LOS ANGELES,
Calif. (October 29, 2015) – The Humble Grapes are preparing for the release of
their new single and music video, “Brooklyn
Bridge.” The vibrant duo, which consists of vocalist, songwriter, producer
Brie Capone and artist, songwriter, pianist, producer David Kaufman, have
gained recognition in the indie circuit and are quickly rising to success.
“This band is a real breath of fresh air.
Brie’s voice is amazing and blends perfectly with David’s masterful skills on
the piano to create something truly unique.” – Muzic Notez
The new single co-produced
by The Humble Grapes and Ami Kozak paints a perfect picture of a rocky relationship
with its alluring melody and Capone’s soulful vocals. The picturesque melody
coming from Kaufman helps envision the tumultuous relationship. Capone’s
captivating voice also helps emulate the emotion behind the relationship making
this a raw, unforgettable follow up to “Young and Alive” in anticipation for
their upcoming EP out January 2016.
“Brooklyn Bridge’ is a song
about realizing that you can fall in love with some one and truly care for
them, but you’re painfully aware that you’re on a different path than them,” states Capone.
“Brooklyn
Bridge” will be available October 30th
followed by the release of the music video on November 4th. Directed
by the talented Benjamin Heller the video was beautifully shot under both The Brooklyn
and Manhattan Bridges in DUMBO, which also helped visualize the sentiment and
tone behind the lyrics.
The Humble
Grapes will be playing The Bitter End in NYC on Saturday, November 14th
and have plans to tour the tri-state area throughout 2016 to support their
forthcoming 2016 EP release.
Follow The Humble Grapes:
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https://twitter.com/thehumblegrapes
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-humble-grapes
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
SOULEYE RELEASES NEW ALBUM, “SHAPESHIFTING”
FIRST SINGLE “THE VICTIM” AND ACCOMPANYING VIDEO OUT NOW
OCTOBER 27, 2015- Souleye has earned rave reviews and a rabid following for his rousing and powerful style that challenges paradigms and incorporates Hip-Hop, EDM, R&B, and Funk. Souleye has been touted as, “Hip hop’s medicine man,” “America’s new leading edge voice,” and “a modern day hip hop warrior.”
After releasing 201 2’s Iron Horse Running and touring the world playing sold-out arenas with Alanis Morissette, an inspired Souleye returned to the studio to begin work on his next full Iength album. With a wealth of new material, he is not set to release Shapeshifting in October. Shapeshifting effortlessly joins old-school hip hop with trip-hop…it’s a psychedelic, otherworldly exploration.
Souleye’s career began when he won a spot on Jam Cruise in 2005, a contest put on by Relix magazine, which included members of P-Funk, Les Claypool, Digable Planets, Michael Franti, Bela Fleck and Bassnectar.
Over the last ten years, Souleye has released four full-length albums as a solo artist and has been featured on the recordings of Bassnectar, MIMosa, STS9, The Glitch Mob and Michael Franti. He has performed at Coachella, Ultra Music Festival, Burning Man, Shambhala, and has toured extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, and South America.
The Souleye experience is one of body and spirit. With stratospheric instrumental hooks and positive, conscious lyrics, Souleye’s audiences look to him for guidance, inspiration and profound entertainment. Souleye’s infectious energy and lyrical positivity rooted in human experience invites listeners to unleash their potential, and let loose their most primal instincts. “My music is geared towards inspiration and positivity.
I offer my lyrics as an opportunity for listeners to more deeply explore their relationship with their own human spirit. I want to help open the minds of listeners and support people along their journey.”
Just as the title of his latest release suggests, Souleye shapeshifts and explores a wide range of styles throughout the album. Souleye’s uplifting, positive and melodic brand of hip-hop pays homage to the genre’s past while blazing a trail into the future.
OCTOBER 27, 2015- Souleye has earned rave reviews and a rabid following for his rousing and powerful style that challenges paradigms and incorporates Hip-Hop, EDM, R&B, and Funk. Souleye has been touted as, “Hip hop’s medicine man,” “America’s new leading edge voice,” and “a modern day hip hop warrior.”
