The world has rediscovered Dionne Warwick.
Now, as the legendary singer might put it, do you know the way to the Hall of Fame?
Warwick, whose star has ascended again thanks to Twitter and “Saturday Night Live,” is on the ballot for the first time in her career, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently announced.
“I am a firm believer that when it’s supposed to happen, that’s when it does,” Warwick said. “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame never even entered my mind and when somebody called me to let me know that I had been nominated really? It took them 58 years to figure it out, I guess.”
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On Being Black: TimeZone International’s Vivian Scott Chew Billboard 3/1/2021 Vivian Chew
Before founding global marketing and promotion firm TimeZone International in 1998 and working with clients such as Jay-Z and Jill Scott, Vivian Scott Chew was among the Black women and men breaking executive ground in the music industry during the ‘80s and ‘90s. As Women’s History Month begins, Scott Chew reflects on navigating the predominantly white climate back then during career stops at ASCAP, Epic and 550 Music before coming full circle to mentor the next generation of Black and brown music industry creatives and executives.
Vivian Scott Chew: When I was hired as an assistant by African American entertainment attorney Louise West in 1982, that was my first shot in the industry. Black music departments were coming into existence and Louise brokered many of the Black music executives’ contracts at the time. One thing she said I needed to do was become involved in the Black
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Hackensack piano prodigy Matthew Whitaker draws comparisons to Stevie Wonder
Matthew Whitaker has played a lot of rooms.
The room showbiz-speak for the venue might be large, like the Apollo Theater in Harlem (1,506 seats). Or it might be more modest, like the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (268 seats). But the room where he s most at home is the one he s in right now: the living room. How wide do you want the piano open? he asks.
As if it matters. Open or closed, Matthew Whitaker is going to fill his house in Hackensack with more music than it can handle.