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Winners Announced in the 4th Annual Most Powerful Voices Gospel Contest

Winners of National Most Powerful Voices Gospel Competition Selected!

Contestants and Voters Engage In
Stroke Awareness


(Dallas, Texas) (June 12, 2013) — The votes have been tallied, and the 2013 Grand Prize winner of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s  4th annual Most Powerful Voices Gospel competition is Vetrea Slack Ruffin from Harvest, Alabama.  Vetrea beat out 651 artists for the coveted title and will receive:

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The 12th Annual Independent Music Awards Announce Winners

THE 12TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED


Ben
Kweller, Band Of Skulls, Killer Mike, Dethklok, Willie Nile, Passenger,
Five Finger Death Punch, Team Me, Gungor, Bernie Worrell Orchestra, The
Wiyos and Little Freddie King Among The 12th IMA Winners

Banned Iranian duo Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat Take Top Honors in World Traditional Album

Fan Online Voting Will Determine The 12th IMA Vox Pop Winners


Ben
Kweller, Band Of Skulls, Killer Mike, Dethklok, Little Freddie King,
Passenger, Five Finger Death Punch, Team Me, Gungor, Bernie Worrell
Orchestra, The Wiyos, and Willie Nile are among the exceptional self-released and independent label talent named today by Music Resource Group (MRG) as the Judge-determined Winners of The 12th Independent Music Awards (The IMAs), the influential international awards program for independent bands and fans.

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Enter to Win Tickets to The 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival | June 15th & 16th, 2013!!!

Enter to Win a Pair of Tickets to the 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival | June 15th & 16th, 2013! Click Poster above to Enter Drawing! Good Afternoon T.U.M.S. Readers! On behalf of Nina Gordon Public Relations and the team here at T.U.M.S., we are giving away 2 tickets (1 …

Our Special 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Coverage/Interviews | 2013

Join Us For The Special 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Coverage & Interviews on T.U.M.S.! 2013 Good Morning Readers and whats happening? T.U.M.S. kicks off the week with a slew of special interviews with yours truly slated to perform this weekend at the 35th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival. It’s happening …

Chaka Khan Cancels Concert Dates in June

Chaka Khan Cancels Four Concerts Dates in June



Khan Scheduled to Attend The Apollo Spring Gala in Her Honor on June 10 in New York City

The iKhan Project: Alive Now Scheduled for Release This Fall


(Los Angeles, CA – June 6, 2013) – Chaka Khan Enterprises announced today that  Khan has had to cancel four concert dates in June due to extended vocal rest ordered by her doctor. The concert dates include, The Capital Jazz Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD (Saturday, June 8); the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, held outdoors in the downtown Cultural District in Pittsburg, PA  (June 9); an appearance with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra at Columbus Commons in Columbus, OH (June 14) and Joni: A Portrait in Song at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada (June 18 and 19).

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R&B/Soul Artist Shaliek to Perform LIVE on SIRIUS XM Radio on June 29th, 2013

Recording Artist Shaliek performs
Blood Sweat Tears LIVE on
SIRIUS XM Radio

 
New York City, NY – 2013 –  Pendullum Records R&B Soul Artist Shaliek will share in the celebration of Black Music Month with a live performance on SIRIUS XM Heart & Soul’s Soul Intro Broadcast. Throughout the month of June SIRIUS XM will gather an elite line up of recording artists such as Charlie Wilson, Fantasia and Shaliek for in studio performances. Shaliek a native of Bronx, NY who spent much of his childhood in South Carolina will secure his musical place in history when he performs his new single “The Past”.

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Janet Jackson Lends Voice to Support UNICEF for West & Central Africa

Janet Jackson Lifts Her Voice to Help Kids in West and Central Africa
 

“It’s unacceptable for children to die from hunger in the 21st century,” says Jackson


NEW YORK, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Janet Jackson, GRAMMY® Award-winning and Oscar® nominated artist, entertainer and actor is lending her talent and powerful voice to support UNICEF in providing humanitarian assistance in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa, where 1.4 million children are at risk of severe malnutrition, a potentially deadly condition if left untreated.

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Bounce TV Set to Premiere New Series, “forever Jones Presented by Walmart” on June 5th, 2013

The Fastest Growing African American Network in Television Set to Debut its First Original Non-Scripted Series: Forever Jones Presented by Walmart   
Featuring the Popular GRAMMY®-Nominated Family Gospel Group



Series Premiere Wednesday, June 5th at 9:00 P.M. (ET)


ATLANTA, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Bounce TV (www.BounceTV.com), the nation’s first-ever broadcast television network for African Americans, will premiere its first original non-scripted series, Forever Jones Presented by Walmart on Wednesday, June 5th at 9:00 p.m. ET.

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George Benson is Scheduled to Appear on QVC May 21st to Debut New Release, “Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole”

LEGENDARY JAZZ ARTIST GEORGE BENSON IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE A SPECIAL APPEARANCE ON QVC TUESDAY, MAY 21 AT 10PM (ET) TO DEBUT HIS MUCH-ANTICIPATED NEW RELEASE INSPIRATION: A TRIBUTE TO NAT KING COLE


George Benson is scheduled to appear on QVC on May 21 at 10 PM (ET) to debut his new album Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole due for release nationwide on June 4, 2013.  During the broadcast, Benson will perform a selection of songs from the new album while offering fans the opportunity to order the CD, which has been specially packaged for QVC with a bonus disc.

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Legacy Recordings Celebrate Miles Davis as Artist of The Month | May 2013

Legacy Recordings Celebrates Miles Davis As Artist Of The Month For May 2013   
Legendary Jazz Artist Born May 26, 1926



Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2 Hits #3 on Billboard Jazz Charts

New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Honoring Miles Davis at Medallion Ceremony at Davis’ Upper West Side Brownstone on May 16 at 3pm


NEW YORK, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, celebrate the genius of Miles Davis , honoring the 20th century jazz avatar as Legacy’s Artist of the Month for May 2013.

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