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AWARD WINNING PRODUCER/ SONGWRITER/ARTIST SALAAM REMI continues to work his magic in 2012!

AWARD WINNING PRODUCER/ SONGWRITER/ARTIST SALAAM REMI continues to work his magic in 2012! In studio with Nas, Akon, Alicia Keys, Nelly Furtado, Usher, B.O.B. and Neyo! (New York, NY- March 22, 2012) Award winning producer/songwriter/artist Salaam Remi continues to work his magic with some of the biggest superstar releases hitting this year. He produced the […]

Guitar Icon ROBERT CRAY Working On New Studio Album To Be Released In September 2012

(New York, NY, March 14, 2012) Five-time Grammy award winning legend and Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Robert Cray heads into the studio this month to record a new album scheduled for release later this year. Producing for the multimillion selling Cray will be famed rock producer Kevin Shirley (Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Joe […]

Herbie Hancock Launches International Jazz Day

By CHARLES J. GANS Associated Press NEW YORK March 20, 2012 (AP) Ambassador Herbie Hancock believes what the world needs is a little jazz diplomacy. The renowned jazz pianist’s first major initiative since being named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador last July is to establish International Jazz Day to be held on April 30 of every […]

REVIEW: Khari Cabral finds the soul in the ‘Clementine Sun’

By John Soltes / Publisher / John@HollywoodSoapbox.com Khari Cabral, known as the prince of Soul Bossa, has made an airy, enjoyable album with Clementine Sun, featuring nine relaxed songs that will instantly put listeners in a positive mood. The lyrics are simple and effective, and the soulful beats and rhythms are expertly arranged. It’s held […]

Q&A with Robert Cray

by Cory Vaillancourt Five-time Grammy-Award winner Robert Cray returns to Erie this Friday, Feb. 24. I recently had the chance to talk to Robert, who’s released 20 multi-platinum albums and was recently inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame; here’s what he had to say about Erie, his upcoming show, his career highlights, Jimi Hendrix, […]

Robert Cray Brings the Blues to Tarrytown Next Week

What’s That Sound? By Peter Gerstenzang For a man who’s got the blues, Robert Cray is actually a pretty chipper dude. Cray will be singing and slicing off some of his trademark sizzling guitar solos at The Tarrytown Music Hall, on Wednesday. He tells funny stories, laughs easily and seems to have a firm, flexible […]

Smooth blues operator Robert Cray glides into town

By NICK MCGREGOR Back in the early 1980s, blues music was languishing behind the dance-pop, hip-hop and hard rock taking the MTV world by storm. But handsome, honey-voiced guitar slinger Robert Cray made one of the first forays into that celebrity stratosphere with his 1985 hit “Smokin’ Gun.” Close to 30 years later, Cray is […]

Amy Winehouse & Tony Bennett Winners for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

One of the evening’s most poignant moments came when the late Amy Winehouse’s parents joined Tony Bennett onstage to accept the GRAMMY for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Body And Soul,” from Bennett’s Duets II album. When Winehouse’s father recalled that he’d asked her if she knew the lyrics to “Body And Soul,” he said […]

ANTHONY DAVID JOINS J. CARTER TO LEAD SOUL TRAIN FLASH MOB IN ATLANTA

GRAMMY & SOUL TRAIN AWARD NOMINEE ANTHONY DAVID JOINS J. CARTER TO LEAD SOUL TRAIN FLASH MOB IN ATLANTA MAJOR EVENT TO HONOR DON CORNELIUS! (Atlanta, February 6, 2012) In honor of the late great Don Cornelius, and in the spirit of the Flash Mob Soul Train lines held in NYC and Chicago, Grammy and […]