Gypsy Soul &
Media Minds
present
Ear Candy
sweetness made soul
featuring
Marcell & The Truth &
Maimouna Youssef
with special guest hosts:
Stretch 6'6 Phenomenon of
Yahoo! Radio
**
June 15th
Doors @ 6:30pm
Teavolve 1401 Aliceanna St
50 LIMITED $10 Admission at http://juneearcandy.eventbrite.com/
** $15 at the door
Every 3rd Tuesday of the month, Gypsy Soul & Media Minds present Ear Candy, a listening party with a simplistically sultry atmosphere that encourages the digestion of good music, good food and good conversation. Ear Candy allows fans to experience rare moments as they get to know the artists they love while introducing new comers to artists they are sure to fall in love with.
This season Ear Candy has evolved to include guest hosts to help highlight some of the other organizations that work to spotlight good music.
We will continue to have great music previewed
by DJ Phaze!
Ear Candy is ALWAYS full of prizes & surprises!
**WIN TIX TO THE REGINALD F. LEWIS MUSEUM THURSDAY ANNIVERSARY EVENT WITH THE EAR CANDY LOUNGE!!!**
Marcell & The Truth
Marcell & the Truth was founded in 1997 after Marcell Russell joined a funk-rock band started by William Bagwell, aka, “Bags”. Bags ended the band shortly after Marcell joined, but felt Marcell had tons of potential, vocally and lyrically. Bags told Marcell that he had the chance to be the next “legend” in music. Bags would inspire Marcell to start his own band. Marcell saw the challenges of building a band after a few months and quit. But, the music kept calling him and he couldn’t stay away. He called Bags back up and asked if they could restart the band. Bags challenged Marcell for quitting the first time and Marcell swore he would never quit again. And there begins the recruiting, training, and developing the sound of M&TT for the next 4-5 years. Bags & Marcell didn’t get super far with their songs until Marcell ran into Charles Bennett & Gerald Richardson, September 1999, in the cafeteria of Morgan State University.
M&TT looks forward to one day signing a deal that will work for everyone. “There are some great labels that really work hard for their artists out there. We are waiting for it to be a clear fit which one is for us. This business is difficult on your own but we won’t cheat our fans with lazy music. We know it’s a matter of time”, Marcell.
Maimouna Youssef
Maimouna Youssef is a 23 year old singer, songwriter, emcee, and poet born in Baltimore MD into a family of exceptional artists. Youssef released her debut album independently at the age of 17 along with her cousin and Band mate Omari Forman-Bey. Since then she's toured around the world with the Legendary Roots Crew from Philly gracing such stages as Denver's Red Rocks Amphitheater, New York's Radio City Music Hall, New Orleans' House of Blues, The Essence Jazz Festival, South Africa's Capetown Jazz Festival, and Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival. Youssef performed lead choral vocals on the Root's Single, "Don't Feel Right," which was nominated for a Grammy in 2007 in the category of Best Rap Song. In 2008 she toured with world renowned, Belgium Congolese vocal group, Zap Mama and Sergio Mendez, and gave an outstanding performance at the Carnegie Hall. She is currently preparing to start an American/Canadian tour with Zap Mama in the summmer of 2009. Maimouna Youssef has received credits in such magazines as Vibe, USA Today and The Rolling Stone. She is currently simultaneously recording her first solo album, as well as an inspirational indigenous women's album with her family's group, "Three Generationz."
Ear Candy is a musical treat for those who dare to tune down the radio, turn off the television and venture into our storehouse of audible goodies. Give-a-ways, prizes & surprises are just the sugar on top of our melodic confectionery meant only for those who seek to balance their mainstream diet with eclectic sonic sweets.
Ear Candy is not a concert, but a unique concept, an evolved listening party & performance with a simplistically sultry atmosphere that allows fans to experience rare moments as they get to know the artists they love while introducing new comers to artists they are sure to fall in love with.
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