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Quincy Jones to Celebrate 80th Birthday in Las Vegas…

Quincy Jones And Sir Michael Caine To Celebrate Their 80th Birthday From Las Vegas At The MGM Grand Garden Arena

 
 
Star-Studded Gala to Benefit Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health will feature music and film’s biggest stars


LAS VEGAS, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Las Vegas will celebrate the lives and legacies of two of the entertainment world’s most influential stars, Quincy Jones and Sir Michael Caine , at the 17th annual Power of Love Gala on April 13, 2013 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, while raising funds in support of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

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Renowned Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Album, “Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue” is Coming Feb. 5th, 2013

Terri Lyne Carrington’s Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue Album Release Concert at Berklee


Boston,
MA, Jan. 15, 2013 – Renowned drummer, composer, producer, and Berklee
professor Terri Lyne Carrington presents her new album Money Jungle:
Provocative in Blue. The album — to be released the week of the concert —
is the follow up to her Grammy Award-winning album The Mosaic Project.

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Marvin Winans Partners with American Family Insurance for 3rd Annual “Jingle Dreams” Contest

Marvin Winans
 
Grammy Award-Winner Marvin Winans Commissioned By American Family Insurance To Pen A Song For Its Third Annual Jingle Dreams Contest
 
Winners will enjoy a “Weekend of Inspiration” that includes a recording
session and live performance with Winans and tickets to Super Bowl XLVII!
 
Atlanta, Ga. (January 16, 2013) -American Family Insurance has partnered with one of the most influential and recognized voices in gospel, Grammy Award-winner Marvin Winans, to write an original song for its third annual Jingle Dreams contest. His first commissioned piece, Winans will debut the song titled, “Awaken,” during the 14th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration in New Orleans, La. during Super Bowl XLVII weekend.

The 14th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration | Feb. 1st, 2013

The Super Bowl Gospel Celebration To Take Over New Orleans To Kick Off Super Bowl Weekend 

 

Hosted by Kirk Franklin and Sherri Shepherd, with an All-Star Line-up of Performances By Fantasia, Donnie McClurkin, Marvin Winans, Bishop Paul S. Morton, and NFL “Players’ Choice” Lecrae

Special Performance by the NFL PLAYERS CHOIR Featuring Current and Former NFL Players


NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Super Bowl Gospel Celebration, an NFL sanctioned event currently in its 14th year, joins together NFL players, Grammy Award-winning artists, and special guests, on one stage to kick off Super Bowl Weekend.

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Motown Singer KEM Leads All Nominees for The 44th NAACP Image Awards with 4 Nominations

Motown Recording Artist KEM Leads All Nominees For The 44th NAACP Image Awards With Four (4) Nominations



   THE 44TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS WILL AIR LIVE AT 8PM ET (TAPE-DELAYED AT 8PM PT) ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 ON NBC

KEM’S “YOU’RE ON MY MIND” VIDEO FEATURES APPEARANCES BY 44TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS HOST, ANTHONY ANDERSON, ALONG WITH BRUCE BRUCE & GOAPELE, TO GIVE LOVE A COMEDIC TWIST


DETROIT, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Two-time Grammy Award®-nominated Motown artist KEM leads all nominees for the 44th NAACP Image Awards with four (4) nominations for his songs: “Glorify The King,” “Be Mine For Christmas,” “You’re On My Mind” and for his “You’re On My Mind” video.



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Legends Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter Named Professors at Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz

Jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter named distinguished professors
at the expanded Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Los Angeles, CA — The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz has appointed multiple GRAMMY Award winners and NEA Jazz Masters Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter as distinguished professors at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This marks the first time these two artists have made such a major commitment to an educational institution, and the current class of students is the first to learn from them on a regular basis.

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Pepsi & Beyonce Invite Fans to Kick Off Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show

Pepsi and Beyonce Invite Fans to Help Kick Off the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII
Halftime Show



Fans will have the chance to be a part of the First Ever Crowd-Sourced Super Bowl Halftime Introduction And Help Welcome Beyonce to the Stage


PURCHASE, N.Y., Dec. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Pepsi and Beyonce are inviting fans to help make this year’s Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show one of the most memorable and compelling shows ever.  Beginning on Saturday, December 29th, fans are encouraged to submit photos of specific “poses” in hopes of being selected for a chance of a lifetime – to appear in an on-air introduction welcoming Beyonce to the stage for the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show.

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Recording Artist Charles Jenkins Launches New Songwriting Contest for Aspiring Songwriters

GRAMMY® Award Songwriter and
Stellar Award-Nominated Recording Artist
Charles Jenkins Launches the National
Inspired People™ Music Songwriting Contest for
Aspiring Songwriters


 (Chicago, IL–December 20, 2012) – Inspired People recording artist Charles Jenkins launches the national Inspired People™ Music Songwriting Contest for the forthcoming CD project, scheduled to record in April 2013. The contest started on Monday, December 17, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. CT and will continue through Friday, February 22, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. CT. The winner will be announced on Friday, March 8, 2013.  See contest rules and regulations below.

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VH1 Divas Adds Additional Stars | Airs Live Dec. 16th, 2013

VH1 Divas Adds A Performance By British Songstress Paloma Faith With Appearances By Elisha Cuthbert, Sheila E, Kat Graham, Ellie Kemper, Amber Riley And LA Reid

  

Red Carpet to be Live Streamed on DIVAS.VH1.com on Sunday, December 16

VH1 “DIVAS” Hosted by Adam Lambert Airs Live Sunday, December 16 at 9PM/8c
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NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — VH1’s popular franchise “VH1 Divas” announced today that British star Paloma Faith will be joining this year’s LIVE dance music tribute.  In addition Elisha Cuthbert , Sheila E, Kat Graham, Ellie Kemper, LA  Reid and Amber Riley will make an appearance and join the “VH1 Divas” dance party LIVE at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, December 16 at 9PM/8c on VH1.

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Shemekia Copeland Scores Blues Music Award Nom. as Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist | “Lemon Pie” Nominated for Best Song

ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER AWARD NOMINATION FOR BLUES QUEEN SHEMEKIA COPELAND  On the heels of the announcement that 331/3, her current release, is up for a Grammy (Best Blues Album), comes word that she’s received a Blues Music Award nomination as Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist.  ..And “Lemon Pie,” the lead track …