13th ANNUAL BMI TRAILBLAZERS OF GOSPEL MUSIC AWARDS TO HONOR KIRK FRANKLIN& HEZEKIAH WALKER JANUARY 13 Kim Burrell and Israel Houghton to hostBMI’s lauded event, to be held at Rocketown in Nashville WHAT: 13th Annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon, a first class, awe-inspiring worship service to honor …
You have two chances to catch Aretha Franklin as the musical guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this month! Dr. Franklin’s first scheduled appearance is this coming Friday, December 9 at 12:30AM/EST on NBC. Aretha will perform “How Long I’ve Been Waiting,” the chart climbing single from her album, ARETHA: A Woman Falling Out of Love (Aretha’s Records) available exclusively at Wal-Mart. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Good Evening T.U.M.S. Readers…
Guess what we have coming back for completion: Our TOP 100 R&B SLOW JAMS!!
Just before we get into #20 on our list, a disclaimer. This is NOT a countdown whatsoever. The list of slow jams for the record, is our favorite cuts in NO GIVEN ORDER. Bottom-line. Take it or leave it. But appreciate it..AND THE JAMS!
What can we say about legendary crooner Lenny Williams?
“VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul” Pays Tribute to the Great Cities of Soul Music Including Chicago, Detroit, London, Memphis and Philadelphia
Special will air Monday, December 19 at 9 PM/8c on VH1
NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — VH1’s beloved, popular franchise, “VH1 Divas,” announced today additional performers to join this year’s tribute to soul music including: Anita Baker, Mavis Staples, Wanda Jackson and Ledisi. In addition, Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah, Terrence Howard, Nas, Common and La La Anthony will participate as presenters in paying homage to these cities and soul music’s timeless classics at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom. “VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul” premieres Monday, December 19 at 9 PM/8c on VH1. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Gaynor’s Anthem Is One of 25 Recordings To Be Inducted In Grammy Hall of Fame and Honored At This Year’s 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony February 12, 2012, Held At The Staples Center in Los Angeles
Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) December 07, 2011
Gloria Gaynor’s #1 International Hit , “I Will Survive,” will be one of 25 recordings that will be honored at the 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony in February 2012. The song climbed to #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart not only once – but twice in the spring of 1979 and reached #1 on charts in almost every country and continent around the world that same year. The single also garnered Gaynor her first Grammy for Best Disco Song in 1980, and was the first and last time the Academy had a category for ‘disco’ recordings. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Grammy winning saxophonist’s reimaged take on the Coltrane/Hartman collaboration will be released on Valentine’s Day
Memphis, TN (6 December 2011): Most artists would be daunted at the thought of remaking a classic work of art made by legends, but not Grammy winner Kirk Whalum. The multidimensional saxophonist adeptly steps into the role of John Coltrane and tapped his brother, vocalist Kevin Whalum, to fill the shoes of Johnny Hartman on an unabashedly romantic collection of duets originally recorded in 1963 by the seminal artists. Romance Language, due to be released on Valentine’s Day by Rendezvous Music, consists of all six songs that comprise the Coltrane/Hartman recording along with a handful of modern ballads to complete the disc produced by Kirk Whalum and John Stoddart. To continue, please click “MORE”!!
Taraji P. Henson and Taylor Lautner
Set to Present on CBS Entertainment Special
Announcing Nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards®
Live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on Nov. 30
Immediately Following the Live Broadcast,
Log On to www.grammy.com/livestream or www.livestream.com/thegrammys
at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT for Exciting Live Backstage Coverage
and Reactions to the 54th GRAMMY Nominations
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Nov. 28, 2011) — Two-time GRAMMY® winner Common, two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J,GRAMMY winner Lupe Fiasco, and rap star Rick Ross will join hip-hop innovator Grandmaster Flash, GRAMMY-winning hip-hop artist Melle Mel, and rapper Scorpio for
a special performance of “The Message” — the seminal rap recording by
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Featuring Melle Mel and Duke
Bootee newly inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame — on “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night®“ (www.grammy.com). Actors Taraji P. Henson and Taylor Lautner are the latest presenters added to the one-hour special, which takes place live on Wednesday,Nov. 30 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. To continue, please click “MORE”!
NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —
VH1’s beloved, popular franchise, “VH1 Divas,“ announced today additional performers to join this year’s tribute to soul music. Chaka Khan, Erykah Badu, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Boyz II Men, Estelle, Marsha Ambrosius and Travie McCoy will join VH1’s “divas” in paying homage to these cities and soul music’s timeless classics at New York City‘s Hammerstein Ballroom. “VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul” premieres Monday, December 19 at 9 PM/8c on VH1. To continue, please click “MORE”!
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Continuing the tradition of preserving and celebrating great recordings, The Recording Academy® announces the newest additions to its legendary GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® collection.
Highlighting diversity and musical excellence, the collection
acknowledges both singles and album recordings of all genres at least 25
years old that exhibit qualitative or historical significance. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Coming Nov. 21st, 2011 is documentary, “The Wayman Tisdale Story” (CD/DVD)
The Wayman Tisdale Story is a feature length documentary celebrating the life and legacy of Wayman Tisdale, a three-time All-American, Gold Medal Olympian, former NBA star and world renowned Jazz musician who lost his two-year battle with bone cancer in May 2009.