UK offers musical tribute to 3 legendary figures in music 

 

There are times I wish I was still living back home in my native London, England because this is a tribute I wouldn't want to miss but sadly I don't live there anymore so this one will pass me.

Coming to all UK fans of classic soul and reggae is a tribute of high caliber. This Wednesday, October 2nd live from The Ocean in Hackney, London will be 'Wonderful! Marvelous! Irie!', a tribute to 3 legendary performers in their respective field the king of smooth, the late Marvin Gaye, Mr.Stevie Wonder (who should be knighted) and the man who literally put Jamaica's soul=nd of reggae on the map the late Bob Marley.

Scheduled to perform is top UK artists Omar, Lynden David Hall, Freddie McGregor, Caron Wheeler, Noel McKoy, Elisha La'verne, Loose-NDs own Carl McIntosh, General Levy and many more. Visit www.ocean.org.uk for more details of how to obtain tickets to this prestigious event. Join my favourite soul internet radio station Soul 24-7.com between 8pm-11pm [UK time] for a live broadcast - don't miss it as it's bound to be a memorable night and event.

Source - soul24-7.com   

 

 

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MOBO awards are here again    

 

It's that time of year again where the elite few are chosen to receive honors in their respective fields in music. The MOBO awards will be held tomorrow night at The London Arena in London, England.

 

Like last year with Craig David, leading the way for the most nods this year is another newcomer Ms Dynamite who received 6 of them. Not far behind is another newcomer Ashanti with 5 (2 with fellow label mate Ja Rule). And speaking of Ja, he's received 3 including 'Album of the Year'. Scheduled to appear is Craig David, Eminem, Ms. Dynamite, Ja Rule, Ashanti, LL Cool J, Jimmy Cliff & Dave Stewart, Sugababes and Sean Paul. Hosted by Misteeq's Alesha and lick your lips rapper LL Cool J the evening promises to be a huge success.

 

Here are the nominees for the 2002 MOBO Awards

Best R&B Act in association with Choice FM Tweet Usher Ashanti () Ms. Dynamite Alicia Keys	Best Video in association with MTV Base Eminem - Without Me B. Rhymes ft. P Diddy - Pass The Courvoisier Ja Rule ft. Ashanti - Always On Time Aaliyah - More Than A Woman Ms. Dynamite - It Takes More
Best Newcomer presented by KISS 100 Ms. Dynamite () Ashanti The Streets Alicia Keys Daniel Bedingfield	Best Album presented by MasterCard Ashanti - Ashanti The Streets - Original Pirate Material Ja Rule - Pain Is Love Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor ()
London Tonight UK Act Of The Year Mis-Teeq Ms. Dynamite () Daniel Bedingfield Beverley Knight So Solid Crew Sugababes	Best Single presented by Galaxy Network Ja Rule ft. Ashanti - Always On Time Nelly - Hot In Here Ms. Dynamite - It Takes More () Alicia Keys - Fallin’ Fat Joe ft. Ashanti - What’s Luv?
Best Producer presented by MP3.com Neptunes () Irv Gotti Dr Dre Missy Elliott Timbaland	Best World Music Act presented by British Airways Femi Kuti Gilberto Gil Angelique Kidjo () Papa Noel / Oviedo P
Best Garage Act presented by The Daily Telegraph Mis-Teeq () Daniel Bedingfield Heartless Crew More Fire Crew So Solid Crew	Best Hip Hop Act Ja Rule feat. Ashanti () Busta Rhymes ft. P Diddy Nelly Ludacris Blak Twang
Best Reggae Act Elephant Man Sean Paul () T.O.K Beres Hammond Capleton	Best UK DJ Steve Sutherland () DJ 279 Tim Westwood Dreem Teem Trevor Nelson Matt White Shortee Blitz EZ Simon ‘Schoolboy’ Phillips Semtex
Best Jazz Act Norah Jones () Peter White Hugh Masekela Joe Sample	Best Gospel Act Mary Mary Michelle Williams () Trin - I - Tee 5 7 Yolanda Adams
Raymond Weil MOBO Unsung Award Street Politiks	MOBO Lifetime Achievement Award Chaka Kahn
MOBO Contribution to Urban Music Jimmy Cliff	MOBO Outstanding Achievement Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopez

 

 

Winners announced next week.

 

Source - mobo.net       

 

 

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Toni Braxton's 'More than a woman' on new set.  

 

R&B songstress Toni Braxton will release her fifth studio album entitled 'More Than a Woman' due out Nov. 19 (via Arista).The new album's debut single, 'Hit the Freeway' is produced by hip hop duo The Neptunes and will be supported with a video directed by Dave Meyers.

Also lending their talents to the project is producers Irv Gotti, Rodney Jerkins, and Chink Santana. Braxton will be credited as co-executive producer alongside her husband Keri Lewis, 'Babyface'  and Arista president/CEO Antonio 'L.A.' Reid.

Toni's baby sister Tamar Braxton shares co-writing duties, including 'Let Me Show You the Way', 'Selfish'  and 'Me & My Boyfriend' (which is based on the late Tupac Shakur's 'Me & My Girlfriend'. Husband Lewis wrote 'Lies, Lies, Lies' which is described as a more "rock-oriented track."

Said Braxton in a statement "This time around, we're going to give people something different, something that is not familiar, "Sometimes, artists can get confined by what they've done in the past. When people hear I'm working with the Neptunes, they're like 'I wonder what that will sound like?' I'm just being a part of my own generation -- and we grew up with rap and hip-hop as well as R&B!"
go get it .

Source - billboard.com 

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Major labels to pay $140 million to consumers   

 

The five major record label groups and the three largest music retailers have agreed to pay $143 million in cash and CDs to resolve a long-standing class action price-fixing case.

The settlement, announced Monday, brings to a close allegations that the major labels and retailers had violated antitrust laws and illegally inflated the cost of CDs. At issue was a policy called "minimum advertised pricing," or MAP, under which the major labels would jointly pay for advertising if a retailer agreed to sell CDs above a certain price.

This pricing practice began nearly a decade ago as a way for Musicland's Sam Goody, Tower Records and Trans World Entertainment to combat the loss of business when large department stores such as Wal-Mart and consumer electronics retailers such as Circuit City and Best Buy began selling CDs below cost. State prosecutors said this amounted to price-fixing, which not only cheated consumers by eliminating price discounting, but violated federal and state antitrust laws by reducing price competition among retailers, according to a suit filed in August 2000 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

"This is a landmark settlement to address years of illegal price-fixing," New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said in a statement. "Our agreement will provide consumers with substantial refunds and result in the distribution of a wide variety of recordings for use in our schools and communities."

As part of the settlement, the record labels and retailers admit no wrongdoing, but agree to stop using MAP policies and pay $67.4 million in cash to be refunded to consumers who overpaid for CDs between 1995 and 2000 and donate $75.7 million worth of CDs to charities, public schools, libraries and hospitals in all 50 states. Details are still being worked out to distribute the cash refunds, since it's not expected that the majority of those affected would have kept sales receipts. Prosecutors will make announcements later to inform consumers how to file claims.

The settlement amounts were determined by market share. Universal Music Group confirmed that their share will be $18,850,000 in cash and $21,750,000 in product for a total of $40.6 million in cash and CDs. Warner-Elektra-Atlantic will pay $29.4 million in cash and CDs, while Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) will pay $27.8 million in cash and CDs, Sony Music Entertainment $27.2 million in cash and CDs, and EMI Music Distribution $15 million in cash and CDs. Musicland, Tower Records and Trans World Entertainment will pay a combined $3 million.

 

Source: soulnotes.cc