~ Red FM Mumbai Awarded the Best FM Station~
~ RJ Malishka adjudged as the RJ of the Year~

Mumbai May 27, 2011: History repeated itself at the 6th India Radio Forum as Red FM Network and Suryan FM grabbed 12 Excellence in Radio Awards. Red FM Mumbai bagged the Best FM Station award for the third year in a row. Morning No.1 bagged the award for the Best Breakfast Programme/ Show (Hindi) for the 4th year in a row with RJ Malishka being adjudged the RJ of the Year (Hindi) for the 4th time!!

The much awaited India Radio Forum (IRF) 2011 concluded amidst great fanfare and aplomb yesterday. It was time once again for the stalwarts of the Radio industry to take centre stage. The much awaited awards ceremony was a high octane affair, with Red 93.5 FM Network sweeping away maximum number of honors at the IRF this year!

A great encore for RED 93.5 FM Network followed after announcing every category as the station for expression kept going back to receive the awards. The station hogged the limelight amidst an air of excitement and cheering as curtains came down with the announcement of the Best FM Station!

Red 93.5 FM Network bagged awards like Best Breakfast Show (Hindi); Best RJ of the Year (Hindi). Whereas the extremely popular campaign Malishka Ka Jasoos bagged three awards – Best Creative Campaign; Best Media Campaign and Best interactive Campaign.  Red FM’s Baccha Party Aa Gayee Hai was adjudged the Best Radio Sparkler (Hindi). Red FM Hyderabad picked up gold for the Best Radio Promo: In House (Telugu) for its Kitty Party Promo. Suryan FM Chennai won the gold for Best Radio Programme/ Show Packaging- Music Day Jingle. RED FM Bangalore also won the award for Most Effective Use of Radio in an Activation Campaign – Stars On Streets Campaign.

In the advertising category, two campaigns executed on Red FM picked up awards for Most Outstanding Use of Radio in an Advertising Campaign for Idea Cellular’s Muthuswamy Campaign and Best CSR initiative from an Advertiser – RED Cares that was sponsored by Balmer Lawrie. Muthuswamy Campaign was a campaign that combined elements of storytelling and interactivity as listeners across cities came together to help a lovelorn citizen from Chennai hunt for his love in Mumbai. Red Cares was a campaign that Red FM Kolkata ran wherein we collected old clothes and donated them to destitute people in Kolkata.

Commenting on the occasion, Rana Barua, Business Head, RED 93.5 FM Network said “We at RED FM have constantly focused on programming innovations and it feels great to be recognized and honored at such a prestigious event for the Radio fraternity. We as a team look forward to a year full of interesting and innovative campaigns engaging the listeners across our network. Recognition like this only helps us in setting a benchmark for ourselves in pursuit of excellence year after year! We are extremely pleased that we were also associated with radio campaigns that have won awards for our advertisers. This victory is a testament to Red FM’s talent pool.”

Nisha Narayanan, Senior VP- Projects and Programming, Red FM 93.5 Network added “This year we not  only met the high benchmarks we set for ourselves but exceeded them, grabbing awards for the Best FM Station, RJ of the Year, Best Breakfast Show, Best Creative and Best Media Campaign yet again. This victory has only motivated us to work harder and aim higher. To paraphrase a line from one of my favorite songs, Baz Luhrmann’s Sunscreen, ‘The race is long and in the end it is only with ourselves”

The most awarded radio network in the country, with over 80 awards on its mantle piece now, has grown from strength and strength.  Its listener-friendly programming, vivacious RJs and the continuous focus on listener interactions have earned it the ‘Station for Expression’ sobriquet. A thrilling journey lies ahead for Red 93.5 FM Network as it pulls up its sleeves and gears up for yet another year of great programming, enthusiastic jockeying, cutting edge innovations and interactivity that is here to stay. Bajaate Raho!

About Red FM 93.5 Red FM, India’s Largest Radio Network*, with 50 stations across India(including the Suryan Stations ) was first launched in Mumbai in 2002 followed by Delhi and & Kolkata in 2003. Red FM has always believed in philosophy and attitude of “Bajaate Raho!” along with a music strategy of playing only Super Hit music, based on the internationally successful CHR (Contemporary Hit Radio) format. In 2009, the brand was taken national in a first of its kind rebranding exercise, in which 38 stations under the     S FM brand were rebranded to Red FM.

