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Singing sensation Latoiya Williams has long been a favorite of music fans across the world. From her work with music heavyweights like Jay-Z, Dr.Dre, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Busta Rhymes, Talib Kweli, Anthony Hamilton, and countless others, the soulful artist has given life to songs with her unique voice and style. She’s appeared on a variety of well-known projects, including soundtracks for major motion pictures (“Baby Boy, Soul Plane, Fat Albert, The Wash, Bones” and more) and critically-acclaimed best sellers like Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint 2.1″ album. In addition to these memorable guest features, she was heavily showcased on the 2002 “Doggystyle All Stars” album released on Snoop’s label and sung background for Gladys Knight and Yolanda Adams, earning her a large following eager to hear more from her.

  Nominated  2009 and 2010 for Jazz Artist of the Year and winner of Jazz Album of the Year for the 2010 Los Angeles Music Awards, Aysha has a solid history as a performer. For the past eight years she has been building a strong solo career. In 2006, Aysha independently released her debut CD “Love Is A Rock” and after much anticipation since the release of her debut CD, Aysha has now released her sophomore CD “Stay With Me.   Promoting her new CD, Aysha kicked off her Summer 2011 Stay With Me Nightclub Tour in Denver on July 28 at the renown Jazz @ Jacks with several other performances in the Denver area during that week following. Aysha went back to Denver in September to perform as the opening act for Saxophonist, Marion Meadows at the Soiled Dove Underground, voted Denver’s Best Live Venue in 2010.   Aysha also opened up for Greg Adams (Tower of Power) and his East Bay Soul band at 94.7 The WAVE’s Thursday Night VIBE series in Hollywood, CA.

Multi-Grammy nominated artist, Patrice Rushen, is fashioning her career after the legacy of her long-time friend and mentor, Quincy Jones. Composer...Producer...International Recording Artist...Rushen has definitely earned the respect she has been awarded by her peers in the music industry. Admired by many for her groundbreaking achievements, Rushen has amassed an impressive list of “firsts”. She was the first woman to serve as Musical Director for the 46th, 47th & 48th Annual Grammy Awards, the first woman in 43 years to serve as Head Composer/Musical Director for television’s highest honor, the Emmy Awards and the first woman Musical Director of the NAACP Image Awards, an honor she held for 12 consecutive years. Rushen has also been the only woman Musical Director/Composer for the Peoples Choice Awards and HBO’s Comic Relief. She was the only woman Musical Director/Conductor/Arranger for a late-night television talk show

  In-Depth interview with Jesse Johnson & his a Latest CD'Verbal Penetration' Jesse Johnson -Guitarist/Composer/Producer- Has an impressive set of credentials. With accomplishments including four solo LPs (A&M Records), four LPs with The Time (Warner Brother’s Records), numerous Gold & Platinum LPs, numerous performances and recording with and for top artists around the world, Jesse has established himself as a bona fide talent.  

The legendary Walter “Bunny” Sigler is a four-time Grammy award winner and nominee who has been a writer, producer or recording artist on over thirty-six million CDs. He has over four decades of multi-gold and platinum recordings both as a recording artist and producer. The twelve original songs on this newest CD “From Bunny With Love” are evidence that Bunny remains a musical and creative powerhouse. Bunny was the force behind some of the greatest hits from the 1960s and 1970s, including Instant Funk’s “I Got My Mind Made Up” and Patti Labelle’s “Somebody Loves You Baby.” Bunny was also instrumental in creating the “Philly Sound” in the early 1970s. He did extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and has worked with most of the artists associated with the Philadelphia stable including The O’Jays, Jackie Moore, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Barbara Mason, Billy Paul, Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle and Stephanie Mills. Two years ago, Bunny released “The Lord’s Prayer,” a gospel album that played on over 300 radio stations. This year, Bunny released on March 1, 2012 a new CD “From Bunny With Love

