Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story Starring Teyonah Parris — on TV One

Posted on June 11, 2016 at 12:29 pm

My favorite performance of 2015 was Teyonah Parris in “Chi-Raq” and so I am very excited to see her latest starring role in “Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story,” premiering June 12, 2016 on TV One.

This is the first film adaptation of TV One’s “Unsung” series about the lives of performers. R&B singer Miki Howard’s life has had struggle and heartbreak but also resilience and triumph. The cast includes Gary Jourdan as Augie Johnson, Daruis McCrary as Gerald Levert, Lisa Raye as Sylvia Rhone and Indira Khan as her mother Chaka Khan.

Here’s the real Miki singing the title song:

Presenting Princess Shaw — The Amazing True Story of a Collaboration that Reached Across the Globe

Posted on May 31, 2016 at 8:39 am

Anything you put online — a tweet, a video, a blog post — is like a message in a bottle. You never know where it will end up and who will find it.

Princess Shaw is the stage name of a New Orleans-based singer known by day as Samantha Montgomery, who cares for the elderly. By night, she writes and sings her own songs on her confessional YouTube channel.

On the other side of the world, Ophir Kutiel is an Israeli artist who creates video mash ups of amateur YouTube performers. He, too, has a stage name — he is known as Kutiman and he is a composer, a musician, and a pioneering video artist. He saw Princess Shaw’s videos and he used one to build a song. A new documentary called “Presenting Princess Shaw” shows how Kutiman developed Princess Shaw’s work to create something magical.

Here is the first Kutiman/ Princess Shaw mash-up and viral sensation “Give it Up.” “Presenting Princess Shaw” is now available on YouTube and Amazon.

Justin Timberlake and Friends “Can’t Stop the Feeling”

Posted on May 6, 2016 at 12:53 pm

Justin Timberlake and the cast of DreamWorks Animation’s “Trolls” perform his new song, “Can’t Stop the Feeling.” Watch for James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Kunal Nayyar, and Timberlake’s mom!

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Janis Joplin on PBS American Masters

Posted on May 2, 2016 at 1:58 pm

The two most dazzling life performances I have ever seen or will ever see were both by Janis Joplin. This week, the PBS American Masters series is her story.