Today, Red FM’s is known as the ‘Station for Expression’ to the common man and its famous tag line ‘Bajaate Raho!’ is already part of common parlance! One of the MOST AWARDED BRANDS in the industry, Red FM boasts of over 70 awards including the award for the BEST FM BRAND, BEST FM STATION, BEST RJs, etc. Superhit Music, Superhit RJs, Superhit Movies and Superhit Cricket – that’s what Red FM stands for. Bajaate Raho!

*“Red FM 93.5 Network is a joint sales & marketing initiative of the participating independent  radio  companies for bringing one window advertising / marketing solutions to clients / advertisers by  leveraging the reach of their respective radio station(s) and other media assets”.

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Previously Announced Inductees Include John Bettis, Garth Brooks, Leon Russell, Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly and Allen Toussaint

NEW YORK, NY- May 3, 2011 –Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman Jimmy Webb announced today that Chaka Khan will be the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award at the Annual Induction and Awards Dinner slated for Thursday, June 16 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in  New York City.

“Chaka Kahn’s signature voice and unique vision have influenced the sound of popular music in a way that has endured,” commented Chairman Jimmy Webb. “We are proud to bestow this well-deserved honor upon her.”

Music icon Chaka Khan is legendary for her all-powerful voice, show stopping stage presence and fearless style.  The soul singer/songwriter has won 10 Grammys® and countless other awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award from both BET and the World Music Awards, as well as the prestigious UNCF Award of Excellence for her outstanding accomplishments in the music industry.  Her albums have received platinum and gold recognition and throughout her career, she has collaborated with artists such as Prince, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, Steve Winwood, Michael McDonald, Rod Stewart and Mary J. Blige.

Khan burst onto the music scene in the 1970s as the lead singer in the multi-racial band Rufus.  Early on Khan caught the eye of Stevie Wonder who penned the band’s first hit, “Tell Me Something Good,” which won a Grammy® in 1975 for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus.  Rufus continued to dominate the airwaves with chart toppers such as “Once You Get Started,” “Everlasting Love,” “Do You Love What You Feel?,” “Ain’t Nobody” and “Sweet Thing,” which received the Most Played Song Award in 1995 at the ASCAP Pop Awards.

In 1978 Khan broke out as a solo artist with the smash hit “I’m Every Woman” and had continued success with songs such as “Papillon,” “What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me?” and “I Feel For You.”  Her music has appeared on a number of movie soundtracks including Clockers, Miami Vice, Bridget Jones’ Diary, 27 Dresses, Deliver Us from Eva and Madea’s Family Reunion.   In 2007, Khan released her 23rd studio album; Funk This, which won Grammys® for Best R&B Album and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for her duet with Mary J. Blige on “Disrespectful.”  Khan co-headlined the sold-out Here Comes the Girls tour in 2009 with recording artists Anastacia and Lulu.

She established the Chaka Khan Foundation in 1999 with the mission to educate, inspire and empower children in the Los Angeles community to achieve their full potential by providing academic counsel and programming.  In 2003, she released her autobiography, Chaka! Through the Fire and in 2008 made her Broadway debut as Sofia in The Color Purple.  Khan will receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 19, 2011.

The Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award, named after one of the SHOF’s distinguished founders, is specifically tailored for artists or “star makers” in the music industry who have been responsible for a substantial number of hit songs for an extended period, and who recognize the importance of songs and their writers.  Examples of previous Hitmaker Award recipients include Clive Davis, Garth Brooks, Chuck Berry, Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton, Gloria Estefan, Diana Ross, Sir Tom Jones and Phil Ramone.

Inductees at this year’s event include John Bettis, Garth Brooks, Leon Russell, Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly and Allen Toussaint.  The prestigious Johnny Mercer Award will be presented to Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and Drake will receive the celebrated Hal David Starlight Award.

