ORLANDO, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — VIP Recordings’ “Red Devil” compilation debut at #25 on the Billboard Compilation Album Sales Chart features some of the best independent Hip-hop and Pop artists in the music industry. Hybrid styles of powerhouse independent Hip-hop artists and notorious Pop/R&B artists headline a powerful mixture of musical styles on this VIP Recordings […]
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News: Chicago Rock Band Lucky Boys Confusion Celebrates 20th Album Anniversary with Global Streaming Event Memorial Day Weekend | CitizenWire
CHICAGO, Ill. /CitizenWire/ — It’s been twenty years since Lucky Boys Confusion arrived on the global scene with their 2001 debut, “Throwing the Game.” During the TTG era, the hard-touring Chicago five-piece crisscrossed the U.S. innumerable times over, made their national television debut on the CBS Late Late Show, and even made a pit stop […]
News: Golden Globe-Winning Actress, Playwright, and Activist Regina Taylor Announces Winners for the black album.mixtape. Project | CitizenWire
DALLAS, Texas /CitizenWire/ — After a 30-day call for entries, winners for the black album.mixtape. were announced during a virtual Block Party event. The black album. mixtape. is an initiative of Regina Taylor – the Golden Globe-winning actress, playwright, and activist – in partnership with Southern Methodist University’s (SMU) Meadows School of the Arts.
News: Music Theater Works Presents ‘Legends Of The 50s And 60s: Greatest Hits’ | CitizenWire
SKOKIE, Ill. /CitizenWire/ — Music Theater Works presents “Legends Of The 50s And 60s: Greatest Hits” at North Shore Center For The Performing Arts (9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60076) from June 18, 2021 through June 27, 2021 as the first production of the 2021 season.
News: Gifted Artist Romeo Dale Ross Is the Next Great Emerging Musical Talent | CitizenWire
BELLFLOWER, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Meet Musically Gifted Artist Romeo Dale Ross, the Next Great Talent of His Generation. Romeo Dale Ross is an R&B soul artist, born in Los Angeles, California. He has built a reputation for being musically gifted, free styling on the open mic circuit or just performing acappella for music-lovers in clubs […]
News: Award-winning composer, Brian Field, releases musical tracks of hope and love | CitizenWire
NEW YORK, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — Olim Music is proud to announce the release of two tracks by award-winning composer Brian Field: “From the Clash of Race and Creed” for orchestra, and “Senex Puerum Portabat” for choir, both released worldwide on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Music and all digital platforms on April 26, 2021.
News: Fast-Rising Musical Artist Ryan Hagan Unveils New Single – Don’t Let Me Stop | CitizenWire
NASHVILLE, Tenn. /CitizenWire/ — Pop musical artist, Ryan Hagan, is a voice that’s crashed into the music scene, and he’s quickly turning heads. His first two singles charted on the radio within one year and he’s just released his third, “Don’t Let Me Stop.” And, it’s looking like it won’t be his last.
News: Driving Rhythm and Soaring Lyricism Combine in Brian Field’s Fifth Album, STRING PLAY | CitizenWire
NEW YORK, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — Olim Music is proud to announce that “STRING PLAY” by Brian Field, will be released worldwide on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Music and all digital platforms on April 15, 2021. The classical album highlights a diverse mix of contemporary works for strings ranging from solo violin, duos, quartets […]
News: Texas Country singer Taylor Dee dies after car crash – Dee, 33, considered to be a superstar in the making | CitizenWire
EULESS, Texas /CitizenWire/ — Taylor Dee, a beloved Texas country-western singer considered by peers to be skyrocketing toward stardom, died Sunday night (3-14-2021) after she was injured in a Euless car accident, the Texas Newsroom announced this week.
News: The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra releases ‘Bridge’ – the first of Three Unlikely Albums created during a Global Pandemic | CitizenWire
SAVANNAH, Ga. /CitizenWire/ — A global pandemic may have cancelled all of the shows, but nothing could cancel The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra’s creativity and desire to make music. With a newly unexpected empty calendar, The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra focused its attention on recording.
News: Yes Legend Jon Anderson’s ‘Olias Of Sunhillow’ 2 Disc Remastered & Expanded Edition Now Available For Pre-order | CitizenWire
ASHEVILLE, N.C. /CitizenWire/ — Esoteric Recordings is proud to announce the release of a new expanded and remastered 2-disc edition of the classic debut solo album by YES vocalist JON ANDERSON, “Olias of Sunhillow.” Released in July 1976, the album was a conceptual work recounting the story of an alien race on a journey to […]
News: Ellen Alexander is Changing Perceptions Through Music | CitizenWire
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Ellen Alexander, Russian-born fashion model, entrepreneur and singer, is releasing a new song “Good Girl Go.” What is special about Ellen is her training in the arts field. Ellen started her artistic education when she was five years old.
