Tonight – Wednesday September 1 – Blackpool – Smooth Radio “Soul Train” event with Andy Peebles (to be broadcast on September 4 on Smooth Radio network)

Saturday September 25 – King Georges Hall, Blackburn (3 room Soul Night, hosted by Richard Searling)

Saturday October 2 – Caister Weekender (hosted by Chris Hill)

The band also return to Brighton’s Concorde 2 on Saturday September 18.

You can see the band performing live on the BBC’s “Weekend Wogan”

16 tracks with a host of special guests including Chaka Khan, Mario Biondi, the legendary Leon Ware, Al McKay of Earth Wind & Fire, Christian Urich of Tortured Soul, Ursula Rucker, and Los Angeles rapper Luckyiam.

Regular Incognito vocalists Maysa, Joy Rose, Tony Momrelle and Vanessa Haynes are all featured. Airplay favourites are the band’s excellent version of Boz Scaggs’ “Lowdown”, with vocals by Chaka Khan and Mario Biondi, and “1975”, the story of Bluey’s introduction to jazz and soul music, with stunning vocals by Joy Rose. The album is an Album of the Week on Jazz FM.

And hard on the heels of the new album comes a three-night run of shows by Incognito at London’s Ronnie Scott’s Club, on August 19, 20 and 21 – book your tickets now!  You can also pre-order the album from Amazon.

Eric performed five Prince tunes at the date on May 29, and was joined onstage by the UK’s Alice Russell.  In the past he has headlined Jazz Cafe tributes to Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson.

Look for a new video from Eric very shortly – for “Still”, one of the tracks from his acclaimed album “Music Fan First”.

Catch Eric Roberson and Avery Sunshine for a show on June 5th in Atlanta.  Check out the flyer for more details.

Dome Records is pleased to announce the signing of Drizabone Soul Family.

The band is led by Billy Freeman, one of the original Drizabone line-up who enjoyed success with “Real Love” in the Nineties.

The two principal vocalists on the new project are Anneka Johnson and Nataya, but there are five lead vocalists in all featured on the album, titled “All The Way”, which is produced and co-written by Freeman.

It includes a brand new version of “Real Love”. Release date for the album (Dome CD 305) is July 5, preceded by a single “I Fell Apart” on June 28. A number of live dates by the band will be announced shortly.

The musical, “I Dream”, will premiere in Atlanta on July 3 and will run until July 31. It is an inspirational and entertaining look at the civil rights icon from his childhood to his assassination.

Avery says: “It truly is a masterpiece and I am honoured to have been offered a part in it”.

Dome CD 304

Avery Sunshine is a brilliant singer-songwriter-pianist from Atlanta, already generating a strong buzz in the US and here in Europe. Rooted in gospel, she is fluent in many styles, from soul and house to classical and hip-hop.

Key tracks include the sublime “All In My Head”, “Ugly Part Of Me” and “Blessin’ Me”. “The Most” and the “Sunshine” interlude feature cameo performances from Roy Ayers, who is a big fan of Ms Sunshine.

Among her past credits – working with Jennifer Holiday as choral director on a touring production of “Dream Girls” and singing on the soundtrack of the movie “The Fighting Temptations”.

She also recently (in March 2010) performed in a Los Angeles showcase of a new musical play about the life of Martin Luther King, and among those to come backstage and congratulate her after the performance was Chaka Khan. Avery also got to jam onstage at the after party, performing Anita Baker’s “Sweet Love” accompanied by Nathan East and Greg Phillinganes.

1. All In My Head
2. Today
3. The Most feat Roy Ayers
4. Ugly Part Of Me
5. Perform (Interlude)
6. Need You Now
7. Pinin’
8. I Got Sunshine
9. Blessin’ Me
10. Everybody Loves (int feat Roy Ayers)
11. Like This
12. Just Not Tonight

All In My Head

Blessin’ Me

Dome CD 303

After completing her album “A Woman’s Touch” in 2008, Angela Johnson decided on a return to a more up-tempo, dance-oriented direction for her fourth album.  The result is her new album “It’s Personal”, which is out now!

Angela’s songwriting collaborators include Josh Milan of Blaze (their song “On The Radio” is his first ever R&B production) and fellow Dome artist Eric Roberson, with whom she has shared a stage on many occasions, notably at London’s IndigO2.    Their song is appropriately titled “Indie In Me”.

Also included is the dancefloor hit “Better”, a recent single release, with remixes from Italy’s Micky More, which has attracted superlatives from UK and European DJs and served as an appetiser for the full length album.

Of the album’s title, she says: “I wanted to connect with my audience on a more personal level and reveal more of my inner thoughts and feelings.  I wanted to share my experiences of being a wife, mother, daughter and sister, who’s also an independent recording artist, singer-songwriter and producer, who struggles to maintain balance in her life.  That was a mouthful!  Well, that’s how the album title ‘It’s Personal’ came to be”.

Two further solo albums have followed, “Got To Let It Go” and “A Woman’s Touch Vol 1” – with featured guests including Rahsaan Patterson, Maysa, Eric Roberson and Frank McComb.

1. Only One
2. Hurts Like Hell
3. Be Myself
4. Better
5. Indie In Me
6. On The Radio
7. All In Me (feat Darien)
8. Get Myself Together
9. For You
10. It’s Personal
11. Days