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SiriusXM Canada celebrates the holiday season with launch of most festive channels to date

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Monday, November 6, 2023
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The holiday season kicks off November 8 on SiriusXM with many of the channels live now and streaming on the SiriusXM app.

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  • The holiday season kicks off November 8 on SiriusXM with many of the channels live now and streaming on the SiriusXM app.
  • SiriusXM's holiday channels are available to subscribers nationwide in their car and on the SiriusXM app.
  • Cool Jazz Christmas: Elevate the season with a jazzy holiday soundtrack that is everything you need for a cool yule!
  • Holiday Chill-Out: SiriusXM brings you a 24/7 Holiday Chill-Out channel featuring downtempo, chilled-out holiday favourites.

Sheila Stubbs Taylor of Detroit music royalty is "Chasing" on new single

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Friday, September 22, 2023
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CANTON, Mich. and LONDON, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- When relatives of famous singers showcase their own vocal chops, we often say that talent runs in the family.

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  • Co-written by: April K. Stubbs, Sheila Stubbs Taylor and Steve R. Jackson II and The song features saxophonist Randy Scott, who produced the record.
  • One of the ladies is Sheila Stubbs Taylor, who is a niece of Joe and Levi.
  • Sheila has a new single out that she co-wrote with family member April K. Stubbs and Steven R. Jackson II called "Chasing."
  • Check out "Chasing" below and welcome Sheila Stubbs Taylor to SoulTracks!

Motown / Soul Legends unite, 10 Years Later, for new album benefiting Detroit Public Schools

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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DETROIT, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Drew Schultz entered the music industry at the age of 19 performing with legendary Motown group the Four Tops and has worked on stage, in the studio, and behind the scenes with countless iconic soul artists and institutions including Universal/Motown Records, The Motown Museum, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Maurice White of Earth Wind & Fire, Martha Reeves, The Dramatics, Stevie Wonder, The Miracles, The Contours, and Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, among others. In 2012 he released his debut album, "Back To Class." The record consisted of 16 songs written by Schultz featuring performances by many of his Motown / Soul Music heroes. Schultz now continues the project with the release of Back To Class Vol. 2, a 20-song follow up album featuring the Four Tops, Vulfpeck collaborator Antwaun Stanley, Wayne Kramer of MC5, members of The Funk Brothers, Joe "Pep" Harris of Undisputed Truth, and many more. 50% of the profits from the project, released through the Skill Soul Music LLC label, go towards the music programs of the Detroit Public School System. 

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  • 2 - now available - twenty original soul music songs featuring icons including the Four Tops, members of The Funk Brothers, Vulfpeck collaborator Antwaun Stanley, Wayne Kramer of MC5, and more.
  • 50% of profits benefit the music programs of the Detroit Public Schools.
  • The record consisted of 16 songs written by Schultz featuring performances by many of his Motown / Soul Music heroes.
  • 50% of the profits from the project, released through the Skill Soul Music LLC label, go towards the music programs of the Detroit Public School System.

Motown / Soul Legends unite, 10 Years Later, for new album benefiting Detroit Public Schools

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Availability, Hitsville U.S.A., Universal Motown Records, Detroit Public Schools Community District, The Funk Brothers, MC5, Earth, Wind & Fire, Theatre studies, Four Tops, Parliament-Funkadelic, The Undisputed Truth, Holland–Dozier–Holland, Detroit, The Blue Notes, Contour, Rope, Nightclub, Motown, Vulfpeck, Human back

DETROIT, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Drew Schultz entered the music industry at the age of 19 performing with legendary Motown group the Four Tops and has worked on stage, in the studio, and behind the scenes with countless iconic soul artists and institutions including Universal/Motown Records, The Motown Museum, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Maurice White of Earth Wind & Fire, Martha Reeves, The Dramatics, Stevie Wonder, The Miracles, The Contours, and Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, among others. In 2012 he released his debut album, "Back To Class." The record consisted of 16 songs written by Schultz featuring performances by many of his Motown / Soul Music heroes. Schultz now continues the project with the release of Back To Class Vol. 2, a 20-song follow up album featuring the Four Tops, Vulfpeck collaborator Antwaun Stanley, Wayne Kramer of MC5, members of The Funk Brothers, Joe "Pep" Harris of Undisputed Truth, and many more. 50% of the profits from the project, released through the Skill Soul Music LLC label, go towards the music programs of the Detroit Public School System. 

