oh gawd - more HOTTness! ! !

This time from the High Heavens of SOL
who decides? She decides!
check out that video. Hot.

SoL-AngeL is at it again, the talented singer, songwriter, artist, and entrepreneur, Solange Knowles is ready to set the world on fire with a sound that is sure to breathe life into a sometimes stagnant music scene. With her sophomore set, SoL-AngeL and The Hadley Street Dreams, on her new label home of Geffen Records through Music World Entertainment, Solange takes us through a walk in yesteryear with an uber modern twist. SoL-AngeL and The Hadley Street Dreams is due for release on August 26th.
On SoL-AngeL and The Hadley Street Dreams, SoL-AngeL enlisted help from producers and songwriters that she knew would capture the sound she wanted to project instantly; but getting them to believe in her wasn’t easy.
“I literally had to beg Cee-Lo to listen to my music but once he did he signed on immediately,” states the giddy SoL-AngeL. “We wrote and recorded ‘T.O.N.Y’ and ‘Sandcastle Disco’ (produced by Soul Shock) that same week. Producer Jack ‘Splash’ joined in to produce ‘T.O.N.Y’ and went on to produce two more songs for me: ‘Would’ve Been the One’ and ‘Ode To Marvin,’ my special take on Mr. Gaye’s ‘What’s going On,’ both of which I wrote with Splash and Makeba.”
For the remainder of the album SoL-AngeL went on to work with Pharrell for the finger-snapping, feel-good first single “I Decided,” Lil Wayne makes an intoxicated guest appearance on “Champagnechronicnightcap,” Bilal helps write and appears on “Cosmic Journey” and “Wanna Go Back,” which Marsha Ambrosius of Floetry lends vocals to, and Raphael Saddiq produces the soulfully insightful, “Same Song, Different Man,” which features Estelle

Look at those LEGS!!!

HERE TOO!!!!!

Oh, and she plays saxophone too.

Listen to “Smile” and “Stars” - Just in time for the weekend.

MINDI ABAIR, saxophonist/vocalist/composer is set to release her first Peak Records (a division of Concord Music Group CD titled STARS on May 6, bursting on to the pop scene as one of an exciting new generation of crossover artists. For the CD, Abair wrote 11 new songs, with five songs showcasing her vocals. Her instrumental single, Smile, is currently on R&R at #13 and is rising; and her vocal song Stars, will be serviced to AC radio on April 28. Collaborator/producer Matthew Hager enlisted a group of stalwarts from the pop world to contribute to the new CD including keyboardist Ricky Peterson (John Mayer, Prince), drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr. (Paul McCartney, Sting) and cellist Richard Dodd, (Faith Hill, Foo Fighters). Mindi will also preview tracks from the new CD to fans worldwide at DeepRockDrive.com on May 1 @ 6:00 p.m. PST (from Las Vegas), a high-definition, multi-stream live show in which fans from all over the world can enjoy her concert simultaneously. Each participate can “shout out” song requests and send messages to Mindi live throughout the performance.
STARS is the follow up to Abair’s 2006 CD Life Less Ordinary, which debuted on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz chart at #1; and spawned three #1 hit singles on Radio & Records. Her debut CD, It Just Happens That Way, stayed in the Top 10 for 19 consecutive weeks, and she was named the #1 most played Contemporary Jazz CD of 2003 by Jazz Week. Abair has established herself in the pop world touring with Adam Sandler, Mandy Moore, Josh Groban, Duran Duran and Backstreet Boys’ Millennium Tour; and her vocal song I Can Remember was featured in Aaron Spelling’s hit “Summerland”; while Every Time was featured in Robin Williams/Mandy Moore’s “License To Wed”.

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Joe Cocker took his hat off

Feast your ears on the new, sultry sounds of Mr. Joe Cocker:

“Love Is For Me”

“You Haven’t Done Nothin”

On May 13th, Fantasy Records will release Hymn For My Soul, the newest album from legendary singer Joe Cocker. The album unites Cocker, possessor of one of the world’s most instantly recognisable and iconic voices (Lennon & McCartney’s With A Little Help From My Friends, anyone?), with Ethan Johns, who has proved both his worth and his Midas touch via albums he’s produced for, among others, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Ryan Adams, Razorlight, Kings of Leon, and Ray LaMontagne. The union has resulted in one of the most accomplished pieces of work in the Sheffield-born singer’s long and illustrious career, and one played by arguably the most stellar band to be assembled in a recording studio anywhere in the world in recent times.

