Are you a brown diamond? You have been magnificently created by the master carver and craftsman himself. He's given you a clarity, cut and carat that illuminates right through your body to produced a shine from within that no one can take away. So, I'll ask you again, are you a brown diamond?
Author, writer and producer Joseph H. James, Jr. has written a compelling and sultry novel entitled "Soul Baby". The romance novel is a sensual, spirit-filled and educational journey into the lives of a group of upwardly mobile African American couples. After years of being married, Lloyd and Laney Dennison are having lack of trust and communication issues. Lloyd steps up and showers his beautiful wife with gifts, including the titillating novel Soul Baby. It is in the novel where Laney reads and becomes in tune with her own marriage. Each couple is struggling with their individual outlooks on companionship while coming to terms with their social identities. After seeking a confirmation from a very comical and smart comedian, they reach out and seek help from a wise but unorthodox therapist, Valeria Winters. Each of the couples comes to grip with hidden truths and insecurities. The stories are intertwined beautifully with wisdom, joy, excitement and deception. We'll learn from the therapist's hands-on evaluation about finding the perfect soul mate, as well as the wisdom of the older relatives about life lessons and relationships.
Visit the beautiful website to listen to the free audio of the prologue, view the hot music video with Broadway star Byron Utley and featuring top model Brigid Turner and the soulful book trailer. Review all of this before you read the captivating novel.
If you are a fan of American Idol, you remember the name, Ashthon Jones from season 10 of AI. Ashthon missed making it past the final 13 and was eventually voted off, but that did not stop her from pursuing her dreams.
From tours to major television interviews to being featured on the hottest Gospel Hip Hip artist, LeCrae's, Grammy winning album alongside Big Krit; Ashthon Jones is poised to set the world on fire with her vocals.
Get a sneak peek of what Ashthon is working on now and be sure to keep her on your radar.
Twilight Americana Music Festival, a showcase of local folk, country, and bluegrass music featuring the region's finest Americana acts, will return to Athens, Georgia this April 25th through 28th.
The 6th annual event will be the Twilight Americana Music Festival in conjunction with the much loved Twilight Criterium annual bike race and festival filling the streets and clubs of our fine town of Athens, Georgia.
Join us for an exciting weekend of racing and shows from your favorite local, regional, and national Americana acts!
Twilight Americana Music Festival will take place throughout historic downtown Athens. Participating venues include; Georgia Theatre, 40 Watt Club, Melting Point, Little Kings Shuffle Club, Green Room, The World Famous and Hendershot's Coffee.
The festival will feature several headlining performances, beginning with Opening Night at Georgia Theatre, and also including the 40 Watt Club. Foundry Entertainment will present the Twilight Americana Closing Party at the Melting Point on Sunday April 28th.
Other festival showcase performances will be held at Little Kings and The World Famous on Friday and Saturday nights. The recently opened Green Room will feature acts every night of the event
Come out and see CRYSTAL NICOLE perform live at Writing Sessions of America's Unplugged Songwriter and Producer Mixer this Thursday March 28th Location: Apache Cafe 64 3rd st NW Atlanta Ga 30308
American Craft Council Atlanta ShowMarch 15-17thCobb Galleria Centre
Get inspired and visit hundreds of the country's finest craftmakers as they exhibit contemporary jewelry, clothing, furniture and home décor, all available for purchase.
In an effort to promote understanding and appreciation of contemporary American craft, the show also features workshops and seminars.
So join in on the fun of the Southeast's largest indoor juried craft show around!
In a recent survey conducted by the Associated Press, Soulja Boy, the much-maligned Atlanta rapper garnered over 57% of the votes to attain the unflattering title of 'Worst Artist in American Music History'. The polling began on October 1st through November and over 200,000 fans and a number of record label personnel voted, according to the Associated Press. Also receiving votes were Vanilla Ice, Justin Bieber, Britney Spears and MC Hammer. No word if Soulja Boy will be awarded with a ceremony or trophy for this historic honor.
