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  The Colors of Music - The Original Lowriders - AKA WAR, The 5th Dimension, The Supremes

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  Date / Time: 12/4/2009 3:00 AM UTC

  Category: Art

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  "The Colors Of Music" - Our ever so popular show is back and is the last music show of the year! On this show I will be playing my own selections from music groups we have grown to love, these are our very own ColoredPeople.net members:

  

  The Original Lowriders AKA WAR (Chuk Barber - Percussionist)
  
  

  

  The Fifth Dimension (Lamonte McLemore - Creator and singer)
  
  

  

  The Supremes (Susaye Greene - singer)
  
  
  
  Join your host Tania-Maria Xavier at BlogTalkRadio.com/ColoredPeople December 3rd at 7pm pacific/9 central/10pm eastern
  
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  Antoine Smith - Keeping His Eye on the Prize - Talented ColoredPeople.net Member

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  Date / Time: 11/20/2009 3:00 AM UTC

  Category: Art

  
  

  

  
  
  Antoine Christopher Smith was born on August 1, 1992 in Euclid, Ohio. He comes from a wide range of family history in music that once indulged very heavily in local bands as musicians, singers, dancers, composers, managers, and teachers. His main influences are his father, Robert Lee Smith III, who is a bass player, lead guitarist, trumpeter and pianist. His mother, Carolyn Fuentes who is a published writer, singer, keyboardist and drummer. His grandmother who is a gospel singer. His mother's sister Patricia, who is a violinist and plays the bass and last but certainly not least his grandfather, the late Rev. B. L. Miles who was a singer, and played the rhyme guitar, organ, and piano in his church.
  
  His grandfather gifted Antoine with a keyboard, which is to him a cherished gift.
  
  It is no wonder this young man is so talented!
  
  Antoine also atributes his success to his faith and is a role model to his peers.
  
  Antoine is a drummer and a as he puts it, a ”dabbling” keyboardist that composes and plays mainly, contemporary jazz.
  
  In addition, he composes other genres as well including music for video games.
  
  His latest CD is "Daydream" released under the "Turn on Records" label and "Mythical" and "City in the Sea" are yet to be released.
  
  His desire is to enter into an Audio Production and Engineering program.
  
  Join us as we talk to this mature, focused talented young man about his life and future plans at BlogTalkRadio.com/ColoredPeople on November 19, 2009 at 7pm PST/9pm CST/10pm EST
  
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  Original Air Date: 5/23/2009 3:00 AM UTC

  Lamonte McLemore - A Perfect Composition - ColoredPeople.net's Talented Member

  Meet The Creator of The Five Time Grammy Award Winning Vocal Group - The Fifth Dimension
  
  
  In 1960 Lamonte McLemore and Marilyn McCoo together with Fritz Baskett, Rex Middleton, and Lawrence Summers formed their first group "Hi-Fis".
  
  In 1964 Ray Charles took them on a tour and he produced a single by the group, "Lonesome Mood".
  
  In 1967 the now known group The 5th Dimension, consisting of five members, Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis, Jr., Ron Townson and Florence LaRue, won five Grammy Awards with the song "Up, Up and Away", a top 10 hit.
  
  Other hits include singles with Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic" (U.S. #3) and "Sweet Blindness" (U.S. #13).
  
  They received a gold record for their album Stoned Soul Picnic, which also included the Ashford & Simpson-written "California Soul" and in 1969, they had two number one singles: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" from the musical Hair and the Nyro composition "Wedding Bell Blues".
  
  Later hits included "One Less Bell to Answer" (U.S. #2) (1970), "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" (U.S. #19), "Never My Love" (U.S. #12) (1971), "If I Could Reach You" (U.S. #10), and "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" (U.S. #8) (1972).
  
  The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002 and in 2006 Lamonte left the group.
  
  His love for photography has been a constant in his life and he has had a 50 year freelance relationship with Jet Magazine photographing Jet Beauties.
  
  Lamonte says her always knew he wanted to be a photographer. He now lives in Nevada where he has a photography studio.
  
  Join us as we welcome Lamonte McLemore to our BlogTalkRadio and talk to him about his successful career as a singer and photographer.
  
