Currently browsing category

Special Events, Page 32

Robert Glasper Experiment Releases New 3 Track EP, “Porter Chops Glasper” | Announces New Tour Dates

ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT RELEASES PORTER CHOPS GLASPER DIGITAL EP;
RGX ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES + U.S. TOUR WITH LEDISI;

 
Robert Glasper Experiment has released Porter Chops Glasper, a digital EP that is available today through all digital music retailers and streaming services. The 3-track EP—which was originally released as an exclusive 10” for Record Store Day’s Back To Black Friday—features remixes of Glasper’s work by Mr Porter (aka Denaun Porter), an avid Glasper fan who is best known as Eminem’s right-hand hype man and founding member of the Detroit rap collective D12.
 
To continue, please click “MORE”!

Vanessa Williams to Join Cast of Broadway’s “After Midnight” as Special Vocalist | April 1st – May 11th, 2014

MULTI-PLATINUM RECORDING
ARTIST AND ACTRESS
VANESSA WILLIAMS
TO JOIN THE COMPANY OF BROADWAY’S
“AFTER MIDNIGHT”
AS “SPECIAL GUEST STAR” VOCALIST
APRIL 1 – MAY 11, 2014
 

Photo Courtesy of It Is Done Communications


New York, NY (Wednesday, February 19, 2014) – It was announced today during a live appearance from the stage of the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, that Multi-Platinum recording artist and actress Vanessa Williams is set to join the roster of “Special Guest Star” vocalists in the critically acclaimed Broadway musical, After Midnight.

To continue, please click “MORE”!

Music Choice Celebrates Black History Month 2014 with Special Programming

Music Choice Launches Black History Month Programming with An Emerging Artist Series and Documentary



Mack Wilds, Candice Glover, Melanie Fiona, Bridget Kelly, Algebra Blessett, Amanda Seales and More Highlighted on Music Choice


New York, NY (PRWE February 07, 2014

Music Choice announced today the launch of its Black History Month programming, honoring women in music. From Monday, February 3, 2014 – Friday, February 28, 2014, Music Choice will deliver videos from today’s hottest female artists, as well as feature original programming including “Primed” and “MC Docs: The Diva Debate” on Music Choice On Demand. (Directional: Music Choice On Demand/Black History Month)

To continue, please click “MORE”!

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…
 
To continue, please click “MORE”!

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.

To continue, please click “MORE”!

Queen Latifah to Sing “America The Beautiful” At Super Bowl XLVIII

Queen Latifah To Sing “America The Beautiful” At Super Bowl XLVIII On FOX


NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — QUEEN LATIFAH will sing “America The Beautiful” as part of Super Bowl XLVIII pregame festivities at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, February 2, the NFL and FOX announced today. The performance will be televised live on FOX prior to kickoff.

To continue, please click “MORE”!

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.

To continue, please click “MORE”!

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. 

To continue, please click “MORE”!

CD Release Party: R&B Group Club Nouveau LIVE in Sacramento | Feb. 15th, 2014

Club Nouveau
CD Release Party
and No, Its Not a Rumor!
 

Club Nouveau’s
New Single
“That Ain’t Love”
#1 on KRMP
Oklahoma City 
 
Club Nouveau LIVE at
Pins N Strikes Saturday, February 15, 2014
Door Open at 10PM

 
New York, NY January 16, 2014 – Pins N Strikes announced they will host a Saturday, February 15th LIVE performance of the legendary Pop/R&B group Club Nouveau to celebrate the release of the group’s new CD “Consciousness.”
 
To continue, please click “MORE”!

The 75th Anniversary of Blue Note Records Kicks off Jan. 8th, 2014

BLUE NOTE RECORDS KICKS OFF 75th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
WITH JAN. 8 TOWN HALL CONCERT FEATURING ROBERT GLASPER & JASON MORAN



LEGENDARY JAZZ LABEL WILL BE HONORED THIS YEAR WITH LIVE EVENTS, GRAMMY M– — USEUM EXHIBITION, BOOK RELEASES, CATALOG INITIATIVES & MORE

NEW FACEBOOK APP LETS FANS HAVE FUN PERSONALIZING BLUE NOTE ARTWORK BY PUTTING THEIR FACE INTO CLASSIC COVER DESIGNS


Today marks the 75th Anniversary of Blue Note Records, the most-respected and longest-running Jazz label in the world, which was founded when a German immigrant and passionate Jazz fan named Alfred Lion produced his first recording session on January 6, 1939 in New York City.

To continue, please click “MORE”!