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Reggae Legend Beres Hammond Releases New Single, “Surrender” | Preview Track on iTunes

Beres Hammond Releases New Single, Titled “Surrender,” Featuring Gappy Ranks


Reggae
legend Beres Hammond released on Tuesday a new club version of his 2008
hit, “I Surrender,” which features a toasting performance by British
reggae icon Gappy Ranks.

(Click HERE to preview “Surrender”‘ on iTunes!)

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New Reggae Release: Alpha Blondy | “Mystic Power” (Available July 30th, 2013)

AFRICAN REGGAE LEGEND
ALPHA BLONDY RELEASES HIS LATEST STUDIO ALBUM MYSTIC POWER 
TODAY JULY 30 ON VP RECORDS


 
With over 15 albums under his belt, West-African reggae vocalist Alpha Blondy returns with his latest studio effort Mystic Power, available in U.S. digitally and in stores today July 30 on VP Records.

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London Based Jazz/Soul Group Personal Life to Release New CD, “Morning Light’ on July 8th, 2013 | WATCH TEASER VIDEO!

London’s Jazzy Soul Group Personal Life is Set to Drop New Project,
“Morning Light”
on July 8th, 2013 | WATCH TEASER VIDEO!


‘Personal Life’ is a London based jazzy soul collective formed by Robert Strauss, featuring the classic sounding voice of Stuart Lisbie plus core members of Amy Winehouse’s touring band.

The vision for this project is to bring back into popular consciousness the sound,…

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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 …

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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R&B/Funk/Jazz Supergroup THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES Returns with New Album “Forward” | Coming May 21st, 2013 | LISTEN!


 
SHANACHIE ENTERTAINMENT
KEEPS FORWARD MOMENTUM WITH A BUSY SPRING HIGHLIGHTED BY NEW RELEASE FROM R&B/FUNK/JAZZ SUPERGROUP
THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES
 
Forward is First New CD in Seven Years Featuring  N’Dea Davenport & New Singer Dawn Joseph Due Out May 21, 2013
 
When The Brand New Heavies burst onto the scene in the late 80s via London’s rare groove circuit, it was clear they were trailblazers.

Artists Come Together for International Jazz Day 2013

Artists From Across The Globe Grace The Stage In Istanbul For International Jazz Day 2013



EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN 196 NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD


ISTANBUL, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In an unprecedented series of events worldwide, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz joined together to celebrate jazz as a universal language of freedom on April 30th.  With events taking place in every country on the planet, International Jazz Day 2013 culminated in an evening concert at Istanbul’s Hagia Irene that was viewed live by millions around the world and featured pianists Herbie Hancock, John Beasley (Musical Director), George Duke , Robert Glasper , Ramsey Lewis , Keiko Matsui and Eddie Palmieri ; vocalists Ruben Blades , Al Jarreau , Milton Nascimento , Dianne Reeves , Esperanza Spalding (who also played bass) and Joss Stone ; trumpeters Terence Blanchard , Hugh Masekela and Imer Demirer ; bassists James Genus, Marcus Miller and Ben Williams ; drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Vinnie Colaiuta ; guitarists Bilal Karaman , John McLaughlin , Lee Ritenour and Joe Louis Walker ; saxophonists Dale Barlow , Igor Butman , Branford Marsalis , Wayne Shorter and Liu Yuan ; clarinetists Anat Cohen and Husnu Senlendirici; violinist Jean-Luc Ponty ; Pedrito Martinez on percussion; tabla master Zakir Hussain ; trombonist Alevtina Polyakova ; and special guest Martin Luther King III.

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Alternative Soul Singer KOF Releases Remix | “All Good (Samba Smile Mix)” | Available NOW on iTunes

LISTEN to New Mix from U.K. Artist KOF of Hit Single, “All Good (Samba Smile Mix)” Track Featured on VH’s “Love & Hip Hop ATL” The U.K.’s Premier vocalist KOF has been keeping busy… The young cat keeping all things in perspective for soul music from the United Kingdom was …

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