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 June 1, 2010- Former UK TV Granada Sky and Men and Motors favorite Shalaye hots up the dance floors with the brand new club re-mix of 80′s smash hit song ‘Walking On Sunshine’. The original chart buster was recorded by Katrina and The Wavesway back in 1985. To celebrate the songs 25th year anniversary The Replikators, founded by producer, Paul Wilson, has come up with an updated club and radio remix, which has just been released and is proving to be a hit with DJs around the world. With a punchy new bassline and new vocals by Shalaye this mainstream remix has recently charted on the highly respected Dance Chart at Masspool DJ Association in the USA.

 Meeting of MC’s set to celebrate Hip Hop Appreciation Week

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Air Conditioned Supper Club

Thursday May 20^th

625 Lincoln Blvd.

8:00 pm

Venice, CA

www.airconditionedbar.com

310.230.5343

LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2010 – The Air Conditioned Supper Club in the Westside Los Angeles artist enclave of Venice, might be the last place you would expect a Hip Hop Summit, but thanks to Matt Diamond, of Diamond Lane Entertainment, KRS-One, the master of Conscious Hip Hop and Luminaries, the seven-piece Conscious Hip Hop collective, its going to happen.

KRS-One founded the legendary Boogie Down Productions, releasing a granite-solid 19 full-length albums. He also founded theTemple of Hip-Hop and Stop the Violence Movement, for which they received a Lifetime achievement award from BET in 2008.Temple of Hip Hop calls on all fans to celebrate Hip Hop Appreciation Week, occurring in the third week of May. It encourages DJs and MCs to teach about the culture of Hip Hop, to write more socially conscious songs, and radio stations to play more socially conscious hip hop.

Luminaries have a vast, growing fan base thanks in part because their video "Peace" was chosen by Youtube India to be the number one featured video in the weeks immediately following the Mumbai bombings.  The band has been playing festival main stages and catching the attention of a wide variety of socially conscious artists including Somalian Hip Hop musician K’Naan, and Hasidic Reggae/Hip Hop artist Matisyahu who caught the Luminaries’ set at last summer’s Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa.  In an inspiring moment, Joan Baez made a surprise appearance and joined the band onstage for a rousing version of Amazing Grace.

The May 20^th show falls in the middle of Hip Hop Appreciation Week, and brings together KRS-One and Luminaries in an intimidate venue. The show will be a homecoming for a family of LA based poets and musicians, and bring together fans and hip-hop artists to focus on real, socially conscious change in the community and the world.

For more information on KRS-One please go to www.templeofhiphop.org.

For more information on Luminaries please go to www.luminariesmusic.com

Luminaries and KRS-One Show

Thursday May 20^th

Air Conditioned Supper Club

625 Lincoln Blvd.

Venice, CA 90291

www.airconditionedbar.com

310.230.5343

Media Contact:

Javis Huggins

Media and Promotions

Luminous Family Productions (LuFamPro)

310-272-0984

javishuggins@gmail.com

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ICONIC RAPPER, FREEDOM WILLIAMS, SIGNS WITH SEATOSUN|LOVERUSH DIGITAL AND RELEASES “PARTY TIME (GET UP, GET DOWN)” ON FEBRUARY 16^th, 2010.

NEW YORK, NY (December 14^th, 2009) – A deep-throated rapper with unmistakable syncopation. An artist who’s sold over 8 million albums worldwide. The voice of unforgettable singles that went #1 around the globe. Queens native, FREEDOM WILLIAMS, is all of those things. As the front man for C+C MUSIC FACTORY during the act’s heyday, WILLIAMS is the voice and personality behind the international hits, “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now),” as well as the C+C Music Factory singles, “Things That Make You Go Hmmm” and “Here We Go.” The C+C Music Factory album, Gonna Make You Sweat, sold more than 8 million copies worldwide, and its iconic singles have proven their longevity as evidenced each time “Gonna Make You Sweat” is blasted over the soundsystems of baseball stadiums across the country. After a brief hiatus, WILLIAMS returns to the dancefloor with a series of hotly anticipated releases from trans-Atlantic boutique label, SEATOSUN|LOVERUSH DIGITAL, starting with “PARTY TIME (GET UP, GET DOWN)” on FEBRUARY 16^th. A full EP will follow in MAY, 2010.