Key Points: 
  • 2 - now available - twenty original soul music songs featuring icons including the Four Tops, members of The Funk Brothers, Vulfpeck collaborator Antwaun Stanley, Wayne Kramer of MC5, and more.
  • 50% of profits benefit the music programs of the Detroit Public Schools.
  • The record consisted of 16 songs written by Schultz featuring performances by many of his Motown / Soul Music heroes.
  • 50% of the profits from the project, released through the Skill Soul Music LLC label, go towards the music programs of the Detroit Public School System.

Widex Moment Hearing Aids Make Sweet Music for Motown Legend Duke Fakir

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Monday, September 18, 2023
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At age 87, he now wears the Moment hearing aids from Widex and feels more connected to the music than he has in years.

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  • At age 87, he now wears the Moment hearing aids from Widex and feels more connected to the music than he has in years.
  • "The Widex Moment hearing aids are the greatest thing since candy," Duke remarks.
  • Four years ago, Duke was fit with Widex's previous generation of hearing aids, Widex Evoke, by Felix Cruz — hearing instrument specialist and owner of Cruz Hearing Aid Service in Michigan.
  • From the melodies on stage, to fan interactions to something as ordinary as water running from a faucet, thanks to Widex Moment hearing aids, it's now all music to Duke's ears.

Announcing June 30 'Soul of the Sixties'

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Monday, June 13, 2022
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Sounds of Blackness performs in full costume with original choreography and their ten-piece band.

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  • Sounds of Blackness performs in full costume with original choreography and their ten-piece band.
  • The Dakota is the stage for this second annual Black Music Month event.
  • Since January of 1971, Sounds of Blackness has flourished under the direction of Gary Hines.
  • on Thursday, June 30, at the Dakota in Minneapolis, Minn.

UMe's uChill Releases LOTOWN VOL 2.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a follow-up to 2021 release of LoTown Vol 1., UMe's new alternative and lean-back music channel uChill has released LoTown Vol. It is available now on all DSPs here: https://motown.lnk.to/LotownVol2

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  • LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a follow-up to 2021 release of LoTown Vol 1., UMe's new alternative and lean-back music channel uChill has released LoTown Vol.
  • It is available now on all DSPs here: https://motown.lnk.to/LotownVol2
    LoTown Vol.
  • LoTown Vol 2. is out now on all DSPs via UMe's uChill.
  • uChill collects, produces, and distributes alternative IP to promote exploration and engagement with UMG's vast global catalogue.

The Band's Classic Fourth Album, 'Cahoots,' Celebrated With Remixed, Remastered And Expanded 50th Anniversary Edition Releases

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Friday, October 22, 2021
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On December 10, Capitol/UMe will celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Band's classic fourth album, Cahoots, with an assembly of newly remixed, remastered and expanded 50th Anniversary Edition packages, including a multi-format Super Deluxe 2CD/Blu-ray/1LP/7-inch vinyl box set along with digital, 2CD, 180-gram half-speed-mastered black vinyl and limited-edition 180-gram black vinyl packages.

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  • On December 10, Capitol/UMe will celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Band's classic fourth album, Cahoots, with an assembly of newly remixed, remastered and expanded 50th Anniversary Edition packages, including a multi-format Super Deluxe 2CD/Blu-ray/1LP/7-inch vinyl box set along with digital, 2CD, 180-gram half-speed-mastered black vinyl and limited-edition 180-gram black vinyl packages.
  • All the Anniversary Edition releases were overseen by principal songwriter Robbie Robertson and sport a new stereo mix by Bob Clearmountain from the original multi-track masters.
  • As Clearmountain shares in the liners, "Robbie told me, 'Just think of the original mixes as rough mixes.
  • Cahoots peaked at #21 on Billboard, marking The Band's fourth consecutive Top 30 album appearance.

UMe Releases Lotown Vol. 1

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Friday, September 10, 2021

NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to explore the ways Motown Records can be celebrated through new artistic and musical lenses, UMe is releasing Volume 1 of their ongoing project Lotown today via UMG's new alternative and lean-back music channel, uChill.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to explore the ways Motown Records can be celebrated through new artistic and musical lenses, UMe is releasing Volume 1 of their ongoing project Lotown today via UMG's new alternative and lean-back music channel, uChill.
  • Lotown Vol.
  • RecallsLOUALLDAY about initially getting involved with the project, "It was pretty mind-blowing to hear something like Marvin Gaye's isolated vocals.
  • I feel like not many people will ever get a chance to hear those, so I was honored to get the opportunity."