In an interview with Rollingout Lisa McClendon talks about her recent decision to expand her music to include jazz, here’s a bit of that interview: How would you introduce the reinvented Lisa McClendon to others? I would introduce the reinvention of Lisa McClendon as a rebirthing of the era of Ella Fitzgerald, the area when […]
EEW MAGAZINE // GOSPEL NEWS Take 6, the 90s-era group that wowed us all with their flawless six-part harmonies, appears to be making a comeback in 2016. The GRAMMY® Award-winning a cappella singers’ latest album about love and faith, Believe, has debuted on this week’s Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart at No. 10. Since storming […]
In order to master ones craft one must typically be astute. An underling to great things, produces greatness. In in order to achieve greatness there must be exactly that, order. Hence the story of the Philly songstress/songwriter by way of Cleveland, Ohio, Laurin Talese and how she brought order to a Gorgeous Chaos. Laurin Talese […]
Three years in the making, Grammy nominated recording artist Jonathan Butler is set to release his highly-anticipated new gospel CD, Free, on October 30, 2015 through Rendezvous Music and distributed by Provident Distribution and Sony Red Distribution. The smooth jazz artist first catapulted onto the Gospel music scene with the Grammy-nominated hit “Falling In Love With Jesus,” […]
Jazz saxophonist Najee recently joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to talk about his career in music and his new album, Me, You and Forever. Melody Charles…
*Since the year 2000, Hall of Fame Productions Incorporated (HFP) has been preserving – through interviewing, photographing and videotaping – the history of the Cleveland, Ohio area’s African-American jazz performers and venues. The result is a memorial and educational documentary of the subjects many of whom unfortunately are now deceased. Those featured in the […]
First time saxophonist Dave Koz played Wolf Trap, he opened for Ray Charles, in a major moment of his early career. Now, a seasoned artist with 12 albums and 20 years of successes behind him, he returns to the Filene Center with close friend BeBe Winans. “Wolf Trap is one of my favorite places going […]