From the breaks on the intro, WILLIAMS’ signature rap makes an entrance and doesn’t let up for the duration of this bouncy, celebratory, syncopated and synth-laden track. Perfectly radio ready, “PARTY TIME” is a commercial hit in-the-making, albeit one ideally suited for re-rubs and extended spins in underground clubs. The earliest and most noteworthy remixes include those by SeaToSun|Loverush Digital labelmates, STED-E & HYBRID HEIGHTS, as well as the DAVE PEZZA Kaleidoscope Remix, the SOULSHAKER Mix, and the IVAN KAY Remix. DARIO CAMINITA of Italy’s M.O.D.A. Music Fashion produced the original track and his brother, MARIO CAMINITA, adds another twist with his Deep Lounge Mix.

Hailing from the Hollis section of Queens, WILLIAMS grew up with lyricism ingrained in his psyche. As a youth in Hollis – stomping grounds of JAM MASTER JAY and RUN DMC, and LL COOL J – WILLIAMS lived among the early hip-hop innovators, and soon he was rockin’ parties as MC TINY TIM. WILLIAMS’ first commercial success came in 1989 rapping on a tune titled, “Freedom” (Nu Groove), featuring diva vocalist BARBARA TUCKER. WILLIAMS’ next single, “Get Dumb” (Vendetta/A&M), was co-produced by KENNY “DOPE” GONZALEZ of MASTERS AT WORK. That track was the B-side to SEDUCTION’s hit single, “You’re My One And Only (True Love),” and it was at New York’s Quad Recording Studios where WILLIAMS first caught the attention of legendary production duo, ROBERT CLIVILLÉS and DAVID COLE, founders of C+C Music Factory. A multi-platinum career with C+C ensued, and WILLIAMS went on to have a thriving solo career afterwards with the release of the album, Freedom (Columbia), in 1993; that album included the top-five charting singles, “Voice Of Freedom” and “Groove Your Mind.”

“It’s really important for me to gel with the other creative forces involved in making a record, and since working with SPEAKERBOX on ‘Mindbounce’ and SYLVIA TOSUN on ‘Underlying Feeling,’ I’ve experienced firsthand SeaToSun’s reputation for taking great care in their releases. This is only the beginning,” said FREEDOM WILLIAMS. For media inquiries, contact EMILY TAN MEDIA RELATIONS at (917) 318-3758 or EmilyEmilyTan@aol.com and visit www.seatosun.com.

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DSA KICKS OFF 20^TH ANNUAL SONG CONTEST

$5,000 in prizes go to top winners

DALLAS–Amateur songwriters from around the world can compete in the 20th Annual Song Contest hosted by the Dallas Songwriters Assoc. (DSA). This year’s contest features 10 categories judged by music industry professionals and will offer more than $5,000 in prizes to the top winners in each category.

Contestants can enter online via either DSA submission partner, www.broadjam.com or www.sonicbids.com, through Feb. 15, or by mail with entry forms (CDs only, cassette tapes will not be accepted) mailed to: DSA 2009 Song Contest, Sammons Center for the Arts, 3630 Harry Hines Bld. #20, Dallas, TX 75219. Entry fees are $20 per song.

Winners last year came from Massachusetts, California, New Hampshire, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Maryland, Virginia and North and South Carolina. Additional winners came from Canada, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

“The best way to appreciate the talent in this contest is to look to our 2008 grand prize winner, Mark Wayne Glasmire, who is a 2009 Grammy qualifier,” said DSA President Steve Sullivan. “He’s testimony to the level of talent in the DSA Song Contest.”

Song categories for 2009 are:

1. Christian/Inspirational

2. Country

3. Americana/Folk/Bluegrass

4. Pop/Rock/R&B/Alternative

5. Love Songs/Easy Listening

6. Children’s/Novelty

7. Singer/Songwriter

8. Instrumental

9. Music Video

10. Bare Bones

“Each year, this contest is a success because of our sponsors,” Sullivan said. Sponsors include Broadjam.com, Sonicbids, Gibson, The Gibson Foundation, WM Sales, Beaird Music Group, Texas Music Group, River Sounds Recording Resort and Kim Copeland Productions.

