If
you're not familiar with
David M's name yet, here
are some very
interesting details
about him. The
velvet-voiced
singer/songwriter hails
from Jamaica, West
Indies and though he had
the music bug since a
child of six, playing
the piano, became a
lawyer and a
businessman, taking over
his family business when
his father passed on.
Yet, music won him back
over, leading him
initially to write hit
songs for artists such
as Gregory Isaacs,
Freddie MacGregor and JC
Lodge.
David M says he is
enjoying life at the
moment. And as for
the conscious-minded
singerthere is no
stopping him now, as he
has a hot new video for
his latest single, "Lest We Forget," which you can watch
at the end of this
article.
David M. is an eclectic
artist, who deals in
both social commentary
and romantic vibes. His
socially conscious, soul
searching song, "Lest We
Forget," is on Sirius XM
Radio, with its video
being featured on BET-J,
Music Choice, Tempo and
BET's "Lift Every
Voice." Featuring a
world beat, the
song/video begins with
snippets from Martin
Luther King's famous "I
Have A Dream" speech.
His
"This Is Our World", an
environmental song, was
chosen by the United
Nations as their theme
song, and is featured on
their website, at
www.playersforpeace.org.
He is already part of
the historic lineup for
their Players For Peace
Humanitarian Concert,
scheduled for
Missouri in September
2010.
The
versatile David M's
current hit single is
the sizzling,
sexy, Summer tune,
"Girls Night Out."
His
upcoming new CD, "Here
Comes Your Life," which
he wrote entirely, also
features "Heart of
Everyone," his homage to
the late Jamaican
superstar Bob Marley.
David M recently
performed at the 2010
Puerto Rican Day Parade
in New York City and at
the Rochester Music
Festival in July 2009,
wowing audiences.
An
international music
sensation, David M is a
talented, fascinating
artist, who is
definitely one to
watch.
Toni Ann Semple
is an electrifying
singer, dynamic
songwriter , a
consummate professional
and a composer who has
successfully married
contemporary world
music with her Native
American rhythms and
musical instrumentation
to create such
commercial songs like “I DON’T WANNA TALK
ABOUT IT”, “FOR ME”,
“SUMMER BREEZE” AND “SIT
BACKAND
RELAX” that not
only is playing in
rotation in the United
States on such radio
stations as 98.7 Kiss
FM New York and
others, but also in the
United Kingdom, Germany
and around the world.
All this without a
record deal.
Radio Dee Jays worldwide
are showing the love and
anxiously waiting for
the Album to drop so
that they can spin their
favorites and be taken
away to the swaying
sounds of a cool breeze
and the sultry voice of
an angel.
Toni Ann Semple started
composing music,
teaching herself how to
play many instruments
and performing at a very
young age. It was the
eye and ear of her
mother who first noticed
the talent and supported
her daughters career by
purchasing her first
guitar. Well it was that
very Guitar and Mothers
love that ignited the
very fire in her that
soon moved Toni Ann to
teach herself how to
play the guitar, piano,
trumpet, flute and a
host of other
percussion instruments.
Toni Ann says It’s the
love of music and the
gifts that the universe
send you that has moved
this young rising music
star to write, arrange
and produce her own
music for years, but it
is with all the emotion,
beauty, joy, pain and
Native American Soul
uniquely crafted and
supported by her mothers
unrelenting persistence.
Toni Ann fully embraced
her Native American
musical roots and
artistry as her mother
wished after her mothers
transition from this
world to the spiritual
one occurred.
So when you hear her
sing, her voice, her
sound, her music you
know right away it has
real meaning for her and
as a listener it is that
real emotion, passion,
power, tenderness and
true originality which
moves and evokes
sensations through you
touching your very soul.
This young composer is
stirring up the pot in
the industry for fresh
new original music.
She’s the real deal,
with the ability to
perform and power to
sing thirteen songs
straight during her own
showcases while leaving
you in a trance.