After releasing 201 2’s Iron Horse Running and touring the world playing sold-out arenas with Alanis Morissette, an inspired Souleye returned to the studio to begin work on his next full Iength album. With a wealth of new material, he is not set to release Shapeshifting in October. Shapeshifting effortlessly joins old-school hip hop with trip-hop…it’s a psychedelic, otherworldly exploration.
Souleye’s career began when he won a spot on Jam Cruise in 2005, a contest put on by Relix magazine, which included members of P-Funk, Les Claypool, Digable Planets, Michael Franti, Bela Fleck and Bassnectar.
Over the last ten years, Souleye has released four full-length albums as a solo artist and has been featured on the recordings of Bassnectar, MIMosa, STS9, The Glitch Mob and Michael Franti. He has performed at Coachella, Ultra Music Festival, Burning Man, Shambhala, and has toured extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, and South America.
The Souleye experience is one of body and spirit. With stratospheric instrumental hooks and positive, conscious lyrics, Souleye’s audiences look to him for guidance, inspiration and profound entertainment. Souleye’s infectious energy and lyrical positivity rooted in human experience invites listeners to unleash their potential, and let loose their most primal instincts. “My music is geared towards inspiration and positivity.
I offer my lyrics as an opportunity for listeners to more deeply explore their relationship with their own human spirit. I want to help open the minds of listeners and support people along their journey.”
Just as the title of his latest release suggests, Souleye shapeshifts and explores a wide range of styles throughout the album. Souleye’s uplifting, positive and melodic brand of hip-hop pays homage to the genre’s past while blazing a trail into the future.
Labels:
New Music,
shapeshifting,
souleye,
the victim
Monday, October 26, 2015
Soul Music Great Charles Wright Pens First In Series of Autobiographies “UP FROM WHERE WE’VE COME”
Inaugural Book
Details 56 Chapters of Racism and Hardship The Wright Family Faced As
Sharecroppers Near Clarksdale, Mississippi Circa The ’40s
Book Includes a Glowing and Empathetic Foreword by Little Richard
(Los Angeles, CA – October 26, 2015) While fans of Soul Music great Charles Wright are accustomed to hearing the singer/songwriter/guitarist shout “Express Yourself” on oldies radio, in movies and dozens of television commercials, the multi-talented messenger has taken up his pen to complete the first in a planned series of autobiographies that detail his profound life story as a southern Black man that miraculously brought himself from poverty to prosperity. The inaugural installment is “Up From Where We’ve Come,” an up-close and intimate telling of the Wright family’s profound struggles as sharecroppers near Clarksdale, Mississippi through the 1940s. Written in the raw dialects and rhythms of how Blacks and Whites communicated with each other in the era, it is a riveting insider’s glimpse into the realities of the times.
In the Preface to his book, Wright writes, “Some may consider these chapters a vital part of American history which has yet to be told in this particular fashion. “Truer words could not be spoken as the reader receives a series of history lessons from a firsthand account straight out of the memories of a most impressionable and observant youth. Through his hindsight insights as an older/wiser man, Charles Wright imparts knowledge, culture and context in each of the tome’s 56 chapters.
Through Wright’s eyes, the reader will meet his long put upon father, his wily but loving mother, his young brothers, sisters and cousins, and two different White land owners that overworked and underpaid them all with utmost disrespect to go around. While no one that studies history will find that surprising or enlightening, the personal portrait shared here makes it all the more poignant and real.
Along with the strife and struggles, however, are visions from a wide-eyed child of the natural world around him and the industrial changes happening on that very land. There’s the warmth and play of a family co-existing in a shabby home in spite of hard times. And then there’s a love story between a woman and a man that blossoms against all odds and challenges as they fight to understand each other, support each other and still find a way to romance each other.
