Hey Family, indeed it is better to give than receive, so Grown Folks Music is giving away three (3) combo packs consisting of the new CDs from Jazz greats Phil Perry and Marion Meadows. Stay tuned to our Facebook page on April 11, 12, and 13 at 8pm EST each evening for a trivia question. Be the first to answer correctly when we post the question on Facebook and win the combo pack! It’s that simple, but you gotta check us out at www.facebook.com/GrownFolksMusic1 to win! One winner per evening.

Project Hygiene™ NYC will launch Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 at The Legendary SOBS (Sounds of Brazil). Hosted by Q Parker of the R&B group 112, the fundraising event will feature the talent of R&B, Pop, Rock and Hip hop artists from the tri-state area including: DJ Shazzle Dazzle, Poet Just Greg, Grammy-Nominated Singer/Songwriters Aaron Camper, Ben O’Neill, Kontraband215 and Harlem’s own LuvaboyTJ.

The show will begin at 8:00pm with doors opening at 7:00pm. The cost of the concert is $12 in advance and $15 at the door. We are asking for all guests to bring hygiene products to donate on this evening or you can drop products off to SOBS the entire month of March in the Project Hygiene Box. All donated Hygiene Products collected for the NYC market will be donated to The Boys & Girls Club of Queens(www.swbgc.org | www.vbgcq.org). Visit www.sobs.com for information on how you can purchase tickets.

For us you can’t get a better live experience than Earth, Wind & Fire and when I go to concerts, it’s often hard to describe the emotions, excitement and intimacy between the stage and the audience. So to summon a time when live albums stimulated our imagination in “being there” and helped us appreciate the skill of “live music”, we figured we’d grab some audio footage and our pictures from the Earth, Wind & Fire concert in Atlanta. Here is the classic song, “In the Stone”.  Oh and if you’re wondering if those are “real strings” you’re hearing, that would be the symphonic sounds of the GRAMMY award winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra playing along with them. Yaaaaayyyyyy, live music!!!

GFM had the wonderful opportunity of not just covering Eric Roberson’s “Mister Nice Guy” tour in Atlanta but a bit of the backstage action as well. From the warm up vocals backstage, pairing the perfect suit for sartorial elegance and giving the final note of the night, we were there for it all. The show was full of major highlights like the vocal and physical acrobatic performance of the Atlanta songstress, Algebra Blessett along with special surprise appearances by Anthony David and Rhonda Thomas. Also a big shout out for Ms. Avery Sunshine and V-103 radio personality Terry Bello for being in the house as well. Check out some of our pictorial footage before and during the show. (more…)

From Monday May 23rd you’ll can download the ‘BE feat. Jonas EP’ exclusively from iTunes
The EP includes remixes by Goldielocks, Sioux City Boys Club and Sona Vabos (will.i.am, Dizzee Rascal, Kelis and Benny Benassi).
The track will also be featured on the The Right Track: Tunes to TargetCancer compilation and was selected for the 2010 Miami ADCOLOUR awards compilation.

The brilliant new video, by award winning Director Baff Akoto, will surprise you all, Rhian battles demons, fires and conquers all in this action-filled epic short film.

To celebrate the launch of the new single we are giving one lucky fan the chance to win Rhian’s favourite handwash and handcream by London’s exclusive ‘Cowshed’ as well as a signed copy of ‘Hands Clean’ (get it… lol!!)

To enter the ‘Cowshed/Hands Clean’ competition just watch this video clip and answer the following question…
Finish the following the lyrics:

“Forget the drama, just, just let it be,…………………………., you should be all that you can be”

Send your answers to akua@rhianbenson.com

Good luck!!