Las Vegas look out...It’s
the many years in the
industry performing with
such greats as *Will
Downing, *Jazz Pianist
Mark Adams* Al B. Sure,*
Merlene Ward,* Bassist
extraordinaire* Freddie
Cash, *Toshi Kankawa,*
Ty Stephens,* Tom
Barney,* The Random*
Schwartz Leslie Ford
Connection to name a
few.
This truly beautiful
artist and her beautiful
music invokes the Eros,
the emotion, the
heartbreak , the joy of
flight with the calm of
the seas or a summer
breeze, so sit back and
relax world and just be
refreshed and inspired
by
NATIVE AMERICAN MUSICS
“NEW” CONTEMPORARY
PIONEER BECAUSE IT’S A
DONE DEAL ...ONE LISTEN
AND YOU WILL be TAKEN ON
A FLIGHT…
You can take your own
musical flight and
listen to Toni Ann
Semple’s music on
www.toniannsemple.com.
For
more information about
Toni Ann Semple, contact
Mary L. Moore of
So Much Moore
Communications at
973-675-6992.
Avani: The Real
Thing
Avani is a UK
soul-singing diva,
brought up in and around
South London. She likes
to say she first opened
her mouth to sing at the
age of seven, and hasn't
shut it since!
Avani's early years were
difficult, as she grew
up in care and foster
homes from the age of
eight. This was after an
accident meant she had
to leave home to go to
hospital and she never
returned. This also
meant that she never saw
her real mother again
either. Her mother had
been sick for a long
time and she died when
Avani was nine. "But it
made me a very strong
and independent person.
I grew up very quickly
as I was on my own and
only had myself to rely
on", Avani says. " I was
individual and always
stood out. I decided at
six that I wanted to go
to America one day and
from the age of
seven, when I discovered
I had a voice, I wanted
to be a singer. People
would laugh and say it
wouldn't work; they
never took me seriously
but that was my main
focus of what I wanted
to do in life and have
as a career".
When Avani was 16, she
formed a local band,
using this time to
further hone her song
writing and arranging
skills. But after a
couple of years the band
broke up. During this
time, one of the people
who had seen them and
been impressed by her
vocal ability and stage
presence was
legendary UK manager
Tony Hall.
In her teens, Avani used
to perform at talent
shows and contests at
places like the Oval
House Cafe in Kennington
and Singers Paradise at
The Civic Centre on the
Old Kent Road in
London. She liked to
perform cover versions
of songs, like Lalah
Hathaway's "Baby Don't
Cry" and also do backing
vocals for some of the
other acts who appeared.
Writing her own songs
came about after she
realised that she wanted
to make a career out of
music. She actually used
to write stories at
first. Then when she was
ten, she wrote her first
song. She had felt that
writing stories seemed
to be too much of a long
winded way to get her
ideas across. Plus, she
realised that she didn't
just want to be a
singer, singing other
people's songs and if
she wanted to sing she
would need
material-nobody else was
going to write it for
her. So, song writing
became a passion as well
as a necessity.
As a songwriter, Avani
has worked with various
other vocalists, rappers
and producers, both male
and female, in a group,
recording duets as well
as doing her own backing
vocals on her tracks and
backing vocals for other
people. She's also
worked on various types
of music (such as dance
music-
Equilibrium-Anthony and
Georgio;this track is on
the Ministry of
Sound-Dance Nation 5
album (mixed by Pete
Tong and Boy George),
Adam F (studio session),
the Trubble-Dancing Baby
track; As seen on Ally
McBeal, and the Robbie
Rivera track: The Hum
Melody, Soul Music: Avani
has worked with Jazzy B
from Soul II Soul and
Carl McIntosh from Loose
Ends (studio sessions
and live gigs). She
has also toured with
Bryan Ferry and Roxy
Music on their 2001 tour
and after that she was
working both on stage
and in the studio
incorporating session
work and pursuing solo
projects over the years
doing her own original
material. During this
time, she also did stage
shows and performances
alongside artistes such
as: Nate James, Terri
Walker, Nathan, Estelle,
Mica Paris, Omar, Don E
and Rahsaan Patterson to
name a few. Then, while
being managed by
legendary music manager
Tony Hall and highly
accredited UK former
soul artist, Paul
Johnson, Avani finally
got to release her own
solo album, The Real
Thing, through Dome
Records on which she
collaborated with Don E,
Carl McIntosh from Loose
Ends and Rahsaan
Patterson.