“Up From Where We’ve Come” emerges as a triumphant and highly unique literary statement from a man whose music has already touched several generations of fans. So powerful are the stories that Wright has not one but four separate Forewords from supporters across the spectrum: California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Rock ’n’ Roll Originator Little Richard, acclaimed Broadcast Journalist Roland Bynum and renowned Music Educator Reggie Andrews.
“I wanted to reveal just how thin the line between sharecropping and slavery really was. It’s important to me because I spent a significant part of my life under that regime. I started writing this book 40 years ago. It’s something – given the right circumstance – I wish I could have shared long ago…But now is the optimal time because discrimination never went away. Racism simply vaulted to a whole ’nother level. Honestly, in some cases, I’d take the way it used to be over what it is today. The process of systematic racial elimination is extremely ugly to me. I can see it so clearly. I need others to see it, too. So I’m expressing myself.”
Charles Wright is a world-renowned musician and songwriter best known as the leader of the ’60s-founded Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and for recording the enduring 1971 classic “Express Yourself” (#3 R&B, #12 Pop – Billboard). The ensemble also recorded the classics “Loveland” (sung by drummer James Gadson who became an ace session musician in Los Angeles), “Do Your Thing” (featuring lead guitarist Al McKay who went on to become a star member of Earth Wind & Fire) and the racial equality anthem “Comment” (also recorded by jazz legend Les McCann, alternative rockers Wilco and others). The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band also worked closely with Bill Cosby in its infancy as his backup band for a music album (Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings – 1967) leading to The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band becoming the first R&B act to succeed on Warner Brothers Records with its self-titled debut LP the same year.
Wright still records Doo Wop, Blues, Soul, Pop and Funk music – now on his own label, A Million $ Worth of Memories Records. His latest CD is Let’s Make Love Tonight. He also has a forthcoming CD, tentatively titled Be Careful What You Wish For, featuring the already released first single, “Lookin’ For An Ugly Woman!” His company slogan: “True Soul Music Made By Human Beings, Not By Machines.” Also among his new recordings is a remix of “Express Yourself,” this time tied-in with a cell phone app. Charles Wright has come a long way.
Check out Charles’ new music video “Lookin’ For An Ugly Woman!” youtu.be/T4sJdTnTYo4
Here is a sample of the poignant reflections and biting insightful processing that Charles Wright’s “Up From Where We’ve Come” has to offer:
"As a victim of circumstance, my father developed a habit of sunup `til sundown drudgery. He forced us to work 40 acres of old man Miles’ fertile land practically free of charge. There was a time, though long forgotten, when my parents kept records – until they grew tired of wasting pencils and paper. Since, added to his propensity to manipulate the price of cotton, Mr. Miles had a habit of ignoring my parents’ count. His motto, which said,“A nigger is at his Best when Bent until Broken,” and which he referred to as, “The Triple B System.”
In two years’ time, my dad demanded a hundred pounds a day and not a pound less, something I could never come up with. Yet every time I failed, he whipped me viciously. I’d always start out giving it my best. But by mid-day I’d grow weary. I picked 88 pounds, 89 pounds, 92 pounds and often as much as 98 pounds. But none of these satisfied my father. It was as if he’d developed a revulsion for me and I’d actually became his sounding board – a tool to douse his own sense of defeat. Anytime he was having a bad day, my ass had to pay. It was that simple. He didn’t care what he whipped me with – either an ironing cord, a wet or a dry rope, a huge cotton stalk or an occasional wire hanger. You’d think I would have developed a tolerance for pain but I never did. Instead, I developed an equal distaste for my very own father.
Throughout the ensuing years, however, I learned of the huge tower of pressure hanging over his head, and realized how he was taking out on my behind the equivalence of what Mr. Miles was taking out on his mind – an unfair exchange yet somewhat of a logical conclusion. Whether my dad knew it or not, he’d settled for a diverse form of slavery.