Among them are drummers Jim Keltner (uniformly viewed as the best session drummer in the world, a man who played with John Lennon and Bob Dylan), and James Gadson (as well as producing classic albums for the soul star Bill Withers, he drummed on hit recordings by artists ranging from Gladys Knight to Justin Timberlake). Also present are Tom Petty’s pianist Benmont Tench, former Jethro Tull keyboard player Dave Palmer, bassist Bob Babbitt (member of Motown Records’ studio band The Funk Brothers in the ‘60s and ‘70s, and hence a player on more seminal recordings than can be listed here), and Hammond organist Mike Finnigan (who played with Jimi Hendrix on Electric Ladyland). Completing the all-star line-up on backing vocals are Merry Clayton (once one of Ray Charles’s Raelettes, she sang on the Stones’ Gimme Shelter), Tata Vega, Julia Walters, her brother Oren Walters, and Jim Gilstrap.

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Are you A Merry Can or A Sad Can????

Why don't we ask Daniel Lowery- American Extraordinaire

“I’m An American” Listen
“I’m An American” Look

Buy IT

Patriotism in song usually emanates from country & western singers. Patriotism, pride and passion are felt, but seldom verbalized, by African-Americans. “I’m An American,” an emotive and timely new ode to American troops, touchingly delivered by established Las Vegas crooner Daniel Lowery, who is African-American, was released nationwide on May 5th.

The song, written by Lowery, Miami producer/songwriter Hal S. Batt and Nashville songwriter Jennifer Constantine, is an uplifting tribute to American troops and a reminder to the American people of the precious freedoms that we sometimes take for granted. “I want this song to be an anthem,” says Lowery. “I want to send the message that we need to come together as a country and be as one and change the way things are going on here.”

Producer Batt, who has worked with an array of superstars, including Julio Iglesias, Shakira, Sandi Patty, Jean Carne, and Regina Belle, agrees. “The reason for this song is to give people hope. It’s because they’re doing their job that I’m able to do my job here. I feel indebted to do a song that’s going to make them smile.”

A poignant, touching video accompanies the release of the single. “I'm An American,” the first single from Lowery's upcoming self-titled Timbo/Jam Records CD, is available at CDBaby.com, itunes and http://www.timbojamrecords.com/.

Lowery is an established Las Vegas singer, having shared the stage with everyone from Bill Cosby to Gladys Knight. Originally performing under the moniker of Jamariah (Swahili for “dream chaser”), he built up a substantial following. One of the few African-American singers with his own Vegas act, he has performed at the Monte Carlo Hotel for nearly four years.
“I'm An American” is the right song for these days and times, lending a human aspect to the current status for thousands of our courageous military men and women. Those honorable troops are our family members and this song gives a voice to them. Now more than ever, Americans are strong and looking toward a brighter tomorrow for everyone.
Daniel Lowery's heartfelt “I'm An American” beautifully demonstrates that a Black man in America can have an anthem too!

The Big Dog Daddy Does it Again

Toby Keith’s 35 Biggest Hits released is battling Lil Wayne in the charts this week. The greates hits album includes “She’s A Hottie.” Check the viral below:

“Hottie Yourself” Viral Video:

http://ume.f2m2.com/hottie

Singer, songwriter, entertainer and all around Big Dog Daddy Toby Keith tends to do things, well, big. And so the May 6 release of his latest hits collection tips the scales with two discs filled to bursting with smash singles. Toby Keith 35 Biggest Hits spans the multi-platinum performer's entire career, and adds a kicker.
Released on his own Show Dog Nashville label and Universal Music Enterprises, 35 Biggest Hits opens with his first No. 1 hit, 1993's "Should've Been A Cowboy," and runs all the way through his 2006 chart-topper "A Little Too Late." In between, the compilation serves up favorites including "Who's That Man" (1994), "How Do You Like Me Now ?!" (1999), “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” (2002), “Who’s Your Daddy?” (2002), “I Love This Bar” (2003), “American Soldier” (2003) and “As Good I Once Was” (2005). Incidentally, Keith is currently filming the major motion picture "Beer For My Horses" (which is the same title as his 2002 hit that will also be included) in New Mexico.
The hits collection is punctuated by a new single, “She’s A Hottie,” that is roaring up the charts. And with the two-disc set's availability, music fans will have the chance to own some of the high points of a career that has seen more than its share. Keith has sold more than 30 million albums, he's been deluged with critical praise and peer approval in the form of awards, and he's consistently been one of the top-drawing live performers in the nation.

