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Sound and Vision: The Fall of R&B: How Pop Is Selling Its Soul for a Dance Beat
posted: April 13, 2012
Remember the days when R&B and hip hop was the sound of pop? From the ˜90s to the mid ˜00s, music’s most dependable hitmakers”Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, R. Kelly, Usher,…
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Sound & Vision: Life After Whitney: Why We Should Appreciate the Greats While They're Still with Us
posted: March 2, 2012
There’s a scene”actually, several of them”in the 2011 film My Week with Marilyn in which an insecure Marilyn Monroe (exactingly detailed by Oscar nominee Michelle Williams) gets an ego boost from Susan Strasberg, her acting…
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Mica Parris Receives Phone Call from Monica
posted: February 8, 2012
Earlier this week, we announced that Mica Parris”winner of the “Artists on the Rise” Competition, presented by NBC’s The Voice”scored a one-on-one mentoring session with R&B legend Monica. What we didn’t mention is that Mica…
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Monday, February 7th, 2012
posted: February 7, 2012
Is the world ready for Chris Brown to come back to the GRAMMYs? No? Too bad. Prince Charming ain’t got nothin’ on this Ball. Is Adele inadvertently causing a ban on Chanel? Randy Travis: busted…
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Portland Songstress Mica Parris Wins Mentoring Session With R&B Legend Monica
posted: February 6, 2012
Mica Parris is something special. This rising Portland songstress has a sound rooted in old school soul, with touches of modern R&B and the drive of Top 40 pop-rock. Did we mention she’s got a…
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Win $1000 By Judging In The Artists On The Rise Competition!
posted: February 1, 2012
Right now, at this very moment, some of OurStage’s best hip hop and R&B acts are competing in the “Artists on the Rise” Competition”presented by NBC’s The Voice” vying for their chance to land an…
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