About The Songwriters Hall of Fame: The Songwriters Hall of Fame celebrates songwriters, educates the public with regard to their achievements, and produces a spectrum of professional programs devoted to the development of new songwriting talent through workshops, showcases and scholarships. There are fewer than 400 inductees who make up the impressive roster enshrined in the Hall of Fame. The list includes Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland, Albert Hammond, Desmond Child, Paul Williams, Hal David and Burt Bacharach, John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, Isaac Hayes and David Porter, Richard and Robert Sherman, Carole King, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Sir Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Curtis Mayfield, Jim Croce, Phil Collins, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Webb, Van Morrison, Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Diane Warren and Leonard Cohen among many others.

Full biographies and a complete list of inductees are available at the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Virtual Museum at http://songwritershalloffame.org/.

Join us! Our mission is to remember and honor our great songwriters while building our musical future through workshops, showcases and scholarships, along with the opportunity to vote for the next slate of inductees.  Joining online is quick and easy: http://songhall.org/join

Ticket Information: Tickets for the Songwriters Hall of Fame event begin at $1,000 each and are available through Buckley Hall Events, (212) 573-6933. Net proceeds from the event will go toward the Songwriters Hall of Fame programs.

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UM frost school of music recognizes winners from downbeat Magazine’s 34th annual student Music awards

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Coral Gables, FL (April 27, 2011) – The University of Miami Frost School of Music is excited to recognize its winners from DownBeat’s 34th Annual Student Music Awards. The DownBeat Student Music Awards is an esteemed competition for middle school, high school, and college students to showcase their talent and be recognized for their musical skills.

University of Miami Frost School of Music ensembles and individual students are winners of 16 awards – a record number for the Department of Studio Music and Jazz. A wide range of categories are represented, demonstrating the breadth of the jazz program at the Frost School of Music.

Several of the Frost School’s Jazz Ensembles are Jazz Group category winners.  The Emmet Cohen Trio, lead by faculty mentor Martin Bejerano, is the Downbeat Jazz Group Undergraduate College Winner. The Stamps Jazz Quintet, lead by director Chuck Bergeron, was awarded the Downbeat Undergraduate College Outstanding Performances category. The Frost Studio Jazz Band, lead by Stephen Guerra, boasts the Downbeat Large Jazz Ensemble Graduate Outstanding College Performances Award.

Numerous compositions are winners of the Downbeat Original Composition – Lead Sheet Award.  Sam Yulsman’s, “Song for Robert Rauschenberg” took the Undergraduate Outstanding College Performances Award, while Gary Allen Thomas’, “A New Beginning” received the Graduate Outstanding College Performances Award.  Kathleen Hollingsworth is the Graduate College Winner in the Jazz Arrangement category with her rendition of “My Favorite Things.”

An unprecedented number of awards have been given to soloists from the Frost School of Music for this year’s Downbeat Awards.  Emmet Cohen, piano, and Gabe Medd, trumpet, are Undergraduate College Winners in the Jazz Soloist category; Alex Weitz, tenor saxophone is the Undergraduate College winner in the Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist category; Dan Andrews, alto saxophone, is the Undergraduate Outstanding College Performances winner for the Jazz Soloist category; Timothy Buchholz, jazz voice, is the Graduate Outstanding College Performances winner for the Vocal Jazz Soloist category.

In a sweeping victory, Jose Valentino Ruiz is the winner of 5 individual Downbeat Awards for his performances on the flute and bass guitar.  For his performance on flute, he is the Downbeat Graduate College Winner in the Classical Soloist category, the Graduate Outstanding College Performances Winner in the Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist category, and the Graduate Outstanding College Performances winner in the Engineered Live Recording and Engineered Studio Recording categories.  For bass guitar, he took the Graduate Outstanding College Performance Award in the Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist category.

As part of the DownBeat Student Music Awards competition, students record their music on a CD and submit it for judging by professional musicians and educators from across the country. Judging criteria is based on musicianship, creativity, improvisation, technique, sound quality and balance, excitement and authority. Awards are given in 15 categories in five different divisions.

