Paying tribute to Blues & Soul music and it's makers through the Jus` Blues Music Awards for more than a decade, The Jus` Blues Music Foundation Continues It rich and ongoing growth as one of the premier outlet for honoring achievements in the Blues ...
Posted Saturday, June 8th 2013 at 12:20AM
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There are very few people in the world today who do not know what the Christmas holiday is all about. Christmas, as we know it today, is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, which happened over 2000 years ago. The word “Christmas” transl ...
Posted Saturday, November 19th 2011 at 12:27AM
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HENRY STONE BLACK MUSIC INNOVATOR
Henry Stone was born and raised on Jackson Avenue in the New York City borough of the Bronx on June 3, 1921. His family stayed in the Bronx until their move to Manhattan’s Washington Heights neigh ...
Posted Friday, July 29th 2011 at 10:20AM
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2011 has rolled around and I have come to a great realization. I have become a senior statesman within the entertainment industry. Here I am looking towards the upside of 60 and it feels good to be alive.
Something else has also cro ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2011 at 11:38PM
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The New Year is upon us and based on what you accomplished last year maybe you should crawl into a cave and waste away.
I have heard or read just about every excuse imaginable for failure within the entertainment industry. Stop telling me that ...
Posted Thursday, March 31st 2011 at 9:46PM
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“OLD SCHOOL “ is a slogan that the current youth generation sees as meaning “old fashioned”, not hip, demeaning. A negative connotation that has little if any worth in today’s market, yet Solomon's maxim states that there is nothing new under the su ...
Posted Friday, March 18th 2011 at 4:25PM
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I have seen the globular turning of the music industry just in the years of my life.
An industry that started out as a person to person business became totally directed and controlled by corporations and now is returning to its basic core.
Th ...
Posted Sunday, March 13th 2011 at 9:49PM
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This story was written because I received a phone call from a distressed parent, attempting to make their child’s entertainment dreams a reality. They had gone to an industry related association meeting and heard how wonderful members of this group ...
Posted Wednesday, March 9th 2011 at 7:06PM
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The gangster icon has become as American as say - apple pie! For decades people have both marveled at and been reviled by this genre of criminal activity in the United States. Today’s youth try to emulate through dress and song the “supposed antics ...
Posted Friday, March 4th 2011 at 6:11PM
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I want to tell you today about some changes that have occurred without notice within the music business.
1. RELEASE DATE - Once upon a time this was a cherished word ultimately meaning that a date had been planned when your music would be releas ...
Posted Thursday, March 3rd 2011 at 11:18AM
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The Grand Ole Opry's First Star was none other than the legendary "Harmonica Wizard," DeFord Bailey-- an African American born and raised 40 miles east of Nashville.
Born in 1899 in rural Smith County, Tn., DeFord Bailey was the grandson of a free ...
Posted Tuesday, March 1st 2011 at 10:56AM
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Has it ever occurred to you to teach a youngster WHY they make music?
It is historically known that we as a people have used music as a tool for various reasons. Upon our forced migration to this country the 2 main sources of communication amon ...
Posted Tuesday, March 1st 2011 at 10:52AM
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