JUSTINA – WE GET HIGH (AUDIO)
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Category: R&B
Old School Throwback – Atlantic Starr – Always – Official Music Video
Atlantic Starr was an 80’s R&B band, whose most notable hits were “Secret Lovers” and the above posted “Always”. Listening, you will likely remember the melody, as children, listening to the older generation bumping their classic slow jams, especially “Always”. The group was started in 1976 by trumpeter Duke Jones, drummer Porter Carroll Jr., bassist Clifford Archer, percussion and flute player Joseph Phillips, Sheldon Tucker on guitar, with David, Wayne, and Jonathan Lewis in Greenburgh, New York, USA. The memberships would eventually change over time and they did not gain pop success till around the mid eighties.
ALICIA KEYS – NEW DAY – Music Video Official
Alicia Keys drops the visuals for her well loved song “New Day”. It’s been a while since the single dropped. What do y’all think of the new video?
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Ontario Government Announces $45 Million Music Fund
Arts funding may get a major boost in Ontario, with the provincial government having announced plans to create a $45 million grant called the Ontario Music Fund, which intends to help out the music industry.
As the Toronto Star reports, the announcement came this morning (May 1) from Liberal Finance Minister Charles Sousa and Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Michael Chan at Toronto’s Lee’s Palace, where they detailed a three-year plan to help support the production, promotion and distribution of Ontario-made music across the country and around the world. The proposal also aims to focus on promoting performance in the province. The project carries the slogan “Music Makes Jobs.”
“You don’t have to go to L.A. or New York, you can do it right here in Toronto,” Sousa said. “This is what’s going to make us a prosperous Ontario.”
He added: “This is going to be money well spent because the ripple effect of this investment, of these grants, is going to enable us to attract more productions, more talent here in Ontario. … It’s going to develop jobs. It’s going to enable our young people to be even more involved and stay at home to get it done. It’s going to attract people from all over the world to want to come to Ontario. And it’s going to make us an even more dynamic and vibrant province.”
The news comes a day before the Liberals announce their next provincial budget, which Conservatives are expected to vote against, meaning the funding plans are not yet set in stone. Even so, speakers were optimistic in investing in the Canadian music industry, of which an estimated 80 percent does business in Ontario.
“We create jobs,” Canadian Independent Music Association president Stuart Johnsonsaid. “Music contributes to $303 million in GDP to the Canadian economy.”
Chan, meanwhile, said that Toronto is a “global music capital for today, tomorrow and beyond.”
Last year, Chan worked on a $5 million “live-music strategy” that aimed to boost Ontario tourism by booking more festivals and enriching local culture.
Written by By Gregory Adams of Exclaim Magazine Canada
Mayer Hawthorne – Designer Drug
Upon my treks through the internet universe, I came into contact with the music of Mayer Hawthorne, who is part of Stones Throw Records. One thing very noticeable about Mayer, is his retro soul style in his music. It feels like we are venturing into the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. Mayer is a a musician in all aspects of music it seems, from the production, the songwriting, the instrumentation, the deejay, the rapper, the singer, and a whole lot more, but we will leave it at that. I would say that it is great music to drive to and cruise in your car to.
His newest song, “Designer Drug”, is available for free download and you can check out a new favorite of mine in the video provided by Mayer above.
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