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The Frost School of Music, one of two schools created in 1926 when the University of Miami was founded, is one of the largest and best music schools located in a private university in the U.S., and one of the most comprehensive in all of higher education. The naming gift from Dr. Phillip and Patricia Frost was one of the historic highlights in the life of the School. Building on its foundation as a Conservatory of Music, the Frost School has pioneered new curricula and was the first in the nation to offer professionally accredited bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Music Business and Music Engineering Technology. The Frost School was also among the first to offer degrees in Studio Music and Jazz, Music Therapy, and Accompanying and Chamber Music. In addition, the Frost School was the first in a major university to develop a student-run label, ‘Cane Records, and a publishing company, Category Five. The School’s innovative programs, combined with its traditional areas of concentration, offer its students one of the widest choices of career programs of any music school in the nation. The Frost School continues to lead, having recently established a new songwriting degree; the “Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music Program.” Also, the world-renowned Henry Mancini Institute has relocated from Los Angeles to the Frost School. music.miami.edu.

The University of Miami’s mission is to educate and nurture students, to create knowledge, and to provide service to our community and beyond. Committed to excellence and proud of our diversity of our University family, we strive to develop future leaders of our nation and the world. www.miami.edu.

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April 13, 2011

SHAKIRA SCORES SEVEN NOMINATIONS AT THE 2011 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

(New York, NY) – On the heels of the momentous success worldwide for Sale El Sol / The Sun Comes Out and a sold out world tour, Shakira received seven Billboard Music Award Nominations today including Top Streaming Artist and Top Latin Artist.

The official music videos for “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” and “Loca” have seen over 450 million YouTube hits in the past year garnering Shakira a nomination as the Top Streaming Artist. The official video for “Waka Waka” alone has seen over 350  million YouTube hits, making it the #3 most watched video of all time and the #3 most watched music video, nabbing her a nomination for Top Streaming Song (Video).

Shakira is one of the few artists to have more than one song nominated in the same category with “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” “Loca” and “Gypsy” all nominated for Top Latin Song. In addition, Shakira was nominated for Top Latin Artist and Top Latin Album. The international superstar is also the most nominated female artist at the Billboard Latin Music Awards with 13 nominations which airs on April 28th.

The 2011 Billboard Music Awards will air live on ABC on May 22nd at 8pm ET.

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Epic Records
Joseph.Carozza@sonymusic.com

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Jarrín, Walsh and Crosby Recipients of 2011 AFTRA Foundation AMEE Awards

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 16, 2011) – The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) — a national union of more than 70,000 professional performers, recording artists and broadcastersworking in the entertainment and news media — today announced the recipients of the AFTRA Foundation’s 2011 AFTRA Media and Entertainment Excellence Awards (The AMEES).

Receiving honors will be Spanish-language Dodgers broadcaster Jaime Jarrín, “America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh and recording artist David Crosby. The honorees will receive their awards at the AMEES dinner gala benefit for the AFTRA Foundation at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on March 21.

“The AFTRA Foundation is thrilled to honor three such highly talented AFTRA members,” said Shelby Scott, AFTRA Foundation President and former AFTRA National President. “Jaime, John and David have each made great contributions to their respective fields of work, to their Union and to society as a whole.”

About the Honorees
JAIME JARRÍN – AMEE Award in Broadcasting
Jaime Jarrín – “the Spanish Voice of the Dodgers” – is the 2011 recipient of the AMEE Award in Broadcasting.
Born in Quito, Ecuador, Jarrín began his broadcast career at age 16, working for HCJB in his home country. Jarrín came to the United States in 1955 and soon after began working for KWKW in Los Angeles, where he was the news and sports director when the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, the same year he joined AFTRA. He became the club’s No. 1 Spanish-language broadcaster in 1973.

Jarrín has been the recipient of many honors over his career, including induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998 in Cooperstown, NY as the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award. Jarrín was also named as baseball’s all-time best Spanish-language broadcaster based on “longevity, continuity, network coverage, kudos, language, popularity, persona, voice knowledge and miscellany.” He was rated 28th overall among all broadcasters.

In addition to his work calling Dodger games, Jarrín has been at the center of many international news broadcasts, including the funeral of President John F. Kennedy, Pope John Paul II’s visit to America and several important meetings between foreign leaders and Presidents Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson. He served as the interpreter from 1980-81 for Mexican pitching phenom Fernando Valenzuela. Valenzuela, also an AFTRA member, became an analyst in 2003 and continues to work alongside Jarrín.