One of my homies just called me & told me I need to watch this documentary called "Frustrated: Black American Men In Brazil" which I'm sure will raise some seriously heated discussions. The documentary is almost an hour long & I only got about 5 minutes into to it before I decided to go ahead & post this up for discussion. Check out a more detailed synopsis of the documentary below....
"Al Greeze decided to produce Frustrated after reading a September 2006 Essence Magazine article (Blame it On Rio) written by Professor William Jelani Cobb, which stated that African men were travelling to Brazil for sex vacations with Brazilian prostitutes and the adulation of the Brazilian women Greeze wanted to either confirm or deny and reveal the answers from the men themselves and find out if it is for love and companionship or just sex. The effect may have been suspected but what is the cause?
Through research, personal accounts and testimonies from the men who fall in love or date Brazilian women and the reaction and opinions of the women both in the U.S. and in Brazil, the film touches and unlocks some heartfelt emotions to these complex issues including the economic and educational divide between the sexes and the possibly unachievable roles each places on the other. Although the film exams the controversial topic of relationships outside of the African American race and the country, the film's goal is to elicit open conversation and communication amongst men and women, strengthen the family dynamic and give both sides a platform to give an honest account.
Frustrated ask such questions as why are African American men finding love outside of their race, what do they feel is missing from African American woman and are African American women now in competition with Brazilian women as they are with other races...is there really a threat, or are the women saying good riddance we don't need you or are they fighting for their men?" - BlackDoom77
So let's say you are a platinum selling producer from Auckland, New Zealand and you are looking for a Hip Hop welcome committee. Well this describes P-Money a platinum selling producer from New Zealand who recruited Skyzoo & Havoc (Of Mobb Deep) to lay vocals to this banger of a beat titled what else "Welcome to America"
MEET P-MONEY, a platinum selling producer from Auckland, New Zealand where he's had multiple #1 singles, including a hit song with Akon. He's also won several NZ Music Awards, including Best Producer, Songwriter of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Release, Best Male Solo Artist, Best Urban Album and more.
P-Money has partnered with Duck Down Music in North America to release his fourth studio album, 'Gratitude,' available on May 21st through Dawn Raid Ent./Dirty Management/Duck Down Music.
Skyzoo & Havoc assist P-Money on the lead track off the project entitled "Welcome To America."
Magic Slim, the American blues guitarist and leading figure in the Chicago blues scene, has died aged 75.
Slim had more than 30 albums to his credit since releasing his debut, Born On a Bad Sign, in 1977.
"There's probably not another bluesman who had quite the repertoire that Slim had," said his manager, Martin Salzman.
Slim died in hospital in Philadelphia where he was being treated for various ailments, Mr Salzman confirmed.
Born Morris Holt to Mississippi farmers in August 1937, Slim gave up the piano and turned to guitar after losing a finger in a cotton gin accident when he was 13.
He made his first trip to Chicago in 1955, starting off as the bass player for a friend and mentor known as Magic Sam, who allowed the younger musician to take his nickname.
Slim cut his first single, Scufflin, in 1966 and became a Chicago blues fixture in his own right, developing a guitar style that blended a distinct vibrato with a slide-guitar-like sound formed with his bare fingers against the strings.
The guitarist was recognised as much for his powerful, gruff vocals as his musicianship and was known for playing with picks on both the thumb and index finger of his right hand.
A heavy smoker who suffered from emphysema and heart problems, he cut short a tour with his band, the Teardrops, in late January, Mr Salzman said.
While Slim lived in recent years with his family in Nebraska, "Chicago was always like home to him," his manager said.BB
The Fabulous Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta Ga
For the 15th year of audience-captivating performances at the Fox Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's extraordinary dancers return to center stage with an inspiring repertory of performances.
Performances will include dynamic season premieres and Ailey's classic, Revelations.
Show dates and times are as follows:
Thursday, Feb. 14 at 8p Friday, Feb. 15 at 8p Saturday, Feb. 16 at 2 and 8p Sunday, Feb. 17 at 3p
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The brave students from Sandy Hook Elementary School sang an emotional rendition of 'America the Beautiful' with Jennifer Hudson at the 2013 Super Bowl pregame show. The Academy Award-winner ...
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