UP FROM WHERE WE’VE COME WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW: http://amzn.to/1GDeBd1
KEEP UP WITH CHARLES BY VISITING:
expressyourself.net
Facebook: facebook.com/Charleswright103
Twitter: twitter.com/Charles_Wright
Linkedin: linkedin.com/pub/charles-wright/33/625/667
Youtube: youtube.com/user/charleswrightz1
Reverbnation: reverbnation.com/Charlesexpressyourselfwright
Book Includes a Glowing and Empathetic Foreword by Little Richard
(Los Angeles, CA – October 26, 2015) While fans of Soul Music great Charles Wright are accustomed to hearing the singer/songwriter/guitarist shout “Express Yourself” on oldies radio, in movies and dozens of television commercials, the multi-talented messenger has taken up his pen to complete the first in a planned series of autobiographies that detail his profound life story as a southern Black man that miraculously brought himself from poverty to prosperity. The inaugural installment is “Up From Where We’ve Come,” an up-close and intimate telling of the Wright family’s profound struggles as sharecroppers near Clarksdale, Mississippi through the 1940s. Written in the raw dialects and rhythms of how Blacks and Whites communicated with each other in the era, it is a riveting insider’s glimpse into the realities of the times.
In the Preface to his book, Wright writes, “Some may consider these chapters a vital part of American history which has yet to be told in this particular fashion. “Truer words could not be spoken as the reader receives a series of history lessons from a firsthand account straight out of the memories of a most impressionable and observant youth. Through his hindsight insights as an older/wiser man, Charles Wright imparts knowledge, culture and context in each of the tome’s 56 chapters.
Through Wright’s eyes, the reader will meet his long put upon father, his wily but loving mother, his young brothers, sisters and cousins, and two different White land owners that overworked and underpaid them all with utmost disrespect to go around. While no one that studies history will find that surprising or enlightening, the personal portrait shared here makes it all the more poignant and real.
Along with the strife and struggles, however, are visions from a wide-eyed child of the natural world around him and the industrial changes happening on that very land. There’s the warmth and play of a family co-existing in a shabby home in spite of hard times. And then there’s a love story between a woman and a man that blossoms against all odds and challenges as they fight to understand each other, support each other and still find a way to romance each other.
“Up From Where We’ve Come” emerges as a triumphant and highly unique literary statement from a man whose music has already touched several generations of fans. So powerful are the stories that Wright has not one but four separate Forewords from supporters across the spectrum: California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Rock ’n’ Roll Originator Little Richard, acclaimed Broadcast Journalist Roland Bynum and renowned Music Educator Reggie Andrews.
“I wanted to reveal just how thin the line between sharecropping and slavery really was. It’s important to me because I spent a significant part of my life under that regime. I started writing this book 40 years ago. It’s something – given the right circumstance – I wish I could have shared long ago…But now is the optimal time because discrimination never went away. Racism simply vaulted to a whole ’nother level. Honestly, in some cases, I’d take the way it used to be over what it is today. The process of systematic racial elimination is extremely ugly to me. I can see it so clearly. I need others to see it, too. So I’m expressing myself.”
Charles Wright is a world-renowned musician and songwriter best known as the leader of the ’60s-founded Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and for recording the enduring 1971 classic “Express Yourself” (#3 R&B, #12 Pop – Billboard). The ensemble also recorded the classics “Loveland” (sung by drummer James Gadson who became an ace session musician in Los Angeles), “Do Your Thing” (featuring lead guitarist Al McKay who went on to become a star member of Earth Wind & Fire) and the racial equality anthem “Comment” (also recorded by jazz legend Les McCann, alternative rockers Wilco and others). The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band also worked closely with Bill Cosby in its infancy as his backup band for a music album (Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings – 1967) leading to The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band becoming the first R&B act to succeed on Warner Brothers Records with its self-titled debut LP the same year.
Wright still records Doo Wop, Blues, Soul, Pop and Funk music – now on his own label, A Million $ Worth of Memories Records. His latest CD is Let’s Make Love Tonight. He also has a forthcoming CD, tentatively titled Be Careful What You Wish For, featuring the already released first single, “Lookin’ For An Ugly Woman!” His company slogan: “True Soul Music Made By Human Beings, Not By Machines.” Also among his new recordings is a remix of “Express Yourself,” this time tied-in with a cell phone app. Charles Wright has come a long way.
