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Monday, July 28, 2008
Second Nas Show Added — Same Night
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Part-time Atlanta rapper Nas — and his No. 1 CD in the country, “Untitled” — are getting quite the hometown reception as a second show has just been added July 31 at Center Stage, the same night as the first one. Doors are scheduled to open at 10:30 p.m. for the new show, which also includes [Talib Kweli](http://www.talibkweli.com/), Jay Electronica — the reported new beau of Erykah Badu — and DJ Green Lantern. Tickets are $37 in advance, $39 day of show at Ticketmaster. Already have yours, or planning to get some now? What about Nas’ latest album - if you have it, what’s your take? Followed this whole back and forth he’s been having with Fox News? (See the video for his first single “Hero,” featuring Atlanta’s Keri Hilson, HERE )
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Georgia Music Hall of Fame inductees announced
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PHOTO CREDIT: Adam George Athens’ beloved jam-rockers Widespread Panic (above), Grammy-winning rapper-actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, deejay Hamp Swain, renowned guitar makers Fred & Dinah Gretsch, R&B’s begging singer/syndicated radio personality Keith Sweat and the late Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Dottie Rambo will all be inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame this year, it was announced this afternoon. The 30th annual awards show will be held Sept. 20 at the Georgia World Congress Center. WSB-TV news anchor Monica Pearson and onetime, longtime Atlanta radio personality Leslie Fram will return as co-hosts. Tickets for the reception, dinner and awards ceremony range from $75 to $100 for an individual ticket, to $750 or $1,000 for tables of ten. They are available by calling the Friends of Georgia Music Festival, Inc. at 770-491-9494 ext 15. And it will be broadcast live at 8:30 p.m. on GPB-TV Channel 8. Have you caught the show in the past, when, say Usher or Lynyrd Skynyrd or R.E.M. were inducted? Ever been down to the actual hall in Macon - and if so, what did you think? Surprised that an artist that goes by the name Ludacris is getting such an honor?
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Share Your (Musical) NBAF Experience
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
You pull up to the venue within minutes of the start time — a rather early 7 p.m. — have trouble finding a parking space, and immediately you know: This isn’t your typical night out at an event in Atlanta.
It was a National Black Arts Festival event — specifically the traveling Jack Daniel’s Art Beats + Lyrics.
Inside the Foundry at Puritan Mills there was a sprawling urban art exhibition including work from local talents Maurice Evans, Shannon McCollum and John Crooms; another area where a mass of people were dancing along to DJ Rasta Root, accompanied by a live drummer; and you might not have even noticed that, say, Ray Murray, of legendary production team Organized Noize, was checking out the many artistic tributes to the hip-hop duo he helped elevate — OutKast.
Musically, it may have been one of this city’s most dynamic multimedia events of the year. Were you there? Stumble upon anything else of note during this year’s just-closed NBAF? Millie Jackson at the Rialto, perhaps?
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It’s Third Day’s Week
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Third Day’s numbers only continue to impress.
“Call My Name”, the first single from the Atlanta Christian rockers’ new CD, “Revelation” has spent six consecutive weeks atop the R&R Christian AC Monitored, R&R Christian CHR and Christian Radio Weekly AC charts.
(Not to mention its Mac Powell, Mark Lee, Tai Anderson and David Carr’s 25th No. 1 single).
The three-time Grammy winners (and 23-time Dove Award winners) release “Revelation” tomorrow — the same day they’re scheduled to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Planning to be in stores Tuesday to pick up “Revelation”? Been a fan of Third Day since it started, some 15 years ago? To what do you attribute the success of “Call My Name”?
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Rate The New Whitney, With Akon
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Yes your girl is coming back.”
Or at least that’s what one-time Atlantan Whitney Houston coos on “Like I Never Left,” the new song just leaked to the Internet, and penned — and featuring — Atlanta’s own singer-songwriter-label exec Akon.
This morning local radio stations were debuting it, and V-103’s entertainment reporter Miss Sophia and Wanda Smith told their audience they enjoyed it. Smith’s “Frank and Wanda Morning Show” co-host Frank Ski, however, said it was “aged”.
Hot-107.9’s “A-Team Morning Show” seemed to give it a thumbs-up, as Rashan Ali said it sounded like “the clean Whitney”, while Emperor Searcy said, simply, “I like it”.
Listen to it HERE and give us your grade.
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