  Tune in for this exciting show with host Tania-Maria Xavier.
  
  Sponsored by: DaughterNature.com
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• Date / Time: 5/21/2009 11:22 PM UTC

  Quwwa Davis - The Art Through His Eyes - Our Talented Member - (WIN An Original Painting!)

  

  Quwwa Davis is the youngest of three children and is a life-long resident of Dallas, Tx. As a child, art to him was coloring books and wheels, and the most important rule was to stay within the lines to keep it neat!
  
  Growing up as a teenager he was mostly involved in playing sports and music and in high school, visual art was more of taking some art classes and doing certain projects.
  
  As time went by, he was able to mesh the love for different genres of music and art and his art mainly consisted of painting t-shirts and doing a few canvas projects as he pursued a career in architecture, which was short lived, as he became disenchanted with it after taking a few drafting classes.
  
  Out of high school he decided to pursue commercial arts and go to college and major in Art History, but plans once again changed when he was approached by his English teacher who suggested he become an illustrator. As life goes, Quwwa encountered personal experiences which distracted him from art altogether and shifted his focus to life and family as he became more politically and spiritually involved.
  
  After 14 years away from his art, in 2006, a simple pencil drawing he made of two homeless individuals rekindled a spark that he knew had never really died.
  
  

  

  
  
  He says: "I needed something to motivate me... I have actually found a rebirth in my expression after being away from this love for 14 years. I don't regret being away from it, for I feel my art is a deep reflection of all that I have learned and felt during that time being. My maturation from a young man into a much wiser, more responsible person has allowed me express my joy, pain and struggle as a human being living in a society which seems to be losing touch with its humanity."
  
  

  

  
  
  Quwwa says that most of his creations are dark-oriented, which gives a dark mood, but in that dark mood his intention is to face the problem head-on in order to feel the liberation of freedom. In some cases you can call his art "reverse psychology", inducing the negative to bring about the positive.
  
  

  

  
  
  Recently he became deeply entrenched with textures, as textures to him are unpredictable, and at the same time challenging. They also allow him to play with his art, although the subject matter may be serious and at times disheartening.
  
  "I feel this balance is sorely needed to insure that my art can be taken seriously while at the same time offer hope. After it is all said and done, I want my art to give people the opportunity to express and convey feelings that a materialistic and artificial society wants to stifle. I also want it to provoke thought and raise consciousness, and spur movement that will uplift and return mankind back to his/her God-given honorable position." ~ Quwwa Davis
  
  Visit Quwwa at: Quwwa Art
  Visit Quwwa's Blog
  

  Be the owner of this original painting! "Safe and Sound"
  Tune in to the show to find out how!

  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  Join your host Tania-Maria Xavier on June 18 @ 8pm Pacific/10pm Central/11pm Eastern at http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/ColoredPeople as we talk to talented artist Quwwa Davis.
  
  
  
  Sponsored by: DaughterNature.com
  
  
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• Date / Time: 5/17/2009 5:57 PM UTC

  The Colors Of Music - Debut Show Featuring ColoredPeople.net's Talented Singers, Musicians, Producer

  ColoredPeople.net Presents "Colors of Music" - Music from our talented singers, musicians and producers
   

  

  Diva Joan Cartwright - DivaJC is the founder of Women in Jazz South Florida, Inc. She is a Jazz and Blues singer, composer, author and educator. Freddie Hubbard recorded her composition "Sweet Return" on Atlantic Records in 1983. 
  
  ColoredPeople.net BlogTalkRadio Show host, Tania-Maria Xavier, is honored to be the first radio show host to debut Joan's song "Making Love To You", recorded in 1981 in Queens New York with her band Jazz Hotline. 
  
  The Amazing Musicwomen Ensemble is available for bookings.
  
  www.blogtalkradio.com/musicwoman 
  www.fyicomminc.com
  
  
   
  

  

  Lamonte McLemore - Lamonte is the creator of the 60's vocal group The Fifth Dimension. Original five members consisted of: Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis, Jr., Ron Townson and Florence LaRue. The group won five Grammy Awards with the song "Up, Up and Away", a top 10 hit.
  
