February is Black History month
Not that we need reminding of America's history when it comes to our ancestors but for those of you who were not aware of it, next month is black history month.
For the most part it's a time to brush up on your history of your african american heritage but there's also other avenues of exploring including music. America is famous for the birth of Jazz but the blues also saw it's early beginnings in America.
There's plenty of music to wet your appetite at your favourite record shop and a lot of them on sale to commemorate the month long celebration. With the grammys just weeks away, you're sure to find a lot of your favourite artists at very reasonable prices so be sure to stock up on your favourite music next month and help celebrate black history.
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__________________________________________________________________Ciara looks to win her first Soul Train award
Ciara's hot and I do mean hot at the moment. The first lady of Crunk is flying high these days with the success of her debut album and single 'Goodies' and her new single 'Oh' features rapper Ludacris and was produced by the production team Andre Harris and Vidal Davis (who's written or produced for Michael Jackson, Usher and Jill Scott).
In addition to cuts produced by Lil' Jon, the album also has producers Jazze Pha, Sean Garrett (Usher) and Johnta Austin (Toni Braxton, Aaliyah).
With success comes rewards and she has just been named the recipient of the 2005 Sammy Davis Jr. Entertainer of the Year Award (Female) at this year's Soul Train Awards as well as receiving several nominations including Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist, Best R&B/Soul Single (Female), and Best R&B/Soul Album (Female). Good luck Ciara, the show airs March 12 in syndication across the USA.
- Source: urbaninsite.com
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Paul McCartney to play at the Super Bowl half time show
After last's year incident with Janet Jackson's now infamous baring of her breast, the network who shows the game CBS will be playing it safe this year by having former Beatle and Wings front man Paul McCartney play this years Super Bowl half time show.
Sir Paul (as he's known nowadays in his native UK) will be the only performer to perform this year with the singer expecting to sing at least 3 maybe 4 songs but R&B princess Alicia Keys will tackle the US National Anthem before the game.Even though it's a year on, the after effects of the Janet incident is still being felt today as it's rumoured that some TV commercials are being pulled due to 'nature of the ad'. The commercial(s) have not yet been shown but it's rumored that one of them involves a priest and a car (can you believe it). The Super Bowl airs live on the Fox channel at 6.20pm on Sunday February 5th between the New England Patraits and the Philadelphia Eagles. (let's go Eagles)
- Source: CBS.com
New Tina Turner set looks at 'All The Best'__________________________________________________________________
Even though she's in her 60s, the lady still got legs and she's back. The legendary diva with the spiked hair and those sexy legs is in the limelight again after a 5 year hiatus with a brand new CD compilation called 'All The Best'
The new CD offers an array of classics that covers her 45 years in the industry with hits like 'River Deep Mountain High', 'Proud Mary' and 'Nutbush City Limits' recorded as Ike and Tina Turner to her solo efforts like 'Let's Stay Together', 'What's Love Got To Do With It' and 'We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)' right on through to her hits of the '90s, with as 'I Don't Wanna Fight', 'Goldeneye' and ''Why Must We Wait Until Tonight'There's also new material on 'All The Best', there's the upcoming single 'Open Arms' that's produced by Jimmy Hogarth, 'Complicated Disaster' and 'Something Special' produced by Trevor Horn. Look out for Tina next month on television shows like The Morning Show on CBS promoting her CD.
- Source: souldaily.com