The Urban Music Scene.com
March, 2010 Edition. Vol. 35
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Welcome to The Urban Music Scene...
New update 3/3/10...
The Month of March is ON!!
Whats Going on Music Lovers? Welcome again!
The Videos of the Week are right back at you for another 7 days of jams, slow jams & mo' jams!
Check out the soulful grooveline coming from Leela James as she makes the home page spot, a look back at the career of the legend behind the sax - Grover Washington, Jr on the Jazz page, Gospel group Virtue touches the Gospel page while Ledisi takes us 'Higher' on the R&B/Soul page! The Back In the Day page slaps 2 more videos on the hook - Shalamar & Lakeside
The Winners of The CD Giveaway are announced as well! Better late than never huh? Congrats to the 5 lucky winners listed below! Another one is on the way too!
The News/New Releases blog is on FIRE - as always!! The Youth Spot highlights a couple of new releases to come as well!
Peggy dropped a review on keyboardist Alan Hewitt while Marv reflects on the recent project coming from Jazz group Seawind! Navigate over to the reviews blog for more details!
There's more coming....!
CD GIVEAWAY WINNERS!!
Ladies & Gents - Thank You for participating in this weeks drawing for a chance to win a copy of the new project from Sax master David Sanborn! 5 winners won "Only Everything"!! And they are:
~ Cathy R. of Houston, TX
~ Lars B. of Copenhagen
~ Marty A. of Buford, GA
~ Dorian G of Atlantic City, NJ
~ Oreva V. of Plainview, TX
A HUGE congratulations is in store for these folks! Look out for the delivery to your mailing addresses!! Thanks for supporting T.U.M.S.!
For those who didn't win, well guess what: WE HAVE ANOTHER GIVEAWAY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!!
Leela James...
Feel the power of Soul Music with the take on the return of Leela James as she sparkles the set with another attraction in "Tell Me You Love Me". You are gonna wanna turn this baby up a notch & get your groove on! Watch...straight from Stax Records!
More Videos Of The Week:
(The Week of 2/28/10 thru 3/6/10)
The Gospel Page: Virtue - Thankful
The R&B/Soul Page: Ledisi - Higher Than This
The Jazz Page: Grover Washington Jr - Let It Flow
Back In The Day Page:
(The new DOUBLE UP Week continues! 2 Videos per week!)
~ Shalamar - I Don't Want To Be The Last (Thats Right!!!!)
~ Lakeside - Outrageous
The Youth Spot!
Singer Jaicko drops another heat seeking single for y'all on The Spot! Come in & take a listen to "Fast Forward (FFWD)!
R&B/Pop songbird Jordin Sparks created a beautiful pendant to benefit Haiti at Pennyroyal Silver. Visit the blog to get more details about it!
Concerts & Festivals
Upcoming Concerts & Festivals for 2010 & beyond! Check this out...
The CareFusion Jazz Festival in New York is announced for June & its gonna be quite an affair! Click here to see the entire line-up! We are talking about 45 Concerts at 20 venues!!
Look out for the 12th Annual Seabreeze Jazz Concert to float around again this year, featuring some of the finest Jazz musicians in the industry. Hosted by Guitarist Nick Colionne, From April 16th - 18th, click here for more info!
It seems like to us, R&B Great Charlie Wilson's solo career is going full steam ahead. Especially when he is with the hottest ticket to an old school music festival - about to go down in Jacksonville, FL., when Cameo, Mint Condition, Doug E. Fresh, The Ohio Players & Himself will THROWDOWN for the 1st Annual Heart & Soul Music Explosion! Click here for more details!
Are you looking for Tour Information? How about the next concert to hit your block? Waiting for any info on an upcoming concert, event, convention, benefit in The United States & Across the globe? Well, Be our guest & check the "Concerts/Festivals" blog to get it!
To access our complete listings of Concerts & Festivals, please click here!
The Music Reviews!!
R&B....Urban & Contemporary
Sade comes back to the music world in a very big way with the highly anticipated release of "Soldier Of Love". Peggy Oliver took a look at it & writes a review!