Her voice is unlike any
other vocalist around,
whether from the UK or
the US. She has the
sheer vocal power to
perform a song like
"Don't U Worry"-the
opening track of her
debut album, "The Real
Thing", then she can
conjure up a totally
different and subtle
mood on the intimate,
soulful ballad, "Best
Friend's Lover", which
is about a love
triangle, told from a
different perspective.
Avani writes all of her
own songs and when
recording, she also
does her own backing
vocals as well.
"I really like writing
songs", she says "I love
the creativity and the
feeling of creating
something new from
scratch. Not all my
songs are written from
personal experiences,
sometimes it's from
things I've seen in life
or stuff that other
people have told me
about their lives or
problems they've had. I
found that I became an
agony aunt listening to
other people's problems
and offering advice! The
nice thing about that
was when they would come
back to me and say that
my advice had helped
them. But because I'd
never had someone to
talk to about any
problems I may have had,
who would listen to me,
my way of expressing my
feelings was to write
songs".
So, what now for this
talented miss?
Avani is currently
looking for a new record
label to call home and
for new management as
well.
"I'd like to continue on
to the next phase in my
career and achieve new
heights of success", she
says "I believe my time
will come with the right
people and support
network behind me. There
is so much more I want
to do and not just in
music but in the
community and around the
world as well."
So, any record labels
out there interested in
working with this
creative and unique
artist, please get in
touch.
I
flew out to Las
Vegas for the
Floyd Mayweather,
Jr. vs. Shane Mosley
fight. I was
tired
as I had 3 hours of
sleep the entire
day. I walked
into my suite at the
Treasure Island
Hotel and Casino,
unpacked my clothes
and was ready to go
to bed, when my cell
phone rang. I
answered the phone
and the voice on the
other end said,
"Hey Gary, this is
Ghalib. I
heard you were in
town. Walk on
down the street to
Harrah's and join me
for my second set.
I start in 15
minutes."
From the point on
the conversation
went something like
this:
Gary: "Ghalib,
I just got off the
plane. I've
only had 3 hours of
sleep."
Ghalib: "Gary
this is Vegas.
Nobody sleeps.
C'mon down the
street."
Gary: "OK man.
I'll be there in 15
minutes."
When one of the most
talented jazz
musicians personally
calls you to hear
him play, you do it!
Ghalib Ghallab
is no joke.
His unique blend of
RandB and Jazz is a
musical blend of his
influences.
Folks, this is not
jazz for dummies.
This is Roy
Ayers, Duke
Ellington, Sinatra,
Quincy Jones, Miles
Davis, Louie
Armstrong, Bill
Withers, Donny
Hathaway and
Luther Vandross.
Now that's a mixture
for your ass.
Listening to
Ghalib Ghallab
is an experience, a
jazz experience with
Latin rhythms and an
infusion of RandB and
the blues.
Ghalib Ghallab's
latest CD is "Toya's
Song," available
via iTunes.com and
Amazon.com.
Ghalib is currently
headlining at the
The Range Steakhouse
at Harrah’s Hotel.
To learn more about
Ghalib Ghallab
visit his official
web site at
http://www.ghalibghallab.net.
Watch and listen to
the video below and
see for yourself why
Chicago's own,
Ghalib Ghallab
is the best kept
secret in jazz
music.
Check out Mighty Sam
McClain in a great live performance of "Betcha Didn't Know" in
Halle, Germany.
Mighty Sam will be releasing his
first CD since 2003. "Betcha Didn't
Know" will be released in the US and
Europe in July 2009. It will be
released on the Mighty Music
label and distributed by City Hall
Records. In Europe our distributor will be
Mokambo Music (www.mokambomusic.de). This
is an upbeat CD, perfect for
today's market. This is an
upbeat CD, perfect for today's
market. It is a different MSM sound,
with his signature "Mighty Horns"
but, with a bit more Funk and Soul and
Hip-Hop for a more contemporary
audience.