Check out Charles’ new music video “Lookin’ For An Ugly Woman!” youtu.be/T4sJdTnTYo4
Here is a sample of the poignant reflections and biting insightful processing that Charles Wright’s “Up From Where We’ve Come” has to offer:
"As a victim of circumstance, my father developed a habit of sunup `til sundown drudgery. He forced us to work 40 acres of old man Miles’ fertile land practically free of charge. There was a time, though long forgotten, when my parents kept records – until they grew tired of wasting pencils and paper. Since, added to his propensity to manipulate the price of cotton, Mr. Miles had a habit of ignoring my parents’ count. His motto, which said,“A nigger is at his Best when Bent until Broken,” and which he referred to as, “The Triple B System.”
In two years’ time, my dad demanded a hundred pounds a day and not a pound less, something I could never come up with. Yet every time I failed, he whipped me viciously. I’d always start out giving it my best. But by mid-day I’d grow weary. I picked 88 pounds, 89 pounds, 92 pounds and often as much as 98 pounds. But none of these satisfied my father. It was as if he’d developed a revulsion for me and I’d actually became his sounding board – a tool to douse his own sense of defeat. Anytime he was having a bad day, my ass had to pay. It was that simple. He didn’t care what he whipped me with – either an ironing cord, a wet or a dry rope, a huge cotton stalk or an occasional wire hanger. You’d think I would have developed a tolerance for pain but I never did. Instead, I developed an equal distaste for my very own father.
Throughout the ensuing years, however, I learned of the huge tower of pressure hanging over his head, and realized how he was taking out on my behind the equivalence of what Mr. Miles was taking out on his mind – an unfair exchange yet somewhat of a logical conclusion. Whether my dad knew it or not, he’d settled for a diverse form of slavery.
UP FROM WHERE WE’VE COME WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW: http://amzn.to/1GDeBd1
KEEP UP WITH CHARLES BY VISITING:
expressyourself.net
Facebook: facebook.com/Charleswright103
Twitter: twitter.com/Charles_Wright
Linkedin: linkedin.com/pub/charles-wright/33/625/667
Youtube: youtube.com/user/charleswrightz1
Reverbnation: reverbnation.com/Charlesexpressyourselfwright
Labels:
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new book,
up from where we've come
Friday, October 16, 2015
ROBERT MILLER’S PROJECT GRAND SLAM RELEASES NEW FULL LENGTH ALBUM “MADE IN NEW YORK” TODAY
ALBUM FEATURES THE SONGS “NEW YORK CITY GROOVE” AND THEIR UNIQUE
COVER OF JIMI HENDRIX’S “FIRE” AND
INCLUDES TWO TRACKS RECORDED “LIVE”
AT THE WORLD FAMOUS BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY
“’Made In New York’ is fantastic!!“ – BVS Reviews
Robert Miller’s acclaimed fusion band, Project Grand Slam, today releases their new full length album, “Made In New York,” which includes the singles “New York City Groove” and “Fire”, five original Miller tunes, plus two tracks recorded “live” at the world famous Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. All of the songs capture the band’s unique jazz/rock/fusion /jam band sound.
”‘Fire’ is a truly fiery new cover of Jimi Hendrix’s song!“ – Lyndsey Parker,YahooMusic.com
PGS has recently released two videos for the songs “New York City Groove” and “Fire” that together have garnered over 120,000 views in just a few weeks. Both feature guest vocalist Kat Robichaud from NBC’s The Voice, who lends her rock n’ roll roots to the songs and the videos.
