"These Jeans" Music Video Casting Call

Tomorrow Feb. 27 there will be a casting for the "These Jeans" video shoot by Fatso ft. Maimouna Youssef.

Hit up the info on the flyer for any additional info needed.

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Julie Dexter Makes Transitions

Since Ketch A Vibe dropped in the early 2000's Julie Dexter has been in my music line up!

A big fan of her live shows Ive missed her in recent years and wondered what she had been up to.

Well Ms. Dexter is finally BACK with a new track called Transitions which is produced by ZO!
Gypsy Soul is looking forward to hearing the rest of the album AND hosting her here in Baltimore this year (wink)!

Take a listen:

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A Pink Elephant in Paradise

February 23rd was a looooooooooooooooong day but it ended with the performance of one of my favorite (and I mean FAVORITE) singers, N'Dambi.

YES, Im biased! I have been in love with N'Dambi's music since college and the release of Little Lost Girls Blues but with good reason I have followed and growth with her music through the years. She is as good and genuine as they come. Everything about her is beautiful: her personality, her physical, her voice, her interaction with those who admire her music... So its no wonder that after a crazy day I sought solace at Eden's Lounge to hear N'Dambi feature at Organic Soul.

The thing that is always a treat for me when I see N'Dambi perform is viewing the new people who have never heard her. I get to see them fall in love with her and the music that had been void in their life....too dramatic you think? You should have seen the LONG line to buy her cd....

With an acoustic set consisting of a guitar to back her up N'Dambi did a couple of my favorites from her new and critically acclaimed album Pink Elephant. Starting off with the albums first song L.I.E. she warmed the audience up. Next she spread inspiration with Nobody Jones and encouraged black love with We Got What It Takes (she said it was inspired by President and First Lady Obama) she ended the night with the hot single from the album Can't Hardly Wait, a funky song that most ladies can relate to dealing with a relationship you're not done with yet, but you cant wait for your heart to let go.

N'DAmbi & Gypsy

Truly it doesn't matter if you have the best voice the world has ever heard, if you don't have the personable spirit of someone like N'Dambi you will quickly fall from grace. It's a pleasure to see someone with such talent and character getting their music to the world!

If you haven't picked up Pink Elephant do it today! Support great artists with great music and a great spirit (thankfully this seems to be the current trend of music labels)!

Flyer by Daria Johnson, Photos by Stevie Soul

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Baltimore, celebrate Black History Month with us!
U.S. Congressman, Elijah E. Cummings
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, City of Baltimore
City Council President Bernard “Jack” Young
Baltimore City Legislative Delegation Chair Curt Anderson
Baltimore City Public Schools
NAACP Baltimore City Branch
92Q, Magic 95.9 & 1010WOLB
Verizon OPEN HOUSE
Join us at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum for a FREE day
of African-American history, culture, literature, art & more!
Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Time: Open House 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Program 12:30 to 2:00 PM Featuring Special Guests Educational gifts for the first 200 children before 12:00 PM! Location: Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture 830 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Read, learn & enjoy your history! Visit www.thinkfinity.org.
For information on this event and more visit www.verizon.com/md

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Making a STAND while taking a SEAT

The Greensboro Four

“On February 1, 1960, four African American college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina, and politely asked for service. Their request was refused. When asked to leave, they remained in their seats. Their passive resistance and peaceful sit-down demand helped ignite a youth-led movement to challenge racial inequality throughout the South.

In Greensboro, hundreds of students, civil rights organizations, churches, and members of the community joined in a six-month-long protest. Their commitment ultimately led to the desegregation of the F. W. Woolworth lunch counter on July 25, 1960.”


This past weekend I had the pleasure of hearing one of the original Woolworth protesters speak. General Joseph McNeil addressed college students and administrators from across the country at a conference and I was honored to be a part of it.

He was a breathing reminder that the accomplishments of this generation, my generation was not achieved by just our own merits but by the sacrifice, blood, tears, and LIVES of those before us who were selfless enough to risk everything to create opportunity.

Lets be thankful, grateful, and diligent in continuing to breaking down barriers. Most of all please continue to educate our children about the sacrifice made on our behalf, the humiliation endured, and the triumph achieved by those who came before us.

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A Georgia Peach in Choklate City

SOULCIALIZE with Gypsy Soul
at LIV in DC
with
GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW

Doors open at 7pm

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PJ Morton Walks Alone

On Feb 2nd under threat of snow Teavolve was filled with loyal fans waiting to get an exclusive listen to
Grammy Award winner PJ Morton's new album Walk Alone.

Throughout the night there were many surprises including guest appearances by R&B songstress Lil Mo and BET Sunday's Best winner Yanna Crawley!

Thanks to the help of I See Color Live, who has partnered with Gypsy Soul to do production, we were able to capture these special moments. Take a look at the video to get a glimpse of that you missed and a one on one interview with PJ Morton.

Photos by Kyle Pompey of Nice Shot Photography

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Go Red!

Do you have your RED on?

Mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts — everyday women are dying at the rate of almost one per minute. Speak up. Make a difference. Show your support for the fight against heart disease in women by wearing red. It’s an easy, powerful way to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

National Wear Red Day is TODAY Feb. 5, 2010. But it takes just one person to start Wear Red Day on ANY day of the year. Let that person be you! Consider organizing a Wear Red Day at your workplace, with your faith-based organization, at your community center or even in your own home. Speak up. Inspire your friends, neighbors, coworkers and family members to show their support for the fight against heart disease!

For more information please visit
http://www.goredforwomen.org

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Spend Some Time with Maysa

CHECK OUT THE SOULFUL NEW SINGLE
FROM THE 2009 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS WINNER AND
SHANACHIE ENTERTAINMENT RECORDING ARTIST

MAYSA

CALLED

"SPEND SOME TIME"

The album

"A WOMAN IN LOVE"

IS IN STORES NOW
AND ON ITUNES.COM AND AMAZON.COM

For more info on Maysa, this single, and the LP, log onto:

www.myspace.com/mleak

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N'Dambi...Betty Davis...audacious!

audacious!

Gypsy Soul wanted to keep you up to date on this wonderful exhibit entitled
"audacious: the lost fotography & films of funk diva betty davis: a tribute."

The exhibit opens in Chicago tomorrow, February 5th and runs through March 28th at the Three Peas Art Lounge. We are especially excited because one of our favorite artists and great friend N'dambi is portraying Betty Davis, 70's funk/soul diva and wife to Miles Davis.

If you know anything about N'dambi you know that Ms. Davis is one of her favorite artist!

The artist that put together the cool concept of this exhibit is Numa Perrier.

Numa’s work on the AUDACIOUS! Betty Davis tribute comes at a time when she feels the wild woman is begging to be set free. She has imagined and created this “lost footage” as an honor to a woman who has personified the feral uninhibited nature that she would like all women to claim a piece of.

We will keep you posted on the other cities this exhibit will visit...we hope Baltimore is on the list ;)

P.S. If you still haven't picked up Pink Elephant by N'Dambi...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR??

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