRAMMY® winner and current nominee Gloria Gaynor (pictured), current GRAMMY nominee Jessie J, and DJ Michelle Pesce are scheduled to perform at the exclusive 2015 GRAMMY Celebration® — The Recording Academy®’s official after-party. Additionally, the Celebration’s MasterCard Jazz Lounge will feature performances by four-time GRAMMY winner Arturo Sandoval and members of the GRAMMY Camp® — Jazz Session.

Andraé Crouch Funeral Details and Participants Announced | BET to Stream Services Live

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dr. Bobby Jones and Kirk Franklin set to speak and Pastor Marvin Winans will give the Eulogy

Performances from CeCe Winans, BeBe Winans, Shirley Caesar, Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin, Fred Hammond, Hezekiah Walker, Kim Burrell, Erica Campbell, Israel Houghton, Ledisi and many more

(LOS ANGELES, CA) — A celebration of Andraé Crouchs life will take place on Tuesday, January 20th and Wednesday, January 21st at West Angeles Church of God In Christ, located at 3600 Crenshaw Blvd in Los Angeles, California. Both services will be open to the public.

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.

All Star Concert on Jan 21st to Benefit Jeff Golub’s Family Sells Out

New Yorkers come to Golub’s aid one final time

January 21 all-star concert planned to memorialize the guitarist and benefit his family sells out.

New York City (13 January 2015): When the newly blind guitarist Jeff Golub stumbled and fell onto New York City subway tracks where he was clipped and dragged by a train in 2012, New Yorkers came to his aid. When word spread throughout the New York City music community last month that Golub was on his death bed, New Yorkers bought concert tickets to the January 21 all-star benefit concert put together by Marquee Concerts and Smooth Jazz New York in order to raise money for Golub’s family.

Artists Announced to Perform on “Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy® Salute”

CHRIS MARTIN, JANELLE MONÁE, WILLIE NELSON, ED SHEERAN,
AND USHER TO PERFORM ON “STEVIE WONDER:
SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE —
AN ALL-STAR GRAMMY® SALUTE”

Music Stars Will Perform
Iconic Songs By The 25-Time
GRAMMY® Winner; To Be Broadcast On CBS, Feb. 16, 2015

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Jan. 14, 2015) — The first performers for “Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life — An All-Star GRAMMY® Salute” have been announced and include: seven-time GRAMMY winner Chris Martin of Coldplay, singer/songwriter Janelle Monáe, seven-time GRAMMY winner Willie Nelson, current GRAMMY-nominee Ed Sheeran, and eight-time GRAMMY-winner Usher.

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.

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