Ready for another round of R&B music from crooner Jaheim? Well, our writer Randy Mahon is! Take a look at what he had to say about "Another Round"!
"Who Knew?" Keke Wyatt would drop another plate of soul grooves for the R&B base of listeners? Well, Shanachie Entertainment did as they released one for 2010. Peggy spins the record back one time & talked about it!
More reviews of your favorite R&B singers/vocalists can be accessed by clicking here!!
Gospel.....Urban, Contemporary & Traditional
Step back one time & please enjoy the review given this month of Vickie Winans' "How I Got Over" by Peggy Oliver!
One of Gospel heralded vocalists - Vanessa Bell Armstrong - returns to the industry with another gracious offering entitled, "The Experience". Our contributor Peggy Oliver played back the songs & spoke about them!
More reviews of your favorite Gospel artists can be accessed by clicking here!!
Jazz....Urban & Contemporary
Make no mistake about it: Kim Waters ALWAYS comes to play whenever and wherever the need for another sensual, sensitive instrumental slow jam needs to be heard. George Strand looks into the new project, "Love Stories".
Coming in Feb. 2010, Dee Dee Bridgewater examines a fruitful but generous detail of music from the legendary Billie Holiday, in creating "Eleanor Fagan (1917-1959) To Billie With Love Dee Dee"! Reviewed by Peggy Oliver...
More reviews of your favorite jazz artists can be accessed by clicking here!
Interviews
This years cream of the crop musicians & vocalists have passed through The Urban Music Scene! From Vanessa Williams, Donnie McClurkin, Sheila E. & a host of others, Terrill Hanna has been blessed with the opportunity to speak indirectly with each one of them , shedding light on many of their upcoming projects, other endeavors, community involvements & much more! Look out for more interviews to surface for 2010!
For now, please visit this appealing blog for more exciting interviews that was staged from the last 2 years on the scene!!
The New Voices Of Today
We got it going on for the month of February! Stop by & see for yourselves! Here's a couple of newbies in the mix:
Terrill took a ride through the various moods & retrospectives of Ms. Lynn Riley's "Too Cool" & wrote his opinion about the sax players' debut album!
Feel the majestic funky sounds streaming from the prowess of newcomer Ava Lemert, as she gives something back to the scene in her debut CD, "from the Soul"! Terrill checked out the project & wrote the review!
Back In The Day Music!
And you thought we were finished, when actually we are just getting started!!
Charles reflected on his love for the album "The Real Thing" from none other than sultry vocalist Angela Winbush! Click the album title & check it out!
Randy reached for the stars & pulled out a copy of Charlie Wilson's "You Turn My Life Around" for review! Talking about a flashback for soul lovers!
Jerry "The Mouse" Clark brought out a record from the queen of soul Aretha Franklin this month. "Let Me In Your Life" graces the Back In The Day Page with ease!!
Wanna see our entire collection of reviews dedicated to the Old School - Back In The Day music era? Click Here & we'll get you there!
Books, Arts, Movies & Misc!
The 'Captain O' attraction at Disneyland is back!; Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr. has a new book; Sean John Fragrance is giving away cologne from their website; Vivica Fox is slated to headline an upcoming Festival & Lots More!
You might have missed a few things, so scroll back up & see if you did! There's more info on our blogs & pages!
Singer Jaicko drops another heat seeking single for y'all on The Spot! Come in & take a listen to "Fast Forward (FFWD)!
R&B/Pop songbird Jordin Sparks created a beautiful pendant to benefit Haiti at Pennyroyal Silver. Visit the blog to get more details about it!
Concerts & Festivals
Upcoming Concerts & Festivals for 2010 & beyond! Check this out...
The CareFusion Jazz Festival in New York is announced for June & its gonna be quite an affair! Click here to see the entire line-up! We are talking about 45 Concerts at 20 venues!!
Look out for the 12th Annual Seabreeze Jazz Concert to float around again this year, featuring some of the finest Jazz musicians in the industry. Hosted by Guitarist Nick Colionne, From April 16th - 18th, click here for more info!
