Melanie Fiona Looks Forward To ‘Empowering’ Tour With Alicia Keys.
‘I feel like us collaborating on a tour is going to be really strong,’ the Grammy-nominated newcomer says. For a lot of musicians, performing in front of a packed Apollo Theater crowd is a dream come true. Newcomer Melanie Fiona was able to scratch one more dream off her list after performing there with Alicia Keys on Thursday night.
“I’ve admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist,” said Fiona, who is gearing up to tour North America with her role model. “I feel like us collaborating on a tour is going to be really strong, really empowering and what a great show, so I’m really excited.”
For a lot of musicians, performing in front of a packed Apollo Theater crowd is a dream come true. Newcomer Melanie Fiona was able to scratch one more dream off her list after
To start of 2010, director-extraordinaire Marc Andre Debruyne has put together his 10 favorite videos from his catalogue. If you’re not familiar with his work just click the link below and check out some DOPE videos by Slakah The Beatchild, Jully Black, Lindo P, Arabesque and more! And of course, he directed the classic Point Blank video for “Born & Raised In The Ghetto” which is also included as well. From Marc himself:
Hello hello, I trust that 2010 has started off with a bang. With a busy and exciting decade recently coming to a close, I’ve added a special retrospective section to my site, highlighting 10 of my favourite music videos I’ve directed over my career. Near and dear to me, they vary in musical genres and styles, with a mixture of indie to major label artists.
Via TOFLO! Ms. Fiona does it again! I’ll let Ro’Shine tell it:
Another congratulations is in order for Melanie Fiona who is nominated in the Outstanding New Artist category for the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards. The final selections are voted on by NAACP members, with winners announced during the ceremony’s live telecast Friday, Feb. 26 (8 p.m.-10 p.m. ET/PT tape delayed) on Fox.
Nice little article on Big Page which gives us some info on his upcoming album.
Just like food, culture and accents, each region of the country has its own brand of hip-hop, and proud superstars representing every style. But what about the North? As in, across-the-border North? Toronto’s own Page is ready to take Canada’s hip-hop scene to the American masses.
“There’ve been Canadian artists that were big on Canadian soil, but never made it big in the states, never made it world-mainstream. So nowadays, you’ve got artists like myself, Drake doing things south of the border,” Page told the BoomBox after stepping out of the studio.
Page is currently getting ready his first official stateside release, ‘Things Young People Do,’ to drop in early 2010. The record’s already got a sturdy guest list including Juvenile, Brisco, Bobby Valentino and Trina, and on the strength of early tracks like this year’s ‘Still Fly,’ featuring Drake, ‘TYPD’ could put Page’s name in stateside mouths. But Page is set on making the hip-hop world understand that Canada isn’t just snow and maple syrup.
The Real Frequency Show on The New FLOW 93.5 FM returns with their 2009 Homegrown Awards! Be sure to check it out and get your vote on! Keezy said it best:
Wanted to do this prior to the new year but I was too busy enjoying my vacation and holidays, much like most of y’all. I’m sure everyone has had enough time during the holidays to reflect on the past year, so now it’s time to recognize the best music from our own backyard that came out in 2009. We could have just provided our personal picks but I thought the democratic thing to do would be the let y’all vote on the following categories: Homegrown Mixtape/EP/Free Album of the Year, Homegrown Album of the Year, Homegrown Single of the Year, Homegrown Producer of the Year, Homegrown Video of the Year, Homegrown Artist of the Year, and Most Slept-On Homegrown Joint. Results will be out in a week.
Join us tonight on OTA Live for another exciting edition of OTA Talk! Tonight we welcome Jester, 1LoveTO.com and TOFLO.com into the FLOW studios to talk all things 2009 including our picks for Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Artist Of The Year and more. If you don’t know about OTA Talk check out www.muchmusic.com/otalive for past shows!
OTA Talk on OTA Live!
2009 Year In Review feat. Jester, 1LoveTO.com & TOFLO.com
January 5th, 2010
10-1am. Talk starts at Midnight. www.flow935.com to listen live online!
Shouts to the one and only hustleGRL for being featured in the Toronto Star alongside 7 other exeptional young women. The cover story is from this weekend’s paper. Adding to her already SICK resume, hustleGRL is responsible for the design of this site as well! Check out more shots of the article at hustleGRL.com! And someone needs to tell the Toronto Star that there’s NO CAPITAL H in hustleGRL!!!!
I’ve heard the name before but can’t say I’m familiar with any of her music…yet. Getting on 106 is a GREAT look though. Pretty good start to 2010 lol. She’ll be performing as part of Wild Out Wednesdays. Check out Linda on MySpace, YouTube, Facebook and here’s a small write-up on her courtesy of UrbanSteez.
Ms. Fiona opens her Grammy ballot (I wonder who she’s gonna vote for? hmmm) and if that’s not enough “It Kills Me” is currently the #1 R&B Record on Billboard.com.
What a way to cap off an amazing year. Congratulations Melanie!
hyperadmin | News | Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
New Era joint from his upcoming mixtape TH1RT3EN. This one’s featuring Lokz (a Remix Project graduate who will def be making some noise of his own in 2010!).
THE END OF A DECADE IS NEAR AND THE START OF A NEW “JANUERA” IS ABOUT TO COMMENCE. TORONTO’S NEXT UP, “JD ERA” HAS PUT IN THAT GRIND AND ITS ONLY RIGHT THAT HE TOAST TO WHAT HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN. THE COUNTDOWN TO A NEW “ERA” BEGINS NOW. GRAB YOUR GLASSES AND PUT IT IN THE AIR, CHAMPAGNE ONLY, SEE YA IN 2010 JANUERA AND THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED “TH1RT3EN” MIXTAPE” WITH CANADA’S MIXTAPE KING DJ DAX IS ON ITS WAY!!! ZOOT AND THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