Jarrín has also called more than 30 world championship boxing title bouts throughout the world for radio and television stations in Latin America, including the “Thrilla in Manila” between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. He has called 19 All-Star Games and 25 World Series, including the 2005 Fall Classic in which he served as the emcee for MLB’s Latin Legends ceremony. His broadcasts of the All-Star Game, League Championship Series and World Series on CBS, the Latina Broadcasting Network, Cadena Latina and Caracol and 1989 to 1999 were carried on more than 300 stations. In March 2006, Jarrín served as a play-by-play announcer for the inaugural World Baseball Classic.

To read Jarrín’s full bio, go to www.aftra.com/JaimeJarrin.htm

JOHN WALSH – AMEE Award in Entertainment
“America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh is the 2011 recipient of the AMEE Award in Entertainment.
A member of AFTRA since 1986, Walsh is known internationally as a crime fighter and victims’ rights advocate and the host of “America’s Most Wanted” – the groundbreaking reality program that’s helped law enforcement capture more than 1,100 dangerous fugitives and brought home more than 50 missing children since its debut in 1988. He never sought the role, but this has been his life since July 27, 1981 – the day his only child, Adam, was abducted from a mall near his home in Hollywood, Florida. Adam was found murdered two weeks later. Born in Auburn, New York and educated at the University of Buffalo, Walsh moved to Florida with his wife, Revé, and had been a successful hotel developer before Adam’s tragic murder.

The Walshes’ experience showed them that the nation was in desperate need of leadership in the fight to protect children. Out of their pain, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was created in 1984, after President Ronald Reagan signed the “Missing Children’s Assistance Act.” The NCMEC is the premier child protection non-profit, providing invaluable resources to parents, children and law enforcement in the United States and internationally.

A hero to law enforcement, Walsh has been honored numerous times by many local, state and federal agencies. In addition to being named “Man of the Year” by both the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI, Walsh was also made an honorary U.S. Marshal. He is only the third man to receive this honor in the organization’s two hundred-plus-year history.

Walsh’s three best-selling books: Tears of Rage, No Mercy and Public Enemies, tell his family’s story and about the toughest AMW cases he’s worked on.

For Walsh’s full bio, go to www.aftra.com/JohnWalsh.htm

DAVID CROSBY – AMEE Award in Sound Recordings
Music legend David Crosby is the recipient of the 2011 AMEE Award in Sound Recordings.

A founding member of two seminal rock bands – the Byrds and Crosby Stills and Nash – Crosby is a two-time inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. When the singer/songwriter stepped onstage in front of some 500,000 music and life-celebrating fans at Woodstock in 1969 as part of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Crosby both shared and contributed to what many see as the generation’s defining moment. In the three decades that followed, he’s continued to be an artistic firebrand with over a dozen albums by Crosby, Stills and Nash, and CSNY, solo projects and duet albums with fellow band member Graham Nash.

The son of Academy Award-winning cinematographer Floyd Crosby (“High Noon,” “Tabu,” among others), the performer grew up in Santa Barbara, and then migrated south to Los Angeles during the folk music revival of the early 60’s. During this period he also traveled extensively throughout the United States as a solo singer/songwriter, honing his craft alongside such luminaries as Fred Neil, Cass Elliot, Bob Dylan and many others, performing dates at college hootenannies and smoke-filled coffeehouses. After returning to LA, in 1963, he eventually joined forces with fellow musicians Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman, and Michael Clarke as the Byrds — a ground-breaking band that virtually gave birth to the Folk/Rock genre, possibly the most important wave in pop music during the mid-60’s.

In 1968, Crosby had begun writing songs with Stephen Stills, who at the time partnered with Neil Young in Buffalo Springfield. The pair knew they had struck musical gold when they invited singer-songwriter Graham Nash, from the British band the Hollies, to add his voice to theirs on two songs, “Helplessly Hoping” and “You Don’t Have To Cry.”

The trio released their debut album in 1969, Crosby, Stills and Nash. The group’s unprecedented sound, superb musicianship and collection of enduring original songs sent the album straight to number one on the charts. That summer, Neil Young joined the congregation, and the Woodstock performance cemented their identity as an iconic presence in rock music, and thirty years of successful tours and albums have repeatedly reaffirmed that fact.