It seems like to us, R&B Great Charlie Wilson's solo career is going full steam ahead. Especially when he is with the hottest ticket to an old school music festival - about to go down in Jacksonville, FL., when Cameo, Mint Condition, Doug E. Fresh, The Ohio Players & Himself will THROWDOWN for the 1st Annual Heart & Soul Music Explosion! Click here for more details!
Are you looking for Tour Information? How about the next concert to hit your block? Waiting for any info on an upcoming concert, event, convention, benefit in The United States & Across the globe? Well, Be our guest & check the "Concerts/Festivals" blog to get it!
To access our complete listings of Concerts & Festivals, please click here!
The Music Reviews!!
R&B....Urban & Contemporary
Sade comes back to the music world in a very big way with the highly anticipated release of "Soldier Of Love". Peggy Oliver took a look at it & writes a review!
Ready for another round of R&B music from crooner Jaheim? Well, our writer Randy Mahon is! Take a look at what he had to say about "Another Round"!
"Who Knew?" Keke Wyatt would drop another plate of soul grooves for the R&B base of listeners? Well, Shanachie Entertainment did as they released one for 2010. Peggy spins the record back one time & talked about it!
More reviews of your favorite R&B singers/vocalists can be accessed by clicking here!!
Gospel.....Urban, Contemporary & Traditional
Step back one time & please enjoy the review given this month of Vickie Winans' "How I Got Over" by Peggy Oliver!
One of Gospel heralded vocalists - Vanessa Bell Armstrong - returns to the industry with another gracious offering entitled, "The Experience". Our contributor Peggy Oliver played back the songs & spoke about them!
More reviews of your favorite Gospel artists can be accessed by clicking here!!
Jazz....Urban & Contemporary
Make no mistake about it: Kim Waters ALWAYS comes to play whenever and wherever the need for another sensual, sensitive instrumental slow jam needs to be heard. George Strand looks into the new project, "Love Stories".
Coming in Feb. 2010, Dee Dee Bridgewater examines a fruitful but generous detail of music from the legendary Billie Holiday, in creating "Eleanor Fagan (1917-1959) To Billie With Love Dee Dee"! Reviewed by Peggy Oliver...
More reviews of your favorite jazz artists can be accessed by clicking here!
This years cream of the crop musicians & vocalists have passed through The Urban Music Scene! From Vanessa Williams, Donnie McClurkin, Sheila E. & a host of others, Terrill Hanna has been blessed with the opportunity to speak indirectly with each one of them , shedding light on many of their upcoming projects, other endeavors, community involvements & much more! Look out for more interviews to surface for 2010!
For now, please visit this appealing blog for more exciting interviews that was staged from the last 2 years on the scene!!
The New Voices Of Today
We got it going on for the month of February! Stop by & see for yourselves! Here's a couple of newbies in the mix:
Terrill took a ride through the various moods & retrospectives of Ms. Lynn Riley's "Too Cool" & wrote his opinion about the sax players' debut album!
Feel the majestic funky sounds streaming from the prowess of newcomer Ava Lemert, as she gives something back to the scene in her debut CD, "from the Soul"! Terrill checked out the project & wrote the review!
Back In The Day Music!
And you thought we were finished, when actually we are just getting started!!
Charles reflected on his love for the album "The Real Thing" from none other than sultry vocalist Angela Winbush! Click the album title & check it out!
Randy reached for the stars & pulled out a copy of Charlie Wilson's "You Turn My Life Around" for review! Talking about a flashback for soul lovers!
Jerry "The Mouse" Clark brought out a record from the queen of soul Aretha Franklin this month. "Let Me In Your Life" graces the Back In The Day Page with ease!!
Wanna see our entire collection of reviews dedicated to the Old School - Back In The Day music era? Click Here & we'll get you there!
Books, Arts, Movies & Misc!
The 'Captain O' attraction at Disneyland is back!; Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr. has a new book; Sean John Fragrance is giving away cologne from their website; Vivica Fox is slated to headline an upcoming Festival & Lots More!
You might have missed a few things, so scroll back up & see if you did! There's more info on our blogs & pages!