Sinatra played the movies, too?

Ole Frankie blues eyes is EVERYWHERE these days. I'm starting to think he pulled a Tupac.

Check him out on the all new Turner Classic Movies video stream celebrating his music in the movies below. The CD is out on EMI/Capitol.

Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music Video Streams:

http://emicat.edgeboss.net/download/emicat/sinatra/franksinatra_at-the-movies_300.wmv
http://emicat.edgeboss.net/download/emicat/sinatra/franksinatra_at-the-movies_700.wmv

MY FAVORITE!!!

“The Lady Is A Tramp”

http://emicat.edgeboss.net/qtime/emicat/sinatra/audio/11_the_lady_is_a_tramp_pal_joey.mov

Frank Sinatra was a titan of 20th Century entertainment, with record-breaking successes in both music and film throughout his legendary career. Capitol/EMI celebrates Ol' Blue Eyes' musical contributions to many of Hollywood's most memorable classic films, in several of which he also starred, with the April 15 release of a new 20-track CD and digital collection titled Sinatra At The Movies.

Sinatra At The Movies includes title themes from The Tender Trap, From Here To Eternity, Young At Heart, Three Coins In The Fountain and Not As A Stranger, as well as “Chicago” and “All The Way” from The Joker Is Wild, “I Could Write A Book” and “The Lady Is A Tramp” from Pal Joey, “How Deep Is The Ocean” and “All Of Me” from Meet Danny Wilson, “To Love And Be Loved” from Some Came Running, and more.

Sinatra At The Movies is one of several high-profile music and DVD releases honoring the Chairman of the Board’s storied career as a pioneering legend of entertainment. Other upcoming salutes to Sinatra include a commemorative U.S. postage stamp to enter circulation on May 13 and special TV programming, co-hosted by his children, through the month of May on Turner Classic Movies (TCM), including more than 30 of Sinatra's films and four of his television specials.

Frank Sinatra’s Sinatra At The Movies Microsite:

www.franksinatraatthemovies.com

Frank Sinatra Official Site:

http://www.franksinatra.com

Teddy Geiger Fans Rejoice

More Power to US!!!

Teddy Geiger and Columbia Records are giving music fans the opportunity to pick the songs which will make up the next Teddy Geiger album due later this year! Teddy has written 33 songs for the album and by visiting his website http://www.musicane.com/tg33/home fans can be a part of this groundbreaking experience and choose the 11 songs that will eventually be on Teddy's new record. Teddy is set to headline the "TG33 4U Tour" which will kick off June 11th and cover North America to showcase the new material. I've included tour dates and a press release below so let me know if you're interested in featuring Teddy on Stomp And Stammer.

Teddy Geiger’s Official TG 33 Site:

http://www.musicane.com/tg33/home

Teddy Geiger will hit the road in June to headline the "TG33 4U Tour," a 33 date summer-long North American concert tour beginning June 11 at the Glass House in Pomona, California and running through July 24 at the Handlebar in Greenville, South Carolina (see full itinerary following). Rising young artist Hilary McRae will support on the tour.

Teddy's 33 venue concert tour presented by CoverGirl follows the launch of his unprecedented TG33 online initiative. The TG33 Fan Experience will give Geiger's fans their first taste of 33 newly recorded original Teddy Geiger songs with the opportunity to A&R, listen, rate and vote on which of the new songs they'd most like to appear on Teddy's forthcoming album, his first since his critically-acclaimed "Underage Thinking" entered the Billboard Top 200 at #8 in March 2006 and yielded a million selling Hot AC Top 10 single -- "For You I Will" -- when Geiger was just 16.

The Ted-Heads Fan Community, launching in tandem with TG33, will offer fans the chance to purchase single tracks, select bundles, or all 33 songs at a variety of price points: $0.99 a la carte songs; $9.99 for 11 tracks; $19.99 for 11 tracks + Fan Club membership/benefits; $29.99 for all 33 tracks + Fan Club membership/benefits.

Teddy's made more than 210,000 friends on his MySpace page (MySpace.com/TeddyGeiger), which has logged more than 11 million total song plays.

In addition to his new recordings, Hollywood is already buzzing over Teddy's upcoming feature film debut starring as "Curtis" in "The Rocker," the new comedy from director Peter Cattaneo ("The Full Monty") with Rainn Wilson ("The Office"), Christina Applegate ("Samantha Who?," "Married With Children"), Emma Stone ("Superbad"), Josh Gadd ("Back To You"). "The Rocker" opens nationwide August 1, 2008.