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Sade’s “Soldier Of Love” Released & Today Show Video

Korlai Marshall — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:56:21 +0000

Just in case you have been living under a rock, Sade has released her long awaited album, “Soldier Of Lover” today. It’s been ten years since her last release. To also kick off the release, she appeared on the Today Show this morning. She has a brief interview and then singes the title track to the album “Soldier OF Love”. Enjoy.

[Updated] Jazz in the Gardens Brings the Heat to Miami + Win Free Tickets

echristoperj — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:22:16 +0000

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I just found a reason to squeeze a weekend trip to Miami, and a chance for you to WIN tickets. Jazz In The Garden s is having their fifth annual concert March 20th and 21st, and the line up has something to offer everyone. You have Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Melanie Fiona for the soul lovers. Then you have K’Jon, Robin Thicke, Teena Marie and Boyz II Men for the R & B crowd. For the Jazz lovers, the line up is David Sanborn, Cassandra Wilson and Joe Sample. To make it even better, it’s hosted by Tom Joyner and his crew. Now tickets are $45 – $70 for a one day pass, and they range from $75 to $125 for the two day pass. Tickets are available via TicketMaster.

This concert series shows the on going work of the City Of Miami Gardens, Saunders Entertainment Group and Circle Of One Marketing and Concertz Entertainment to put on a note worthy event. Here is what Leon Saunders from Saunders Entertainment Group had to say about this endeavor. “Jazz in the Gardens” is the brainchild of Mayor Shirley Gibson, under whose leadership the City of Miami Gardens has experienced tremendous growth and progress. Her motivation for creating the music festival was to help revitalize the city and brand it as a place where people can come and enjoy all the wonderful things that Miami Gardens and South Florida has to offer. We had a four-year plan to establish the event and we are proud of the fact that in that time the Saunders Entertainment Group together with Circle of One Marketing and Concertz Entertainment has grown the event from 1,800 attendees to nearly 40,000. It has been very satisfying to see this event continue to grow in a time when other events like it around the country are being canceled for lack of support. We have a simple formula that has been very successful; we give a lot for a little. We realize that even when times are hard, people still need entertainment and Jazz in the Gardens is a fun party environment.”

Now for the info on winning the tickets. This is a great concert series in a wonderful part of Florida, so why not give a way (two) Two Day Pass tickets. It’s real easy to enter the contest. Just post a comment here, on how you would enjoy the weekend in Miami. The person with the best description of that weekend wins. Then on February 1st, the winner will be announced. It’s that easy. If the airlines act right you may even see us down there. :)

[Update 2-1-2010] We have a winner. Mia Allen is the winner of the Jazz In The Garden s Contest. Thank you MiaAllen for for entering, and being a frequent reader of Soulified. Please email your address, so the we can send out the tickets. Please be on the look out for future contests.

A Tribute to Nicolay, The “Nicolayaway” EP

Korlai Marshall — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:27:02 +0000

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Our good friends Quality TIme, across the pond let us know about a new EP that was just released. It’s a tribute to Nicolay, who is part of the Foreign Exchange that is up for a Grammy award today. Quality Time has put together a nice collection of his music in the “The Nicolayaway EP”, to pay tribute to this event. So, we get to enjoy this collection. We would like to wish Foreign Exchange good luck with the awards, but Eric Roberson is up for the same award. So, we are torn. :)

Tracklisting

01. The Foreign Exchange ft. Muhsinah – Daykeeper (*Grammy genomineerd)

02. United Soul ft. Phonte & Yahzarah – Soul Clap remix

03. The Foreign Exchange – Nic’s Groove (Live @ Sirius/XM Radio)

04. Nicolay ft. Carlitta Durand – Lose Your Way

05. The Foreign Exchange/?uestlove – Purple Flip

06. Victor Duplaix – Electric love (Nicolay Vocal Mix)

Behind the Scenes Of Sade’s “Soldier Of Love” Recording

echristoperj — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:56:02 +0000

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A rare behind the scenes look at Sade, during the recording of her soon to be released “Soldier Of Love”. For me to see a recent video of Sade, relaxed and being herself is unreal. To hear her voice, was the first thing that threw me. Her voice is a lot deeper than I imagined. Then to see her working on that orange iBook was the icing. A musical superstar being a Mac user, but using a 10 year old laptop. Priceless. Enjoy.

Sade releases “Moon and the Sky”

echristoperj — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:42:55 +0000

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In the lead up to February 8th release of Sade’s “Soldier Of Love”, she has released two new singles “Moon and the Sky” and “In Another Time”. Both songs sound great, and really shows you what good music should sound like. Enough talking, on to the music.

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