For more information log onto http://www.dsasongcontest.blogspot.com.

Dallas Songwriters Assoc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing information about the craft and business of songwriting. All styles of music are welcome in the DSA, and membership includes writers of all ages. DSA monthly activities include meetings with guest speakers, song critiques and performance showcases that are open to the public. In addition, the DSA supports and promotes workshops and contests and publishes a monthly newsletter. For more information, visit www.dallassongwriters.org.

Laura Vecchione is a Boston and New York based singer and songwriter who has written a song “Tell Them About the Dream,” that embodies the unifying spirit of the Obama presidency and articulates the historic thread that led to this moment. Thousands of people have already watched it on YouTube and have urged her to get this song and video out for consideration in the inaugural celebration and to wider media outlets.

“I was amazed to hear President Elect Obama mention every moment in history that we had put in the video at his acceptance speech in Chicago, from the bridge in Selma, to the Berlin Wall coming down!” said Laura about the video she and Ralph Modica of Phase 1 Digital in New York had made prior to the Obama victory to inspire with its message of hope and unity.

Vecchione was inspired to write the song by the story of Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson calling out to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Tell them about the dream, Martin!” forty-five years to the day that Obama gave his DNC acceptance speech. The song and video were made in a weeks time in three different cities to inspire people before elections. Featured with Vecchione is New Orleans native and Julliard graduate, pianist Jonathan Batiste (Cassandra Wilson). The Gospel background singers were recorded in Boston, and the song was mixed by multi-Grammy winner, Jim Scott (Dixie Chicks, Tom Petty, John Fogerty) in LA. Most everyone involved volunteered their time because of their belief in President Elect (then Senator) Obama and his message of hope and unity.

The song will be included in an upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. tribute album and charitable website, the Dream On project. An early review of the compilation in the UK Corner with mention of Tell Them About the Dream as a stand out track is here: http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur49066.cfm. WACBIZ has proudly distributed the Dream On! Compilation and Laura Vecchione’s Video to the Grassroots Inaugural Obama Ball. It has also been forwarded to Essence Magazine, and others in consideration of their Martin Luther King’s Birthday and Inaugural Celebrations this January, 2009.

The video can be viewed at the links below. If you would like a DVD or the video file or high quality Mp3 from a YouSendit email, please contact Laura Vecchione (contact information below) immediately.

TELL THEM ABOUT THE DREAM VIDEO LINKS:

Facebook Artist Page (open to all and best quality video)

CNN iReport

YouTube

For more information on Laura Vecchione (pronounced Veck-ee-oh-nee) visit: www.lauravmusic.com

More and More holiday cheer for YOU from Elizabeth and the Catapult!
Check out the adorable new video for their snappy little ditty “Christmas with the Jews”
As 08 comes to an end, Elizabeth and the Catapult want to help you celebrate the holidays!

WATCH “Christmas with the Jews”

AND get ready for 09!
Elizabeth and the Catapult are currently in an Omaha studio finishing up recording their forthcoming Verve Release with Mike Mogis

Jambase:
A SPOT OF HOLIDAY CHEER THAT’LL SPIN YO’ DREIDEL
Not all holiday music sucks it sideways….. “Christmas With The Jews” from Brooklyn’s Elizabeth & The Catapult, a swell pop group that swings with bright charms aplenty.

Skope:
“WTF?! Christmas with the Jews

Listen to “Christmas With The Jews” here

Elizabeth and her crew will play two shows in December with the Spring Standards at the end of December and hit up Maxwells on Jan 22nd with Pete and J. Tour dates below!

The Village Voice:
“Elizabeth & the Catapult have managed to hurl themselves pretty far through word-of-mouth buzz. The unsigned local trio, led by vocalist Elizabeth Ziman and her Aimee Mann–like drawl, has built a loyal local fanbase via jazzy, buoyant pop songs; they’re now making frequent appearances on NPR’s Studio 360. Check out jaunty earworm “Momma’s Boy,” off their self-titled EP—these three won’t be flying under the radar for long.”