News: Beatles Historical Artifact from The Ed Sullivan Show Hits the Music Collectibles Market | CitizenWire
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Music collectors take note. Fifty-seven years ago, on February 9, 1964, The Beatles made history with their first live American television appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” It had one of the largest viewing audiences ever, changed the course of music and influenced generations to follow. Today, Rockaway Records is […]
News: Des Moines Native Emma Negrete, Teases Debut EP with Release of New Single ‘Lost In Translation’ | CitizenWire
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Business Records LLC today announced that soulful-pop singer-songwriter and Des Moines native, Emma Negrete, teases her debut EP “Algorithms,” with the release of the first single, “Lost In Translation.”
News: Breaking Hits App Turns Up the Volume on Amplified Authentic Opinions in the Music Business | CitizenWire
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Breaking Hits, an organized aggregator of an authentic opinion App, is ramping up to launch its pilot program. The first will focus on the Super Bowl and the second on Valentine’s Day. Both will ask, “Retire or fire?” and ask music and non-music related questions. It’s a new voice that […]
News: Join Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, and Jack Harlow Celebrate the Big Game in ‘Anything Glows’ Style | CitizenWire
TAMPA, Fla. /CitizenWire/ — Award-winning Rap artists Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, and Jack Harlow are going to light up Tampa at a pre-game party you do not want to miss. “Super Glow Tampa is going to transform – for just one night – the iconic Dallas Bull into the coolest, Glow in the Dark Rap […]
News: Groundbreaking Online Music School Soundfly Launches Leading-Edge Ableton Live Course | CitizenWire
BROOKLYN, N.Y. /CitizenWire/ — As musicians around the world await the imminent release of Ableton Live’s latest version, Live 11, Brooklyn-based music education platform Soundfly today launches one of the first and most comprehensive online courses on making music with Ableton Live, exploring the cutting-edge features that will be available in the upcoming Live update.
News: Children’s Chorus and Rap Artist Tell Maryland ‘Sing a New Song!’ | CitizenWire
BALTIMORE, Md. /CitizenWire/ — The Children’s Chorus of Maryland and Baltimore rap artist and a Baltimore rap artist have teamed up with the racial justice podcast Trouble4Good to urge the Maryland General Assembly to change the pro-Confederate Maryland state song.
News: YUNG Citizen Champions Message of Injustice and Inequality With Latest Song and Music Video, ‘Brown Butta’ | CitizenWire
CHARLOTTE, N.C. /CitizenWire/ — Citizen Music Group wants you to know and follow Christopher “YUNG Citizen” Williams, Charlotte (N.C.) native, and you will discover someone deeply passionate and committed to raising awareness to the injustices and
News: McGregor Pedals Introduces the Crunch Plus Overdrive | CitizenWire
VANCOUVER, BC, Canada /CitizenWire/ — Boutique pedal company McGregor Pedals has launched its second pedal: The Crunch Plus overdrive. It follows on the heels of the McGregor’s debut pedal, the Crunch Transparent Overdrive, a single-channel, low-gain overdrive pedal for guitar and bass, released in December 2019.
News: Gallospole and TARAC WIPPP, Award Winners At 2020 International Film Festivals | CitizenWire
DREXEL HILL, Pa. /CitizenWire/ — Gallospole and TARAC WIPPP (tey – rak – wip) have won distinguished awards at international film festivals throughout the year 2020. This chair conspiracy propagated by the political satirist, Gallospole, has been recognized as the Best Trailer at the Direct Monthly Online Film Festival.
News: Plano Texas Resident Takes the Stage for 80th Time as Scrooge in NTPA’s Production of ‘Scrooge, the Musical’ | CitizenWire
PLANO, Texas /CitizenWire/ — North Texas Performing Arts announces that Plano resident Darrell Rodenbaugh, who has played the title role of Scrooge since the tradition began in 2011, is again taking the stage in its 10th annual Christmas celebration of “Scrooge – The Musical” presented by Transamerica.
News: Valley Brands Present a Socially Safe Evening of Entertainment Benefitting Make-A-Wish | CitizenWire
GLENDALE, Ariz. /CitizenWire/ — World of Illumination – the world’s largest drive-through animated light show – is joining forces with Subaru to present “Share the Love,” a socially safe drive-in concert and light show experience to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The event, which is produced in conjunction with iHeart Media and Mix 96.9, is scheduled […]
CitizenWire: Controversial Video on Racism in the U.S. Causes Stir – Amelia Ray and ‘Hamilton’ Drummer Jake Wood Discuss the Making of ‘Hambone Says’
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 12 p.m. PDT, Amelia Ray, Jake Wood and Bay Area cinematographer Peggy Peralta will host a Zoom discussion on the making of “Hambone Says,” the video that uses contemporary past aesthetic to explore racism, rage and role reversal in the United States.
NEWS: New Rap Writer/Producer and Eminem Stan James Guiltinan Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Create Music Video Salute to Eminem
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 14, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Will the real Stan please stand up? Before James “Slim Jimmy” Guiltinan knew that Eminem’s “Stan” had become a dictionary word defined as a sort of super, but sometimes obsessed fan, he’d written one of his first two rap songs, as an Eminem “salute.” The slang […]
NEWS: Music for Choir and Orchestra Becomes Mystical Reflection of Life and Memory in Brian Field’s New Album
LONDON, UK, Oct. 12, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — RMN Classical is excited to announce that “CHORAL & ORCHESTRAL WORKS” by Brian Field, produced by Rick Romano and distributed by RMN Music, will be released worldwide on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Music and all digital platforms on October 15, 2020.
