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MUSIC CALENDAR: Jagged Edge in ATL; Ne-Yo in MI; Lil’ Mo in Germany; Ruth Brown in VA; Adams, Warwick in NJ; Lyfe at the Apollo.
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(May 8, 2006)
*R&B vocal quartet Jagged Edge will meet and greet fans at an in-store appearance in Atlanta on May 9, the day their new self-titled album for Sony Urban Music/Columbia Records is released. The quartet will appear at Best Buy Midtown Atlanta (1210 Caroline Street NE) tomorrow beginning at 6 p.m. Guest artists on their fifth album include John Legend on "Season's Change," Jermaine Dupri on "Stunnas," Reggaeton star Voltio on "So Amazing," Boyz N Da Hood's Big Duke on "Sexy American Girls," and emerging artists Bad Girl on "Crying Out."
*A high school in Farmington Hills, Michigan earned a free concert from R&B singer Ne-Yo by winning a contest designed to promote seat belt awareness among Detroit youth. The concert, to be held on Wednesday, May 10, was awarded to Mercy High School for collecting the highest percentage of signatures (99.6 percent) by the student body on a pledge to always wear a seat belt when in a vehicle. The "Seat Belt Pledge" contest was sponsored by Takata, the world's largest manufacturer of seat belts. "Teenagers are just not hearing the traditional buckle-up message anymore," said Bob Kittle, vice president of sales and marketing for Takata. "That's why we felt we needed to create a campaign that gets their attention by relating to them on their level."
*R&B singer and self-described “military brat,” Lil' Mo, will depart on her first USO tour to entertain service men and women May 11 in U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, Germany, a city hosting the largest presence of American armed forces outside of the United States. She is currently working towards her next independent album, scheduled for release later this year.
*Ruth Brown, the legendary blues and R&B singer and Portsmouth, Virginia native, highlights a new collaboration between the city and the Virginia Arts Festival with a star-studded celebratory concert on Saturday, May 13. The Ruth Brown Blues Festival begins at 8 p.m. at the nTelos Pavilion. On the all-star blues bill with Brown are Shemekia Copeland, guitarist Bo Diddley performing with the Debbie Hastings Band, and New Orleans legend Clarence "Frogman" Henry. For ticket information and travel packages, visit http://www.vafest.com; call the Festival at 757-282-2800 or toll-free 877-741-ARTS (2787).
*Yolanda Adams and Dionne Warwick are among the singers scheduled to perform at the “2006 Spring Gala at bergenPAC: Building a Home for the Arts and Education,” to be held Sunday, May 21 at 5:30 p.m. The Gala, to be attended by many of New Jersey’s finest supporters of the Arts, will help secure bergenPAC’s mission to provide educational opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth in the performing arts. Other acts on the bill include Tony Bennett and Phoebe Snow. All-inclusive benefit tickets (cocktails, performance, and dinner) may be purchased by contacting Marissa Beringer at 201 816 8160, x 35. For performance only tickets, please contact the theater box office at 201 227 1030. Please visit www.pranamarketing.com/bergenpag/gala for the invitation.
*Lyfe Jennings will perform at the world famous Apollo Theater in Harlem (253 West 125th St.) on May 12 at 8 p.m. The five-time record-breaking "Showtime At The Apollo" winner will perform songs from his last album “Lyfe 268-192” as well as tracks from his sophomore album “The Phoenix,” including the first single "S.E.X.," a song about young females dealing with the pressures of growing into womanhood. Tickets are $35, $40, $45.
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