Take a clear and powerful voice, add a memorable melody and set it to unique, sophisticated harmonies, and what emerges is Elizabeth & the Catapult’s singular sound. At a time when so much music is saturated with familiarity, the band’s style, which Northeast Performer describes as “a mixture of organic jazz, rock and pop,” is a welcome departure from a well-beaten path. Comprised of Elizabeth Ziman (vocals, keys), Danny Molad (drums), and Peter Lalish (guitar), Elizabeth & the Catapult came into existence in 2004.

Recent Press Love:
NPR Best CD’s of 2006- “Discoveries: Elizabeth and the Catapult”
Billboard Underground Artist of the Month
Billboard Emergency Artist to Watch
Featured at the Aspen Idea’s Festival Studio 360
Featured on WNYC’s Soundcheck

Spin.com Artist of the Day:
“The group utilizes elastic rhythms and dark subject matter that gives it’s songs a slow burn resonance. The sing-a-long swing of “Momma’s Boy” makes it one of the most tuneful kiss-off songs in recent memory. Fan so of Feist should be headover heels in no time.”

Billboard Mag:
“’Momma’s Boy’ is a weight title that will prompt savvy listeners to look for more from this budding act, while rewarding outlets that indulge Ziman by breaking type.”

Boston Globe:
The self-assured Elizabeth and the Catapult prove what a sultry-voiced Greenwich Village habitué with a Norah Jones jones should do: Just let it flow.”

Tour dates!
Dec 27 Washington DC at DC9
Dec 29 Easton MD at Coffee East
Jan 22 Hoboken NJ at Maxwells
Feburary 6 New York At The Nagelberg Theater at Baruch College

In less than two years since their move to New York, Elizabeth and the Catapult has already racked up an impressive list of accomplishments. In May and August of 2006 they were featured in WNYC’s “Soundcheck” as well as PRI’s “Fair Game with Faith Salie” At the end of the year they were dubbed by NPR as “One of the Best Discoveries of 2006.” The Catapult have had residencies at clubs such as the Living Room and Rockwood Music Hall, and after opening for national headliners like Jessie Harris, Kirk Kirkwood (of the Meat Puppets fame), The Wood Brothers (of Medeski, Martin, and Wood), and Amanda Palmer (of The Dresden Dolls) there was enough buzz about them to support a tour and label interest on the West Coast. All of this success also earned them a place as the Billboard Underground Artist for last October.

Bound by a common love of eclectic influences, Elizabeth & the Catapult draws inspiration from artists such as Tom Waits, David Byrne, Joni Mitchell, and Jon Brion—as well as classical influences such as Debussy, Ravel and Chopin. One explanation for the band’s musical diversity is Elizabeth Ziman’s musical background. She was trained as a classical pianist until the age of sixteen. “As a kid, I used to practice all the time…” Elizabeth explains. “But one day I realized that I couldn’t lock myself in a room for eight hours a day…that’s when I started writing and singing.” After that, it quickly became apparent that her vocal abilities rivaled her piano skills. In 2002, Elizabeth successfully auditioned to be a background vocalist for soul-queen Patti Austin and ended up joining her on tour for the next year and a half. Elizabeth’s experience along with Pete and Danny’s folk/rock sensibility piece together to make up the band’s harmonically distinctive pop sound, a sound well reflected in their stylistically diverse new EP.

After a listen to the Elizabeth & the Catapult EP, it is immediately clear that a great deal of thought went into each of the songs’ arrangements. Strings, Horns, Marimba and Synthesizers are all blended together, creating an organic, off-beat style that fans have often referred to as “baroque pop.” The sound of the EP is also shaped by the guerilla-style fashion in which it was recorded. Drummer Danny Molad recorded most of the EP in basements and bathrooms, producing this album, along with Elizabeth, in an incredibly modest home studio. With these limited resources, Elizabeth & the Catapult managed to produce an expertly mixed album. Every note of the EP sounds deliberately placed while there still manages to be an air of effortlessness that penetrates throughout all the songs.