  Lamonte has written two songs: “A Love like ours” could never be (Portrait 1970) “The Singer” (Love's Lines Angles & Rhymes 1971).
  
  He has also been blessed with a 50 year freelance career as a Jet Magazine photographer.
  
  http://www.lamontephotography.com/
  Check out his interview at our BlogTalkRadio Show on May 22, 2009.
  
   
  
  
  

  

  Chuk Barber - Chukinho was called up in 1997, to the “Big Leagues” to play alongside his musical heroes in the Original Low Riders, aka the 70's funk group WAR, as part of the driving rhythm section that has become the band’s signature trademark.
  (The roots of War lay in an R&B cover band called the Creators. While attending high school in the Compton area, in 1962, guitarist Howard Scott and drummer Harold Brown started the group.)
  
  Since moving to Portland, Chukinho, along with another New Orleans musician, Tom Sandahl, and 5 of Portland’s finest, created the group, Indigo, fusing Brazilian Bossa Nova with Jazz and Funk beautifully.
  Chukinho is also a writer and painter. We will feature two of the Band's songs... surprise!
  
  http://www.lowriderband.com
  
  Check out his interview at our BlogTalkRadio Show.
   
  
  
  
  

  

  Alison Lewis - A singer and songwriter with a wide variety of genres and experiences who has toured for five years with the award-winning six-women a cappella group, Vocolot.
  
  Currently she performs with jazz trios, as well as am developing her own original album. She provides vocal session and/or arrangement work for artists in London, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
  
  Most recent projects include a recently-released Jason Becker album, The Sims video game, the Eragon video game, and several independent films.
  
  Her featured songs are:
  "Be My Baby" - lyrics and music by Stephen Gernhauser (and Alison Lewis of course on vox)
  "These Hands" - lyrics by Linda Hirschhorn, music by Alison Lewis (She is the lead vocalist, and Linda Hirschhorn and Ellen Robinson are on back-ups)
  
  http://www.myspace.com/alilewis
  http://www.linkedin.com/in/alilew2000
  
  
   

  

  Tonya Broach (Tonyarie) - Tonya is a phenomenal singer and actress from Cleveland, Ohio. She has just finished playing the lead role of Esther in a wonderful play called "Intimate Apparel" written by Lynn Nottage and is currently working on assembling her own band and starting a production company.
  
  "One" is her featured song.
  Song Credit: George Sipl
  George A. Sipl Productions
  Middleburg Heights, OH 
  
  http://www.Tonyarie.com
  
  
  
  
  

  

  Ajay Johnson - Ajay is a producer, director, editor, and cameraman. His experience as a music producer shines through with a new *multi artist release on iTunes "Regal Covers Live".
  
  This is a wonderful CD featuring various talented singers and we are honored to bring a couple of cuts of this great production to you. 
  
  
  
  * Artists featured on Regal Covers Live (Vol. 1)
  
  Dwight Trible, Marcellus Smith, Vann Johnson, Alexandra Taylor, Carol Chaikin, Ray Sidney and Karen Hernandez
  
  
  
  Join your host Tania-Maria Xavier on June 4, 2009 @ 8pm Pacific/10pm Central/11pm Eastern for this hour of beautiful music. Meet us at BlogTalkRadio.com/ColoredPeople
  
  
  This show has been dedicated to the memory of Freddie Hubbard (7 April 1938 – 29 December 2008)
  
  
  *** Sponsored By: http://www.DaughterNature.com
  
  
  
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  • Joan Cartwright
  • Lamonte McLemore
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  • Tonyarie
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• Date / Time: 5/8/2009 11:25 PM UTC

  Lamonte McLemore - A Perfect Composition

  Lamonte McLemore is the creator of the legendary five time Grammy Award winning vocal group, The Fifth Dimension.
  
  He was born in St. Louis, Mo. under the zodiac sign of Virgo. As one of four children, he only dreamed of playing baseball and pitching for the Cardinals was the fastest way he knew to escape the poverty.
  
  

  

  
  "Maybe even try my other fascination, the art of photography... I was lucky enough early in my career to photograph models for Harper's Bazaar in Los Angeles, to shoot for Johnson's publications, Jet and Ebony, and to land a few photo assignments for Playboy Enterprises. During this time, along with a few other people on the rise, we started our own fashion magazines, Elegant and Elegant Teen. The concept was the first of its kind."
  