In
recent years, he has been involved
in community works and benefit
projects as well as songwriting in
the interim. His latest released
project Is "Give US Your Poor" a
serious compilation of major
recording artists (Pete Segar,
Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen,
Sweet Honey and the Rock, Natalie
Merchant and others) He performed on
a track with Natalie Merchant and
wrote and recorded, "Show Me The
Way" with Jon Bon Jovi. The
proceeds from this project will
benefit the national initiative to
raise awareness about homelessness
in the US called Give US Your
Poor. This song won third
place recognition in the
International Songwriting
Competition - 2008 from over 15,500
songs submitted!
His
songwriting has led to the CD "Too
Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey),
which was completed and recorded in
2007-2008. It is unreleased as yet
but songs from it can be heard at
www.mightysam.com. The title has
aroused much controversy. Listen to
the song to see what you think! He
continues to collaborate with his
guitar player, Pat Herlehy and a new
project is almost ready to record.
Last
August, MSM signed a contract with
20th Century Fox for the video
rights to his song "New Man In Town"
which appeared in 12 episodes of the
Ally McBeal Show. It is now
available in video around the world!
Mighty Sam also has signed a
contract for an exciting project to
be recorded in June with Norwegian
producer Erik Hillestad at
CedarHouse Sound and Recording in
Sutton, NH, where Sam has been
recording for years. The collection
of duets will be sung by MSM and
Iranian pop sensation Mahsa Vahdat.
The CD. "Love Duets Across
Civilizations" will be released in
the US, Europe and the Middle East
in the fall.
The
story behind the delayed release of
"Betcha Didn't Know" is good
press, indicative of the state of
the industry. For press interest or
booking contact :
sam@mightysam.com /
www.mightysam.com.
People Are Talking About...
Little Richard
with Wilson Pickett, Lloyd Price
and Billy Preston (on Piano)
Singing "Didn't It Rain"
(1985)
Lalah Hathaway – “Self Portrait”
Singer
Lalah
Hathaway
smashed the SoulTracks
monthly download record in June with
her track "That Was Then." The
track comes from her new, critically
acclaimed album, Self Portrait,
which has been called by many the
best solo release of her nearly two
decade career.
With
SELF PORTRAIT, (Stax
Records/Concord Music Group)-- her
fifth studio album, including the
Joe Sample duet, and on which she
co-wrote and co-produced, Hathaway
is poised to express who she is, where she is, today, at
this very moment.
Leading the 12-song collection is
"Let Go," a
dance-oriented, up-tempo number she
produced with Rex Rideout and
wrote alongside Rahsaan Patterson.
And just as the title suggests, the
song is about acknowledging and
releasing whatever's not working to
make room for the next experience.
"I've had to let go of quite a few
things, quite a few situations and a
couple of mindsets," she admits
about the origins of her first
single. "Every so often, I have to
remind myself to just let some stuff
go - from people and relationships
to an old pair of jeans."
Born to
Donny Hathaway, one
of the most influential soul artists
of the eighties, and Eulaulah
Hathaway, an accomplished
musician in her own right, the
Chicago native first put pen to
paper, "with
the music," as a 10th
grader. Later, as a student at Berklee College of Music, she
recorded her self-titled debut in
1990, which spawned the hits "Baby
Don't Cry," "Heaven
Only Knows" and
"I'm
Coming Back."
Although she has created a space for
herself, it's not surprising that
Hathaway remains connected to her
late, great father and his classic
sound. "I am his daughter," she
says, softly, "and that's the truth
of who I am, every day. When I was
15, and then, 20, I didn't get why
people were asking me how I felt about him and his
music. But when I turned 25, I began
to understand. Like my father, I
want to leave a legacy of music that
makes people really feel something,
whether it be happiness, sadness,
grief or heartache. I also want them
to appreciate my humor which I know
can be difficult to interpret in a
song."
You can
learn more about Lalah Hathaway
by visiting her official web
site at:http://lalahhathaway.com.
For
additional information media
information contact:
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