“’Fire’ is an unbelievable gem!” – Musicnotez.com
See the video for “Fire” here: http://smarturl.it/PGSFire
See the video for “New York City Groove” here: https://youtu.be/ptGNf97tB8E
PGS was formed in 2007 by bassist/leader/composer Miller and has previously released two highly regarded albums, “Play” (2008) and “Spring Dance” (2012). In 2009 the band was featured in an episode of the hit NBC-TV show “Lipstick Jungle”, and has had several additional hit singles: “The Captain Of Her Heart” feat. Judie Tzuke, “Catch You Later,” and “Spring Dance.”
http://www.projectgrandslam.com
“’Made In New York’ is fantastic!!“ – BVS Reviews
Robert Miller’s acclaimed fusion band, Project Grand Slam, today releases their new full length album, “Made In New York,” which includes the singles “New York City Groove” and “Fire”, five original Miller tunes, plus two tracks recorded “live” at the world famous Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. All of the songs capture the band’s unique jazz/rock/fusion /jam band sound.
”‘Fire’ is a truly fiery new cover of Jimi Hendrix’s song!“ – Lyndsey Parker,YahooMusic.com
PGS has recently released two videos for the songs “New York City Groove” and “Fire” that together have garnered over 120,000 views in just a few weeks. Both feature guest vocalist Kat Robichaud from NBC’s The Voice, who lends her rock n’ roll roots to the songs and the videos.
“’Fire’ is an unbelievable gem!” – Musicnotez.com
See the video for “Fire” here: http://smarturl.it/PGSFire
See the video for “New York City Groove” here: https://youtu.be/ptGNf97tB8E
PGS was formed in 2007 by bassist/leader/composer Miller and has previously released two highly regarded albums, “Play” (2008) and “Spring Dance” (2012). In 2009 the band was featured in an episode of the hit NBC-TV show “Lipstick Jungle”, and has had several additional hit singles: “The Captain Of Her Heart” feat. Judie Tzuke, “Catch You Later,” and “Spring Dance.”
http://www.projectgrandslam.com
Labels:
made in new york,
new album,
Project Grand Slam
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
NEW AGE HIP HOP ARTIST SOULEYE ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE DEBUT OF THE VIDEO FOR HIS NEW SINGLE “THE VICTIM,” THAT WENT LIVE ON YAHOO MUSIC ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5th
Los Angeles, CA: New age hip hop artist artist SOULEYE is
proud to announce the exclusive debut of his latest video, “The Victim,” set to
go live on Yahoo Music at 7:30am PST on Monday, October 5. The video is for the first single from his
upcoming album, Shapeshifting, due
out October 27.
“The Victim,” explores sonic tenacity in a new realm for SOULEYE. Sample lyric: “And as we wrestle temptations the temperature is rising/I’m purging my trauma no longer holding on to the drama.”
The music video brings in several Rize dancers, whose bold and energetic styles add another dimension to the song’s message. It feels as though they are dancing to remove themselves from this victim space, with high intensity, determination, and force.
“‘The Victim’ touches on the victim-consciousness, or the ‘poor-me’ mentality that I have learned to embrace, then burn through,” SOULEYE explains. “We hold onto old patterns born from our survival strategies and our traumas, and this song speaks to releasing and freeing ourselves from all things that hold us back and keep us in a victim state, disconnected from who we are.”
For more information, please check out:
www.souleye.net
Instagram: @souleyephotos
Twitter: @souleye
Facebook: www.facebook.com/souleye
“The Victim,” explores sonic tenacity in a new realm for SOULEYE. Sample lyric: “And as we wrestle temptations the temperature is rising/I’m purging my trauma no longer holding on to the drama.”
The music video brings in several Rize dancers, whose bold and energetic styles add another dimension to the song’s message. It feels as though they are dancing to remove themselves from this victim space, with high intensity, determination, and force.
“‘The Victim’ touches on the victim-consciousness, or the ‘poor-me’ mentality that I have learned to embrace, then burn through,” SOULEYE explains. “We hold onto old patterns born from our survival strategies and our traumas, and this song speaks to releasing and freeing ourselves from all things that hold us back and keep us in a victim state, disconnected from who we are.”
For more information, please check out:
www.souleye.net
Instagram: @souleyephotos
Twitter: @souleye
Facebook: www.facebook.com/souleye
Labels:
new,
newmusic,
souleye,
the victim,
yahoo music
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