In 1970, Crosby also released his solo debut, “…If I Could Only Remember My Name,” a record that is still considered one of the greatest albums of the 1970’s. Although overflowing with sterling guest performances by Neil Young, Graham Nash as well as members of Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Santana, the innovative album clearly illustrated how much Crosby had grown as a truly original and imaginative musician.
Crosby still tours and records solo, with Crosby/Nash, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

This Spring and Fall he will be touring with Graham Nash (Crosby/Nash); the pair have just launched a new record label, Blue Castle Records, and are releasing a recording of a show they performed at Dorothy Pavilion in 1971. The Album, “Another Stoney Evening,” will be released on March 22.

For more information on David Crosby, go to www.aftra.com/DavidCrosby.htm or www.davidcrosby.com.
Photos of the recipients are available upon request.

About the Awards
AFTRA National First Vice President and award-winning broadcast journalist, Bob Edwards, will serve as Master of Ceremonies at the 2011 AMEES. Edwards is the host of “The Bob Edwards Show” on XM Satellite Radio. Before joining XM in 2004, he hosted National Public Radio’s (NPR) “Morning Edition” for more than 24 years. Edwards was inducted in the national Radio Hall of Fame in 2004 and is a past AMEE Award in Broadcasting recipient.

The AMEES were created in 2003 to honor AFTRA members for excellence in their craft and their contributions to the fields of media and entertainment. Proceeds from the 2011 AMEE Awards go to benefit the AFTRA Foundation, an independent non-profit organization separate from AFTRA that provides support to charitable and educational endeavors critical to AFTRA members, including the George Heller Memorial Scholarship which provides scholarships to AFTRA members and their dependents for academic study and the International News Safety Institute, the only global organization solely dedicated to the safety of journalists and other news professionals.

Past AMEE recipients include the late “60 Minutes” producer Don Hewitt and his team of CBS on-air journalists including the late Ed Bradley, Steve Kroft, Dan Rather, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Bob Simon, Lesley Stahl and Mike Wallace. Other past honorees include Smokey Robinson, Jeanne Cooper, Vin Scully, Don LaFontaine, Cedric The Entertainer, Willard Scott, Roberta Flack, Bob Edwards, Don Hastings, Susan Flannery, Amber Tamblyn, Patti Austin, Robert Hager, Sam Donaldson, Susan Lucci, vocalist Maureen McGovern, Sam Moore, Charles Osgood, the cast of “Sesame Street” and Juanes.

For sponsorship and ticket information, go to www.aftra.com/amees2011.htm or e-mail amees@aftra.com.

About the AFTRA Foundation
Founded by the AFTRA National Board of Directors in 1997 as a separate legal entity from the union, the AFTRA Foundation is a charitable and educational organization funded through tax-deductible voluntary contributions, grants and bequests—not AFTRA member dues—to support projects outside the scope of normal activities at AFTRA, including charitable endeavors, special conferences, studies, seminars and other events. For more information, visit http://www.aftra.com/AFTRAFoundation.htm.

About AFTRA
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO, are the people who entertain and inform America. In 32 Locals across the country, AFTRA members work as actors, broadcasters, singers, dancers, announcers, hosts, comedians, disc jockeys, and other performers across the media industries including television, radio, cable, sound recordings, music videos, commercials, audio books, non-broadcast industrials, interactive games, the Internet and other digital media. The 70,000 professional performers, broadcasters, and recording artists of AFTRA are working together to protect and improve their jobs, lives, and communities in the 21st century. From new art forms to new technology, AFTRA members embrace change in their work and craft to enhance American culture and society. Visit AFTRA online at www.aftra.com.
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FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI SCORES FOUR NOMINATIONS INCLUDING PRESTIGIOUS ARTIST OF THE YEAR FOR THE UPCOMING 42nd ANNUAL DOVE AWARDS

Battistelli’s Sophomore Release Hundred More Years To Hit Streets March 1
Nashville, TN – (February 16, 2011) – Fervent Records and reigning Dove Awards Female Vocalist of the Year Francesca Battistelli hopes to have a ‘hundred more years’ like 2011 with scoring four Dove Award nominations in the following categories: Artist Of The Year, Female Vocalist Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song Of The Year for the smash hit “Beautiful Beautiful” Also adding to this year’s list of exciting news, Battistelli will release her sophomore album Hundred More Years, available everywhere beginning March 1.