In their recordings as well as live performances, Elizabeth and her band members bring together all their backgrounds and experiences to make music that they themselves enjoy. They acknowledge their amorphous style and readily admit that it probably scares record labels. Even so, Elizabeth asserts that she is “not interested in assigning herself a specific style.” Elizabeth & the Catapult are proud of their ever-changing sound and are committed to keeping their music fresh and creative.

http://www.myspace.com/elizabethandthecatapult

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“Boo And Boo Too are a Lawrence, Kansas sextet with fang to spare. Specializing in incredibly muscular, sleeves-rolled-up guitar rock that throws up great walls of fly paper melody, their new full-length No Tempo, is a stunner. ‘I Know Nothing’s Alright’ is that album’s towering opener and its squalls, like those in standout ‘No Tempo,’ are some of the most breathtaking I’ve heard in a while…” – rcrdlbl.com

“[No Tempo] continues on as a work of sweltering hard driving claustrophobia intermingled with shoegaze, NYC noise, and a dark myopia reminiscent of The Cure’s Pornography.” – parasitesandsycophants.com

“But what makes No Tempo such a damn listenable record is that Boo and Boo Too are able to draw from several areas of music’s past and blend all their influences into a sound that’s familiar before it’s fresh. It’s loud without being obnoxious, current without being too trendy, and vintage shoegaze without being patronizing. In its entirety, No Tempo is as straightforward an offering of bottled manicisim as one can get.” – baeblemusic.com

“No Tempo plays like a drug-induced, ragged hodgepodge of shoegaze, noise, punk-rock vocals, and droning My Bloody Valentine-esque guitars.” – thankscaptainobvious.net

“Gorgeous and ugly at the same time, No Tempo is filled with bar band moments that evolve into something more fit for an occult megachurch.” – haveyouheard.net

“With expansive vocals over powerful drumming and the occasional stringent riff, Boo and Boo Too builds a trajectory at once wistful and confident, gorgeous and rough, vulnerable and uncompromisingly defiant.” – collegeotr.com

In support of her recently released album Safe Trip Home , UK artist Dido has partnered with social travel guide tripwolf.com to host an online photo competition. The contest is a unique opportunity for travelers and music fans to share their experiences through photography, and one grand prize winner will receive an autographed lithograph of the album cover and copy of the CD. Winners will be judged by RCA Records and tripwolf after the contest wraps up on January 15th.

Link to tripwolf Contest Page:

http://www.tripwolf.com/en/page/competition/dido

Social travel guide tripwolf.com and RCA Label Group announce today, December 15, the launch of an exclusive photo competition with international multi-million selling artist, Dido, for the grand prize of a signed lithograph of Dido’s newest album Safe Trip Home. The winner will also receive a CD of the album, as will the five runners up. To win, entrants simply post photographs that fall into one of three categories on the competition page, found at http://www.tripwolf.com/en/page/competition/dido.

Submissions are now being accepted in the following categories:

- Last photo before heading home from traveling

- Best travel photo

- Best adventure photo
“We are thrilled to be working with RCA Label Group to present our users with this wonderful opportunity, and to work with such an acclaimed artist as Dido,” says Sebastian Heinzel, tripwolf CEO. “There is nothing like traveling to make you appreciate home. So this album is especially significant to our community of globetrotters.”

The competition will run for a full month. A combination of tripwolf and RCA representatives will judge the submissions, and the winners will be announced shortly after the closing of the competition on January 15, 2009. Guidelines and rules can be found on the tripwolf competition page http://www.tripwolf.com/en/page/competition/dido.
tripwolf is a collaborative social network where members share travel experiences, give real-time advice and search for both user-generated and professional editorial travel content on the best places to visit.

About tripwolf:

tripwolf gives travelers the opportunity to create—and print—a personalized travel guide for any destination. Travel information found ontripwolf.com is compiled from the travel community’s tips, network friends, maps, destination “trip gurus” and MairDumont, Europe ‘s largest travel guide publisher. Users also can publish content about their own travel experiences, including uploading pictures and keeping travel blogs. Additionally,tripwolf members can network with other travelers from around the world, as well as import their contacts from social networks such as Facebook. For more information on tripwolf, visit http://www.tripwolf.com/en/page/about.

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