NEWS: Change Is Going to Come: New Music, ‘CHANGE’ from Dan Spirk
NEW YORK N.Y., Oct. 9, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Singer-songwriter Dan Spirk (a COVID-19 survivor) is striking back against the pandemic and against hate. “I think we have all heard the saying, ‘united we stand, divided we fall.’ Well we’re falling – into minced pieces of anger and confusion very quickly.”
NEWS: First-Ever Superhero Rap Artist Releases Hilarious Video for Debut Single ‘The Official Adventures of Superhoe’ Just in Time for Halloween
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Oct. 2, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Available now on all major streaming services, the amazing debut single and accompanying video for ‘The Official Adventures of Superhoe’ by one of the most exciting new artists in all of hip-hop, Superhoe. (MATURE)
NEWS: TIPZY Releases Satirical Music Video About Safety During a Pandemic
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 1, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Performing artist, TIPZY, debuts satirical music video, “COVID Dance,” that uses humor to comment on the ways we choose to (or not to) stay safe during the pandemic.
NEWS: Celebrity Choreographer and Musician David Sincere Joins the HausHill Entertainment Family with ‘Industry Top 10’ (Visual Podcast)
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 30, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — HausHill Entertainment, a Los Angeles based broadcast, creative media, distribution and entertainment company and David Sincere, celebrity choreographer and renowned musician – ink a collaborative 3 season deal for the “Industry Top 10” Visual Podcast.
NEWS: Folklore Urbano NYC launches ‘Black is Beautiful’ – the first single off its new album ‘El Barrio Project-SALSA’
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — During this time of confinement, while much of the artistic community has been greatly impacted, the cultural institution Folklore Urbano NYC has made great strides in crystallizing its mission to create universal and inclusive music and bring joy through the power of the arts.
NEWS: MansMark Records Releases Sikiru Adepoju’s ỌPẸ Album (Gratitude)
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 24, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MansMark Records announces the much-anticipated ỌPẸ Album, a debut by Nigerian Grammy-winning recording artist and percussionist, Sikiru Adepoju is out! The official release of ỌPẸ (Yoruba-Nigeria word for Gratitude) follows the unveiling of three appetizing singles.
NEWS: DIGITAL LOVE by Physician and Musician V. Tiarrá Released Highlighting Relationships In The Digital Age
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 22, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — R&B Fusion Artist V. Tiarrá just released her newest hit video for her single, “Digital Love,” just as her prior single, “Batter Up,” a lyrical critique to the many issues U.S. Citizens face as politicians “politick” and use their constituents for their own political power, was featured […]
NEWS: Performance Artist AY Young is An Emerging Renewable Energy Leader Powered by Music
NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 21, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — AY Young, founder, Battery Tour, was named by the United Nations (UN) as one of 17 Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and to Fresh Energy’s 2020 Energy News Network’s “40 Under 40.”
NEWS: From Murderers to Ministers
TRENTON, N.J., Sept. 15, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Ministers II Society is a Community Activist organization and Music group, that was formed by inmates in a maximum security prison. Their Name creates a certain culture lure, as does their unified goal of transforming themselves from “Murderers to Ministers.”
NEWS: Topical Video and Single from New Pete McCabe EP
VENICE, Calif., Sept. 10, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Man8Plant Records announced today the release of “Plague Baby,” a new video and single from Pete McCabe’s latest album, “Many Storyed.” McCabe is a folk and pop music artist, a troubadour and storyteller who is as topical and fresh today as the leading artists of the 60s […]
NEWS: Hitmaking Brothers Bill Moss, Jr. and J Moss Join Forces in New Music Video
DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 27, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With a nostalgic throwback to their gospel heritage and beginnings as the dynamic “Moss Brothers,” Detroit-based Salathiel Records has released the music video for the new single “Testimony of Praise” by brothers and celebrated recording artists Bill Moss Jr. and J Moss.
NEWS: The Real J Israel Releases ‘No Pressure’ EP – Continues to Build Fan Base
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 27, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Real J Israel announces a new EP release, “No Pressure,” that includes previously-released singles, “Damn Good Man,” “Freaky Tonight” and four other tunes that are sure to excite listeners. Israel’s model is to give people music that they can feel.
NEWS: Innovative New Company Helps International Artists Come to the U.S. with Less Red Tape
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 26, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Artistpass presents a new way for the exceptionally talented abroad to gain their artist or tour visas to the United States – efficiently and cost-effectively.
NEWS: Years of Research, Works by Steve Reich and John Cage and World Premieres in Sergio Sorrentino’s New Album for Electric Guitar
LONDON, U.K., Aug. 25, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — “ELECTRIC” by Sergio Sorrentino, produced by Rick Romano and distributed by RMN Classical, will be published worldwide on August 28, 2020. The album includes performances of works by renowned composers of today’s contemporary scene such as Steve Reich, John King, John Cage and Joji Yuasa.