Enter To Win a Roots T-Shirt!

Email you name and address to: info@neosoulcafe for your chance to win a t-shirt and afro pick!

Ledisi's New video "In The Morning"

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this lady. She's sings with all her heart and talent. A diamond!



www.ledisi.com

Yolanda Johnson's BET campaign & SingersRoom Interview

So this is one of my favorite vocalists on the scence. I'm still jamming her last album and I love how her manager puts it down. So shouts out to Abby and Yolanda on the west coast showing us how it's done.





Leave a comment and let us know what you think of the interview :)

ALSO - As you may be aware, there is a special BET J Cool Like That Award given away each year during the BET Awards Ceremony. Since Yolanda Johnson has had two videos in rotation and the theme song for the BET J hit series, Soul Sessions, we want to continue to dream what many would say is impossible and go after a nomination!

Please assist us.
Send an email to Bryant Johnson at bryant.johnson@bet.net
RequestYolanda's current video: Get 2 Know U/Intervention.

In your request, please also drop a note and let them know that Yolanda should be nominated for the BET J Cool Like That BET Award this year!

For all the myspace friends you can also drop Bryant Johnson a note at http://www.myspace.com/betjsoulsessions

Forward this email to your friends and collegues. We appreciate your continued love and support.



Yolanda Johnson's First Full Length Album :"BREATHING"
Coming July 2008. Get ready to take it all in!

www.yolandadiary.com
www.metamusicrecordings.com

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Darfur Now College Tour w/Anthony David, Goapele & others

For Immediate Release
DARFUR NOW COLLEGE TOUR ANNOUNCES THE FIRST 9 CAMPUSES
STAND and the Genocide Intervention Network are proud to partner with Participant Media in the college tour of the acclaimed documentary, Darfur Now...
and performances by musical acts Cool Kids, Goapele, Zion 1, Janelle Monae, Anthony David, Wale, Asheru, DJ Drama and more.....
www.darfurnowtour.com

Los Angeles, CA, March 28th, 2008 - STAND and Participant Media are proud to sponsor a nationwide tour of the critically acclaimed new documentary, Darfur Now, which will be available on DVD May 27th. Schools around the country, chosen for their outspoken efforts to fight genocide, will host a special screening of Darfur Now and a concert to raise awareness, funds, and send the message that NOW is the time to end genocide in Darfur. Across the country, tens of thousands of students have shown that they will not stand idly by in the face of genocide. From passing legislation to fundraising for relief and protection efforts in Darfur, they have declared that they are the anti-genocide generation. But we can do more...

TOUR DETAILS
Boulder, CO April 12, 2008
University of Colorado at Boulder

Boston April 13, 2008
Northeastern University

Berkeley April 24, 2008
University of California Berkeley
ft. Zion I, DJ Fuse, Goapele

Atlanta April 25, 2008
Emory University
ft. Janelle Monae, Anthony David, Novel, DJ Drama

St. Paul, MN April 27, 2008
William Mitchell College of Law

Minneapolis April 28, 2008
University of Minnesota Law School

Washington D.C. April 28, 2008
Georgetown University
ft. Wale, Asheru, DJ Yzo, Mastamind DJ

Chicago May 21, 2008
University of Chicago
Los Angeles May 29, 2008
University of California Los Angeles

STAND and the Genocide Intervention Network are proud to partner with Participant Media in the college tour of the acclaimed documentary, Darfur Now. With more than 700 chapters at schools around the globe, STAND is the fastest-growing student anti-genocide coalition in the world today. STAND chapters actively organize to prevent and stop genocide wherever and whenever it may occur. In partnership with the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net). STAND's long-term goal is to establish a permanent anti-genocide constituency that holds elected officials accountable for doing all that they can to prevent and end genocide.

Participant Media is the leading provider of entertainment that inspires and compels social change. It is a Los Angeles-based production company that focuses on socially relevant, commercially viable feature films and documentaries. Participant Media is headed by CEO Jim Berk and President Ricky Strauss and was founded in 2004 by philanthropist Jeff Skoll, who serves as Chairman. Their films include George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck, Stephen Gaghan's Syriana, Niki Caro's North Country, Louise Hogarth's Angels in the Dust, Jonathan Demme's Jimmy Carter Man From the Plains, Ted Braun's Darfur Now, Marc Forster's The Kite Runner, Mike Nichol's Charlie Wilson's War and Davis Guggenheim's Academy Award-winning An Inconvenient Truth. Upcoming films for 2008 include Brett Morgen's Chicago 10, Tom McCarthy's The Visitor and Errol Morris' Standard Operating Procedure.

Darfur Now was released by Warner Independent Pictures. Written and directed by Ted Braun, the film explores the Darfur conflict through the first-hand experiences of Don Cheadle, Hejewa Adam, Pablo Recalde, Ahmed Mahmoud Abaker, Louis Moreno-Ocampo and Adam Sterling. The DVD will be out on May 27th, 2008.

The Marketing Division is producing the college tour. They are is a full service marketing agency with a dynamic team dedicated to the delivery of solutions individually tailored to the needs of each client. Its co-founders, Evan Cerasoli and Eddie Donaldson, not only have committed to providing exceptional work that shows impressive results, they also believe deeply in the organization they now run to deliver them.

For more information and ticketing details please visit www.darfurnowtour.com

Soultracks Readers' Choice Awards October 3rd

Hey SoulTrackers! We had such a good time last year, we're going to do it again in '08!

www.soultracks.com

The SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards have grown into a must-see event for lovers of modern soul music. Last year's awards were truly magical, and we're planning a show this year that will be even better. This year's awards will be held on Friday, October 3 at Detroit's beautiful Max M. Fisher Music Center.

Plan to visit us to see some killer performances by nominees for this year's Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Duo or Group of the Year and Top New Artist. We'll also be presenting our annual Lifetime Achievement Award, which is always a highlight of the show.

We'll be providing you updates on performers, tickets, accomodations etc., over the Spring and Summer. But we wanted to make sure you save the date for what promises to be one of the year's premiere events!

We hope to see you in Detroit in October!

DJ VIZ Nominated for the BIG DJ 2008

Neo Soul Cafe's DJ Viz has been nominated for Dallas Quick's Big Think Big DJ 2008 award. Check out his myspace page and request his mixtapes Brown Sugar & American Gangstar starring DJ Viz aka Coalhouse Walker

www.myspace.com/djvizateem