Artist: Jon J.
Album: The Power Struggle (Debut Album)
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Style: Gospop / Soul / R & B
Label: Unsigned
Location: New York City

About:

Jon J. is an amazing artist. “The Power Struggle” covers and mixtures R&B, Pop, Dance, Hip-Hop, Gospel styles all in one making this album unique in it’s own way. Even greater… Jon J. is offering his debut album for free!!. You can grab it at his bandcamp page here in full HQ 320kbps.

The best thing about Jon J’s music and lyrics is how it brings out the deepest most human feelings regardless of their depth. I feel nothing but raw energy coming from his songs. It digs deep at a man’s core and into his soul. It might make people uncomfortable if they are not ready for the realness, but they need to prepare themselves for what Jon J has to offer; no, not just an exquisite style and sound, but the love of an unconditional God.

Executive Producer: Jason “JV” Giambrone, Remi Harvey, Catheleen Jordan All songs written by Jon J (Stereotypes Publishing/BMI) except featured lyrics. “Nobody” & “Without You” co-written by Jason “JV” Giambrone. Album produced by Jon J | Chris Leach for Leach 2 Good Music | Chemist Productions | Johnny Juliano | Vybe Beatz. A&R by Christina Faith.

Recorded at Studio K12, NYC | Xposure Studios, Bowie, MD | The Lamp Lounge (thelamplounge.com), Philadelphia, PA | Life Studios, Philadelphia, PA Mixed at Studio K12, NYC. For booking, email booking@jon-j.com

Reviews & Opinions:

“Definitely diggin’ his sound…” - K-Drama, Recording Artist

“…street soul meets the gospel” - DJ Wade-O, WadeORadio.com

“…good stuff…I am lovin this” - Reyna Day, KingFMRadio.com

“…songs are top notch…industry ready” – Zee, Dasouth.com

“…I’ve had Nobody in rotation for over a month” - Bro. Edwin, WELH, WBRU, Providence, RI

“Nobody” by Jon J. feat. J. Johnson:

(by: Creative Thought Media)

Track Listing:
1. MYspace
2. Nobody f/ J. Johnson
3. Make It
4. Real Love
5. Interlude
6. Without You
7. Time f/ Phinees Robert    
8. Killed My Testimony f/ Phien-X    
9. The Power Struggle    
10. That Rock    
11. Real Love Remix f/ Humble Tip

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Artist: Blessing Okorji
Album: Whole world in His hand
Release Date: April, 2009
Style: Gospel / R&B / Soul
Label: Indie (Unsigned / Independent)
Location: UK, London

About:

Blessing is an international independent artist. Her sounds are Gospel/R&B/Soul and a blend of Jazz. She is always working hard to get to the top, leading the way, encouraging others through her music. She has a debute CD out titled ”Whole world in his hand” which was successfully launched in 2009.

Track Listing:

1. Our Father
2. Save Me O Lord
3. If God Be for Me
4. Whole World In His Hands
5. My Redeemer
6. Jesus Is Coming Back Again
7. Whole World In His Hands (Remix)
8. Worship Mix
9. Blessed Assurance (Bonus Track)

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Artist: John Mark McMillan
Album: The Medicine
Release Date: July 6th, 2010
Style: Rock / Folk / Soul / Blues
Distribution: Provident-Integrity
Label: Integrity Music Records
Location: Charlotte, NC

About:

A grand, emotional, heart-on-sleeves, rock sound with aggressive guitars and aggressive vocals. But still precise, measured rock n’ roll, with just the right amount of whiskey soaked folk; Think Springsteen, Tweedy, or Yorn singing about the troubles and rewards of faith.

From the writer of “How He Loves,” acclaimed independent brings unique brand of “gutsy, poetic rock’ n’ roll” to Integrity Worship roster.

Track Listing:
1. Reckoning Day
2. The Medicine
3. Skeleton Bones
4. Carbon Ribs
5. Dress Us Up
6. Death In His Grave
7. Belly Of The Lion
8. Philadelphia
9. Out Of The Ground
10. Ten Thousand
11. Carolina Tide
12. My Only
13. Between The Cracks
14. How He Loves

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Artist: Eric Bibb
Album: Booker’s Guitar
Release Date: January 26th, 2010
Style: Blues / Folk / Soul
Label: Telarc Records
Location: New York, United States

About:

The story is as legendary as Robert Johnson at the crossroads, as old as the blues itself. A traveling musician has a chance encounter in the most unlikely of places with something mystical and powerful, and everything changes. Suddenly, everything is up for grabs, and the music – already rich and historically resonant – takes a whole new direction.

So it was for itinerant troubadour Eric Bibb one night in a London hotel after a gig just a few years ago, when he was approached by a fan carrying a guitar case. Inside the case was a relic from the past that made the hair on the back of Bibb’s neck stand on end: a 1930s vintage Resophonic National steel-body guitar that had belonged to Delta blues legend Booker White. In a moment that could only be described as intoxicating, Bibb found himself holding Booker’s guitar, and catching a brief but revealing glimpse of all the stories locked within it.

Booker’s Guitar inspired a song, and the song became an entire album – one that captures the spirit of the original Delta blues of the early 20th century and reinterprets it for a new era. The title track, Bibb recorded in England using White’s guitar. The remaining tracks, although recorded in rural Ohio on Bibb’s own guitars, sprang from the same well of inspiration. “Once I had written that song, I really wanted to make a complete statement and document my connection to the Delta blues tradition,” says Bibb. “I really wanted to put myself in the position of my heroes, but in a contemporary context, and create songs that I feel could have been part of their repertoire and could have come from their own experience.”

That journey is one that crosses generations as much distances on any map. In the end, Booker’s Guitar – mystical and powerful – is the instrument that connects Eric Bibb to another era, and at the same time connects the blues of another era to the human experience of the modern day. “Writing a country blues song that draws on the traditions but is not rehashing old material from another era – writing something that’s both connected to that tradition but is contemporary as well – is hugely challenging,” says Bibb. “It’s tricky, but I was so happy that I was able to do it for a whole album, and really feel like I could stay focused on that whole sound and that whole culture. It was an achievement that I had been wanting to pull off, but hadn’t been able to do until now.”

Review:

I heard a couple of his songs, especially “Booker’s Guitar” and “Turning Pages” on KPIG. I liked them, so I got this record. It is so awesome I can’t say enough. He plays country blues guitar like nobody’s business, has a wonderful rich voice which is a joy to hear and can write a mean blues song. There is not a weak song on this record. The guy is for real and is the BEST blues artist I have heard in years. This is the real thing, Robert Johnson for our age. – John

Track Listing:
1. Booker’s Guitar
2. With My Maker I Am One
3. Flood Water
4. Walkin’ Blues Again
5. Sunrise Blues
6. Wayfaring Stranger
7. Train From Aberdeen
8. New Home
9. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
10. One Soul To Save
11. Rocking Chair
12. Turning Pages
13. A Good Woman
14. Tell Riley
15. A – Z Blues

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