“It is such an incredible honor to be nominated and I’m so thankful for the hundreds of blessings that have come into my life this year,” shares Battistelli. “And to hear the great news in Atlanta surrounded by family and friends makes it even more special.”

The 42nd Annual Dove Awards show will be taped live at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA, on April 20th and broadcast on The Gospel Music Channel (GMC) on Sunday, April 24th at 8:00 p.m. EST. And the nods keep on coming, as Battistelli is also up for the fan-voted About.com’s Readers’ Choice Awards in the Best Female Vocalist category for Christian Music/Gospel. Voting is now open and will continue through midnight March 8. About.com will announce the winner on March 15. To cast your vote, please visit: http://christianmusic.about.com/od/ReadersChoice/tp/2011-Readers-Choice-Awards.htm

Battistelli’s new single “This Is The Stuff” is already a Top 5 smash at radio and is the perfect introduction to an album that takes the treasures of her debut My Paper Heart one-step further. Working with producer Ian Eskelin, she has crafted a CD that is every bit as hooky and infectious as its predecessor but whose subject matter, as befitting a young woman whose life has changed so dramatically, addresses a wider spectrum of the human experience.

My Paper Heart released to rave reviews and has since earned Battistelli a Grammy nomination (Best Gospel Song Performance), 2 Dove Awards and 11 Dove Award nominations in a two-year period. Her debut delivered the smash No. 1 single “Free To Be Me” and hit singles “It’s Your Life,” “I’m Letting Go” and “Beautiful, Beautiful.” With over 400,000 copies sold and well over 840,000 downloads to date, Battistelli has become the best-selling new artist in the genre in the past eight years. Her music has also been featured on Jon & Kate Plus 8, ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, NBC’s The Biggest Loser, Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, and several other television and movie outlets.

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Wins for Best Contemporary Jazz Album for The Stanley Clarke Band

Hollywood, CA, February 13, 2010—Jazz bass legend Stanley Clarke won a Grammy® Award in ceremonies held this evening at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, streamed line online worldwide and broadcast live in the US on CBS-TV. Clarke received his award in Category 44, Best Contemporary Jazz Album, for the full-length album The Stanley Clarke Band on the Heads Up International label.  For a complete list of winners visit: www.grammy.com.

“I’m grateful on behalf of the whole band for this honor.  It’s humbling to be in such strong company.”  Clarke said while on tour with his seminal group Return to Forever in Australia.  “It’s so gratifying to see that jazz and instrumental music remain such vibrant and exciting musical forms, and that we could contribute to their vitality.  I’d like to thank the members of the Stanley Clarke Band: keyboardist Ruslan Sirota; drummer Ronald Bruner, Jr.; pianist Hiromi Uehara and the rest of the performers on this album.  I’d also like to thank my wife Sofi, who’s been such a strong supporter of my career, and my children, who are also making their paths in the arts.” Members of The Stanley Clarke Band were on hand to accept the award from the podium in Los Angeles.

Other players on the Grammy-winning album include vocalist Cheryl Bentyne; guitarists Charles Altura, Rob Bacon and Armand Sabal-Lecco; saxophonist Bob Sheppard; bass synthesizer Lorenzo “Larry” Dunn; keyboardist Felton Pilate; horn players Andrew Lippman and John Paperbook; and drum programmers Chris Clarke and Jon Hakakian.

Clarke, whose prodigious talent, 40 albums and 60 film scores have made him one of the most recognized and respected names in the annals of contemporary music, recently formed a music label, Roxboro Entertainment Group, named for his Philadelphia high school.  The first two artists on the label—guitarist Lloyd Gregory and multi-instrumentalist Kennard Ramsey—have just released albums; the next two albums will come from keyboardist Sunnie Paxson and Ruslan Sirota, pianist, arranger and keyboardist on The Stanley Clarke Band.  Clarke also recently awarded two $12,000 scholarships to high school music students Zech Hogan and Jon Williams through The Stanley Clarke Foundation. http://www.stanleyclarke.com.

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