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January 2 2013
Preview the forthcoming record from the acclaimed tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and his quintet Us Five, with special guest Lionel Loueke on Soundcheck (WNYC Radio). Cross Culture will be released January 8, 2013 and is available for pre-order now on Amazon and iTunes
December 10 2012
Record-Breaking Single “Lately” up for 2013 “Best Traditional R&B Performance”
Songwriter, performer, producer and R&B icon Anita Baker has just been nominated for her 16th career Grammy Award for her record-breaking single “Lately.”
Baker will look to garner her ninth Grammy Award with “Lately,” which is nominated for “Best Traditional R&B Performance.” She has won eight Grammy awards previously.
“Lately” is from Baker’s forthcoming album, Only Forever, due out 2013. The much-anticipated album will be her first in eight years, and the single “Lately” instantly became the biggest release of her career, debuting at #10 on Billboard’s Urban AC Chart – the highest single debut of anyone in 15 years.
The success of “Lately,” which recently hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B chart and sat atop the Jazz chart for five consecutive weeks, also put Baker in the record books. With her latest #1, she surpassed Whitney Houston for the longest span of number-one hits. Houston’s record was 14 years; beginning with Baker’s first #1, 1994’s “Body & Soul” to 2005’s “How Does It Feel?” and up to “Lately,” she sets the new mark of 18 chart-topping years.
“Lately” was released digitally on August 7, 2012, and was produced by The Underdogs and executive-produced by Anita Baker and Don Was. Currently touring in support of Only Forever, Baker performed at Radio City Music Hall and sold out four shows in five days in late August, including the famed Hollywood Bowl.
Baker is an eight-time Grammy winner, with four platinum and two gold albums to her name. She shot to fame with her classic album Rapture, and experienced critical and commercial success with subsequent albums Giving You the Best I Got, Compositions, Rhythm of Love, and My Everything. She has also released a successful greatest hits (The Best of Anita Baker), holiday (Christmas Fantasy), and live album (A Night of Rapture: Live).
For more information, tour dates, and updates please visit and/or follow Anita Baker at:
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December 10 2012
JAMES SET TO MAKE NATIONAL TV DEBUT DEC. 18 ON TBS CONAN;
BLUE NOTE DEBUT NO BEGINNING NO END TO BE RELEASED JAN. 22
José James has announced his winter 2013 U.S. tour dates in support of his forthcoming Blue Note Records debut, No Beginning No End, which will be released on January 22. The tour will kick off January 23 in his hometown of New York City with an album release show at the Highline Ballroom with other stops along the first leg including Washington DC, Boston, Chicago and Minneapolis. After a month-long tour in Asia and Australia throughout February, James will be returning to the U.S. in March for a run of West Coast dates that includes Oakland, San Francisco, and a Los Angeles show at The Del Monte Speakeasy on March 12.
James is also set to make his national TV debut on December 18 when the singer-songwriter will make an appearance on TBS Conan performing his song “Trouble.”
JOSÉ JAMES – 2013 U.S. TOUR DATES
Jan. 23 – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY
Jan. 24 – Howard Theatre – Washington DC
Jan. 26 – Scullers – Boston, MA
Jan. 29 – Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN
Jan. 30 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
Feb. 10-Mar. 6 – Asia & Australia Tour
Mar. 9 – The New Parish – Oakland, CA
Mar. 10 – Brick & Mortar Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
Mar. 12 – The Del Monte Speakeasy – Los Angeles, CA
December 6 2012