  In 1960 Lamonte McLemore and Marilyn McCoo together with Fritz Baskett, Rex Middleton, Harry Elston and Lawrence Summers formed their first group "Hi-Fis". In 1964 Ray Charles took them on a tour and he produced a single by the group, "Lonesome Mood".
  
  In 1967 the now known group The 5th Dimension, consisting of five members, Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis, Jr., Ron Townson and Florence LaRue, won five Grammy Awards with the song "Up, Up and Away", a top 10 hit.
  
  
  
  Other hits include singles with Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic" (U.S. #3) and "Sweet Blindness" (U.S. #13). They received a gold record for their album Stoned Soul Picnic, which also included the Ashford & Simpson-written "California Soul" and in 1969, they had two number one singles: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" from the musical Hair and the Nyro composition "Wedding Bell Blues". Later hits included "One Less Bell to Answer" (U.S. #2) (1970), "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" (U.S. #19), "Never My Love" (U.S. #12) (1971), "If I Could Reach You" (U.S. #10), and "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" (U.S. #8) (1972).

  

  
  The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002 and in 2006 Lamonte left the group. Lamonte has written: “A Love like ours” could never be (Portrait 1970) and “The Singer” (Love's Lines Angles & Rhymes 1971)
  
  
  His love for photography has been a constant in his life and he has had a 50 year freelance relationship with Jet Magazine photographing Jet Beauties. Lamonte says he always knew he wanted to be a photographer. He lived in Los Angeles for many years and in the mid 90s he wed Mieko Tone and now lives in Nevada where he has a photography studio.
  
  He says the mystery of woman has always fascinated him. Only years of experience have taught him that the mystery is easier to enjoy than understand. He was onced asked during an interview: "After photographing so many beautiful women, what kind did he like most?"
  
  His response? "Well, actually there are two kinds, foreign and domestic."
  
  Join us as we welcome Lamonte McLemore to our BlogTalkRadio and talk to him about his successful career as a singer and photographer.
  
  Tune in for this exciting show with host Tania-Maria Xavier. May 22, 2009 - 8pm Pacific/10pm Central/11pm Eastern
  
  
  Sponsored by: DaughterNature.com

  
  
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• Original Air Date: 5/8/2009 3:00 AM UTC

  James E. St.Clair - An Award Winning Artist - ColoredPeople.net's Talented Member

  James E. St.Clair (aka The Artist Saint) is an award winning South Carolina Low Country artist. Many of his paintings depict the rich heritage and culture of the Low Country and the Sea Islands. Steeped in history, Saint’s visual stories tell tales of work, humor and adventure. He primarily paints with acrylics on many surfaces, including canvas, paper, clayboard, masonite, wood and even newspaper. Some of his most popular series of paintings are: Harlem Renaissance, Low Country Folktales, Black and Blues, the Adventures of Geechee Joe and Gullah Girl, and his newest , the Misadventures of The Chickens. This latest series showcases the artists unusual sense of humor as we follow along with the many advenures of these ‘almost human’ chickens. New and developing series include Geechee Folk, ( portraits of ordinary folk, some real and some imagined ), Lightscapes (creative explorations into the beauty and nature of light), and Inner Worlds ( surreal visions of our Spiritual Nature). Saint’s works hang in private collections nationwide. His work can be seen at the South Carolina Artisans Center, Walterboro, SC, the Salkehatchie Arts Center in Allendale, SC, The Starving Artist's Cafe in Beaufort, SC and The ARTpool Gallery in St. Petersburg, FL( www.artpoolrules.com). In Washington, DC his work can be seen at the Anacostia Art Gallery and Boutique. He also participates annually in both the Gullah Festival, Beaufort and the Gullah Celebration, Hilton Head, SC. Join us as we talk to The Artist Saint about his art and of course his latest project "Misadventures of The Chickens" Tune in for this exciting show with host Tania-Maria Xavier. May 7, 2009 - 8pm Pacific/10pm Central/11pm Eastern Sponsored by: DaughterNature.com
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