Introduced to Arista by Gerry Griffith, its A&R director in 1983, his self-titled debut Kashif (1983) spawned the hits "I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)," "Stone Love," "Help Yourself to My Love," and "Say Something Love." With this release, Kashif was well received as an innovator in music, as R&B artists were only beginning to experiment with synthesizers and other electronic instruments. He is said to have been Arista Records' attempt to respond to Warner Bros. Records' Prince. His other albums include Send Me Your Love and Condition of the Heart. On the album Love Changes, Exposé provided background vocals. 1989's Kashif, with the cover of the Four Tops' hit "Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got," "Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart," and "Are You the Woman." As an in-demand writer/producer, Kashif can be heard on releases by Kenny G, George Benson, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Johnny Kemp, Melba Moore, Dionne Warwick, Giorge Pettus, Stacy Lattisaw, Exposé, The Wootens, Freda Payne, Whitney Houston, and others. His Grammy nominations are for the instrumentals "The Mood," "Call Me Tonight," "Edgartown Groove" featuring Al Jarreau, and "The Movie Song.

The moment you have all been waiting for..... Today's hardest working woman in the industry, the Queen of seduction and one of the sexiest women of R&B soul, Adina Howard is preparing to release her new album and upcoming 2012 tour. If you have experienced a Adina Howard event in the past you already know that she gives one of the most entertaining performances to ever come to a stage! However, this year her show gets even better, she will be adding more surprises to her show along with a personalized meet-and-greet with all her fans. Don't miss the woman who started it all....

Leon Sylvers first rose to prominence in the early 1960s as a member of The Little Angles harmony vocal group featuring his siblings (Olympia, Charmaine, and James). During this time they appeared on variety shows such as Make Room For Daddy and You Bet Your Life. Following their parents divorce, Leon and his older siblings went to live with various relatives before reuniting with their mother Shirley and their four younger siblings in Los Angeles, California. In 1970, Leon entered the family act into a local talent contest which now included younger brothers Edmund and Ricky. They won that talent contest hands down due to their versatility, choreographed and harmonies. The impresario Mike Curb signed them to MGM Records in 1971 and marketed them as The Sylvers. Leon wrote his first hit single ("Wish That I Could Talk to You") which was on their debut album called The Sylvers. He also penned his brother Foster Sylvers' Top 10 US R&B chart single "Misdemeanor" which was a hit during summer of 1973. For the next several albums, Leon would continue writing songs on his family's albums which included 1977's Top 10 US R&B chart single "High School Dance". In 1978 Leon would produced The Sylvers most critically acclaimed album, Forever Yours.

ancouver born, Texas raised, Florida reformed, Brooklyn saved, Denmark adopted, Croatian loved, Miss Honey Larochelle has been making audiences around the world laugh, cry, and jump out of their seats. Fresh off another European tour, “The Urban Honeybee” has been buzzzy in the studio crafting a kaleidoscope of music that spans adventures in love, sex, dance, intimacy, and honesty. “Clean Lust and Dirty Laundry” is a juicy exposé that showcases her crisp, soaring soprano gift and captures her dynamic songwriting and production skills.  Honey collaborated with an amazing line up of producers on “Clean Lust and Dirty Laundry:” Lions Share (Anthony Hamilton, Pharoahe Monch), Caviar (T.I), Danish Reggae producer, Pharfar (Beenie Man), and several up-and-coming geniuses. Her warm yet edgy mash-up of classic soul, hip-hop, and electro-pop is sure to make an impact on her listeners and on the industry itself. With the final touches blended and mixed by fellow Canadian Super-DJ Miss Erica Dee, you should bee excited. Bee very excited.  Honey Larochelle, the “Urban Honeybee” with a modern day urban pin-up girl image, airs out her growth, transition, mistakes, and passions on a clothing line for the world to see. This is not your average mixtape built on other people’s beats or songs. The honey of this record is all-original ear candy.

