Mark's R & B Blog June 2007 Archive

The official lineup and tour dates for the sixth annual Scream Tour, which is being called Screamfest '07, has been announced. In addition to the previously-named headling acts of Ciara ... Read More

One of the biggest amusic awards shows of the year, the 2007 BET Awards, aired last night (Tues., June 26) and Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson were show's two multiple award winners. The ... Read More

Over 500 songwriters, recording artists and music industry leaders attended the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers' 20th Anniversary Rhythm and Soul Music Awards on June 25, 2007 at ... Read More

More than 500 songwriters, recording artists and music industry leaders gathered at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles for the 20th Anniversary ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Awards on ... Read More

Yesterday (June 25) Black Entertainment Television held its annual Media Day event at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles as a warm-up to the 2007 BET Awards, which take place ... Read More

It's still unknown how many finished but unreleased songs Gerald Levert had made before his untimely death in November 2006, but this is the second posthumous release of all-new material ... Read More

Some of the more interesting news and rumors from the past week: Good news about Jill Scott: she's landed a role on an upcoming TV show based on a series of South ... Read More

If you thought summer kicked off during Memorial Day weekend in the United States, think again. Summer officially started on June 21, 2007 and lasts until Sept. 22. That's three ... Read More

Blue-Eyed Soul made a big comeback in the first half of 2007, thanks to new releases by singers like Joss Stone, Robin Thicke and Amy Winehouse. For those not familiar ... Read More

Chrisette Michele may be signed to hip-hop label Def Jam and she may have sung hooks in the past on songs by the rappers Nas and Jay-Z, but she proves ... Read More

About four-and-a-half years transpired between the first and second albums by the singing social activist Donnie. And during that time, Donnie must have had a lot on his mind, because ... Read More

Some of the more interesting news and rumors from the past week: Keyshia Cole's second album, which comes out Sept. 18, has been renamed Just Like You. Also, a second season of ... Read More

Paula deAnda is a teenage pop/R&B singer from Corpus Christi, Texas, and in all truthfulness, your Guide to R&B isn't a big fan of her voice. But we'll overlook her ... Read More

The debut album by Chrisette Michele, I Am, will be released this coming Tuesday (June 19), and last week we gave you a little taste of what to expect from ... Read More

Seems like "blue-eyed soul" - which is Soul and R&B music sung by white people - is making a big comeback in the year two-007. Both Joss Stone and Amy Winehouse had hit albums ... Read More

If you're a hardcore, devoted R&B fan and/or a close industry watcher, you may have noticed that two albums that were supposed to come out today did not - Trey Songz' second ... Read More

The people have spoken. And your Guide to R&B has definitely listened. And listened. And listened some more. Many of you thought my review of Carl Thomas' So Much Better, was way ... Read More

Some of the more interesting news and rumors from the past week: To the surprise of almost no one, R. Kelly's new release, Double Up, debuted at No. 1 on this ... Read More

If you've read About.com's list of the top R&B and Soul albums being released in June, then you might know that the debut album by Def Jam singer Chrisette Michele, ... Read More

Father's Day is coming up on June 17, and when it comes to this particular holiday, many people struggle with figuring what gifts to buy. The old cliche about getting ... Read More

Some of the more interesting news, rumors and gossip from the past week: Prince has a new album called Planet Earth coming out in July, but as of right now, the ... Read More