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*NY, NY — ESSENCE, the number one media brand dedicated to African-American women, and MSNBC, the premier cable destination for in-depth analysis, insightful political commentary and informed perspectives, are teaming up at the 2013 ESSENCE Festival during Fourth of July weekend for unprecedented live coverage of headliners and newsmakers. MSNBC will broadcast live from the [...]
*Last week we reported that Beyoncé is kicking off her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour at the BET Awards’ big three day affair in LA in June. Now we hear Mrs. Carter is also bringing the extravaganza to the ESSENCE Festival in July in New Orleans. So if you got off on her recent Super [...]
*Wow, it has definitely been a busy, fulfilling and fun weekend with Essence. New Orleans sure knows how to party, eat, and play. Let’s start off with the wonderful breakfast at the legendary Dooky Chase restaurant, hosted by Verizon Wireless. First of all, it was great. The food was wonderful and the service was first [...]
*Now in its 18th year, the Essence Music Festival (EMF), the ultimate destination for entertainment and inspiration, hosted over 422,000 attendees last year. What began in 1995 as a one-time event to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Essence magazine has now grown into one of the country’s “Top 10 Leading Brand Events” by Advertising Age. [...]
*(Via Yahoo news) – One of the premier music festivals celebrating black culture and music is branching out, extending its footprint in its 18th year to embrace the next generation of artists while still trumpeting industry veterans such as Aretha Franklin. The Essence Music Festival has added a fourth day to its concert series in [...]
*When you’re hot you’re hot. Just ask Kevin Hart. The comedian/actor has been added to the ESSENCE Music Festival Lineup at the beginning of July in New Orleans. “With my birthday coming up, I was thinking about making plans for my big day that week when I got the invite to come down to the [...]
*The Big Apple will be favored with a media mixer and promotional screening of the new Warner Bros. movie “Crazy, Stupid, Love.” If the response is anything like the Los Angeles showing, then New Yorkers will be rolling in the aisles and perhaps fighting back a tear or two. The “Crazy, Stupid Love” event happens [...]
*Even though El DeBarge made it to the stage and performed in New Orleans at the Essence Festival (pictured in photo), there’s still some lingering controversy about the recent Urban Legends show where he performed at or didn’t perform at, depending on one’s point of view, in Ontario California that still got folks scratching their [...]
*EUR is on the scene at the Essence Festival in New Orleans and we ran into Shaunie O’Neal, Evelyn Lozada and Tami Romman backstage in the pressroom at the Superdome. They’re at the Essence Festival promoting their show “Basketball Wives.” We’ll bring you video of our interview with them shortly. In the meantime, Shaunie O’Neal [...]
*On Wednesday (09-29-10) New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu announced an extended agreement with Essence Communications to host the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans for another four years, through 2014. In 2010, Essence Music Festival welcomed more than 400,000 attendees over a three-day period to attend the empowerment seminars held at the Ernest N. Morial [...]
*Church fans, devotion, an overflow room, spirit-lifting preaching and an all star gospel music line up: It’s Sunday Morning worship a la Essence Magazine’s 16th Annual Essence Music Festival All Star Gospel Salute (EMF) . Gospel music sometimes gets pushed to the sidelines of major events, but here it had headline status, adding sparks [...]
*At the Essence Music Festival, a pregnant Alicia Key took a tumble during her performance on Saturday night. [Scroll down to watch] At the time of the fall, Keys was doing “Love Is Blind” from her latest album project “The Element of Freedom” when she stumbled backward and fell. But being a pro, the singer [...]
*As far as how Earth, Wind & Fire did replacing Frankie Beverly and Maze in the closing slot at the Essence Festival Sunday night, Times-Picayune music reviewer Keith Spera says they never had a chance: First sign they faced an uphill battle? The video retrospective that immediately preceded their arrival on stage was met with [...]
*In New Orleans Friday night, 44-year-old Janet Jackson made her first ever Essence Festival appearance quite a memorable one. It was also her first full show since the 2008 Rock Witchu tour. She shook off the rust and any lingering effects from mourning her older brother on the recent one-year anniversary of his passing and [...]
*Janet Jackson enthralled the Essence Music Festival audience Friday, kept them on their feet for more than two hours and reminded fans why seeing her in concert was worth waiting two years. From the opening notes of “The Pleasure Principle” to “Control” to “Rhythm Nation,” the Grammy Award-winning singer enticed, teased and brought her fans [...]
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