The Legendary Music Producer Norman Connors & his newest discovery- Jennifer Freeman.Debut new CD"Jennifer Is ?"Legendary music producer, Norman Connors will join forces with Grammy Award-winning arranger and songwriter, Jerry Peters .

Soulful sounds of Singer-songwriter Lisa Deveaux debut “Language of Love”   In possession of a soulful soprano kissed with jazzy overtones and a way with her pen that brings clarity to the workings of a woman’s heart, Lisa Deveaux caresses listeners with beautiful songs of love and a singular sound that hypnotizes. For her second album, “Language of Love”, singer / songwriter Deveaux plumbs the depths of her heart to share personal statements about relationships – from the sweetest of intimacies to the most heartbreaking of separations. Having gone through a bad relationship, she came out on the other side with a strong desire to tell her “real life truth” about love.

  Sultry Vocalist Mycah Chevalier debut hit single "In A Sentimental Mood"   Blessed with an irresistible and soulful voice, Mycah’s music is in a class of her own. She has shared the stage with legends such as The Whispers, Patti Labelle, Luther Vandross, and Arturo Sandoval. She studied under Ricky Payton Sr.,Founder of BET’s Urban Nation HIP-HOP Choir & HBO’s City at Peace, & in college,earned music & academic scholarships from Howard University & Mt. Vernon College, where she furthered her vocal studies under the tutelage of Washington Opera’s mezzo-sopranos Linda Allison. Mycah’s vocal & performing talents led to her casting by playwright & choreographer Debbie Allen in the theatric production of Soul Possessed, starring world-renowned recording artists, Patti Labelle, & Arturo Sandoval. 

Sy Smith has been called by her peers "the hardest working woman in show business"! It's no wonder. With 3 CDs, 1 EP, and 1 DVD released independently, she's the driving force behind the underground soul scene in Los Angeles. Her voice is known widely as the singer who duets with Al Green on the "Soul Food" show and for her TV work as a backing vocalist on shows such as American Idol. Sy has also written songs for Macy Gray, Carlos Santana, Ronny Jordan, Brand New Heavies, Gerald Albright and Mya among others. She has toured with Whitney Houston, Usher, Meshell Ndegeocello and currently Chris Botti. But what Sy truly loves to do is attack the stage with her feminine fervor and bring the house down with her style of funk. Her video "Fa Sho", is a hit on BETJ and her brand new live DVD "Worship At The Temple" is bound to be a hit among her fans worldwide! Born in NY and raised in DC/MD, Sy shows off her knowledge of jazz, go-go, with a tinge of classical training without disturbing the groove!

The Sensation Kim Hill, former vocalist of Black Eyed Peas debut New Music   During her tenure with the Peas, Kim began to grow artistically as a producer and writer, which captured the attention of executives at Interscope Records with whom she was signed to in 1998 off of a five song, four track demo she produced in her apartment. But it was no surprise to Kim when she was dropped by Interscope in 1999 out of fear that her, "music wasn't black enough." The release from Interscope was a God send and provided the ammunition for Kim's first independent solo release, Surrender to Her Sunflower in 2000. The LA Weekly praised the debut by saying, "Hill's Surrender to Her Sunflower is a testament to her marvelous vocal and song writing talent... the album features the singer's dexterous soprano gliding across a song expanse of laid-back, sensuous soul." The video for "Sunshine" featured appearances from Les Nubians and appeared in regular rotation on MTV Europe and BET which Kim produced and co-directed. Before she knew it, the young girl who traveled to Los Angeles with $36 in her pocket was rocking packed houses, such as SOB's in New York and the Viper Room in Los Angeles.

Indie Spotlight on Super Talented Rob Scott debut "Pocahontas Love Affair"   Rob Scott's act two of the "Pocahontas Love Affair" addresses couples divided by ethnic differences. It seems that racial tension is very high in the U.S., especially since we have a African-American president and this song was created to help deter some of the effects. Listening to this record makes you wonder why people do not see the endless similarities all humans share. Take notes to the pow...