The Sound of Love: The Very Best of Darlene Love is Available Now! Darlene’s latest release, The Sound of Love: The Very Best of Darlene Love, on Sony Music is a collection of some of her greatest hits including songs from The Blossoms, Bob B. Soxx and her work with …
Nashville, TN (Vocus/PRWEB) February 16, 2011
Cool Pepper Disc’s debut release, “The Impression’s 50th Anniversary
Salute to Curtis Mayfield”, serves as an emotive and poignant soundtrack
for Black History Month, offering a vivid sonic recollection of the
divisive 1960s civil rights movement. To continue, please click “MORE”!
Welcome back music lovers of the R&B slow jam! Our collection keeps rollin’!
The collection of our Top #100 R&B slow jams continue through T.U.M.S. this evening with a look back at the year 1976 when lead singer now successful recording artist Jeffery Osbourne and the magnificent group of soul music, L.T.D. (Love. Tenderness. Devotion.) blasted the home front with a blue light in the basement classic, “Love Ballad“.
RECORDED LIVE AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, ALBUM IS A TRIBUTE
TO THE ICONIC STAR OF SOUL, R&B, COUNTRY, JAZZ & POP
Given the rousing artistic and commercial success of the first recorded collaboration of legendary country troubadour Willie Nelson and jazz statesman Wynton Marsalis on 2008’s Blue Note album Two Men With the Blues, it’s not surprising that the pair would rendezvous again. The New York Times called it “a smart and heartfelt record,” while Entertainment Weekly wrote that “Willie and Wynton may seem like an odd couple, but this live disc makes the country legend and jazz master sound like natural partners with Marsalis’ usual horn-fronted band doing the driving and Nelson settling in perfectly with his off-beat vocal phrasing.” To continue, please click “MORE”!
Los Angeles, CA, February 15, 2011 –(PR.com)–
Tracey Davis, the matriarch and heiress to the Sammy Davis Jr. rights
has executed an unparalleled deal with Rick Appling. Appling, will
produce a feature film and a series of documentaries based on her
copyrights interest in books as well as her ownership granted to her by
her father through a trust. Chairman of LaRoda LTD, Barrett LaRoda
negotiated and finalized the deal on behalf of Tracey Davis. LaRoda
says, “Tracey has always been known as the enforcer and protector of her
father’s legacy. I am extremely proud that she is going to once again
share her father with the world. This is truly a legacy building block
project.” Tracey has only assigned her rights once before and that was
to entertainment tycoon, Quincy Jones. Tracey has decided to grant her
rights to independent film maker, Rick Appling. Sammy, known to be an
advocate of the independent industry and he himself, had many
independent projects. Appling was groomed in the film industry by John
Daly, who was a producer of thirteen Oscar winning movies including
Platoon. Appling says, “God is Good. Being chosen to do the Sammy Davis
Jr. story is one of my greatest accomplishments to date. I look forward
to working with Tracey as her experience, knowledge, and love for her
father I know will come across to the audiences of these films.” To continue, please click “MORE”!
Marc Anthony, Jamie Foxx, Jewel, John Mayer,
Pauley Perrette, and Donnie Wahlberg Added as Presenters to the
Superstar Lineup for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards®
Music’s Biggest Night® Airs Live Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, 8 P.M. ET/PT, Only on CBS
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — As a “valentine” and “get-well card” to Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award and GRAMMY® Legend Award recipient Aretha Franklin, four-time GRAMMY winner Yolanda Adams, four-time GRAMMY winner and Latin GRAMMY® winner Christina Aguilera, GRAMMY winner Jennifer Hudson, country superstar Martina McBride, and current nominee Florence Welch will join together on the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards®
in celebration of the 18-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee’s music
and ongoing legacy. The special segment will feature individual and
collective performances of some of the Queen of Soul’s classic hits and
will add to the stellar lineup for Music’s Biggest Night®. Current
nominee Esperanza Spalding will also perform in a special number with members of the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles and GRAMMY Camp. Two-time GRAMMY and three-time Latin GRAMMY winner Marc Anthony, GRAMMY and Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx, seven-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee John Mayer, actor Pauley Perrette, and actor/singer Donnie Wahlberg have been added as presenters to the music industry’s premier event. The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high definition and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio worldwide via Westwood One, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/thegrammys. To continue, Please click “MORE”!
Wake Forest, N.C. (Vocus/PRWEB) February 03, 2011
WCPE’s WAVElengths Producer Kenneth Bradshaw announces a series of
programs celebrating Black History Month. The programs air at 9 p.m. ET
each Sunday evening, bringing the musical voices of a new generation.
“The music displays depth and emotion,” says Bradshaw. “Each composer brings her/his life and experience to their music.”
“We will enjoy music by Billy Childs, Leslie Burrs, Valerie Coleman and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson,” he adds. To continue, Please click “MORE”!
Good Morning and a good day to our faithful, loyal & fun loving T.U.M.S. Readers – Whats Happening?
It doesn’t get any better than this, especially for the contemporary jazz loving listeners all over the globe. Grab a pencil or a pen and write the new release down somewhere on your calendars.
Viewers Can Text To Donate To Help Seniors Graduate
FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — UNCF — the United Negro College Fund — will broadcast UNCF An Evening of Stars® Tribute to Chaka Khan presented by Target nationally on more than 40 stations in major markets on Saturday, January 29 and on Sunday, January 30 on BET Networks at 10 p.m. ET and WGN America at 3:00 a.m. CT. For a complete list of stations and additional information, visit www.AnEveningofStars.org.
With more than 40 years in music behind her, Grammy-winning soulstress Chaka Khan will be serenaded from the UNCF An Evening of Stars®
stage by an all-star lineup of entertainers as she is presented with
the UNCF Award of Excellence. The award is given to an artist whose
career and support of UNCF and minority education has been exemplary. To continue, please click “MORE”!
NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The 50th anniversary of Aretha Franklin‘s arrival on the popular music scene is set for a major celebration in 2011. Signed to Columbia Records by the legendary John Hammond in the spring of 1960 (soon after her 18th birthday), Aretha released her debut album, Aretha (With The Ray Bryant Combo), on February 27, 1961. Her coming of age at Columbia as a young artist in New York
is one of the great stories in the annals of popular music, and set the
stage for her ascendance as the Queen of Soul at Atlantic Records.
TAKE A LOOK: ARETHA FRANKLIN COMPLETE ON COLUMBIA marks the first time that Aretha’s entire Columbia
output, including master takes, unissued performances, rare mono mixes
and studio conversations, have been preserved in one deluxe 12-disc (11
CDs + DVD) box set. The package is available for pre-order at www.arethafranklin.net in advance of its March 22, 2011, release at all physical and digital retail outlets through Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. The suggested retail price for the box is $169.98. To continue, Please click “MORE”!