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*If there wasn’t a Donald Byrd, there would be no Will Downing. Plain and simple. The legendary trumpeter may have passed away in February, but his influence flows alive and well in Downing, who clearly remembers how Byrd’s appearance with his 125th Street band at a music class he took at Virginia Union University put [...]
*Will Downing is not ashamed to admit the years have been kind to him. With 25 years logged in, the singer is marking the achievement with his 16th album, “Silver.” While fans can expect “classic Will Downing,” EUR’s Lee Bailey discovered that new sounds will be present to round out the singer’s latest offering. “This [...]
*Rewind to 1988, CDs outsold vinyl for the first time while a little known singer from Brooklyn released a self-titled debut on Island Records called Will Downing. Fast-forward to 2013, CDs have taken a backseat to MP3s but that singer from Brooklyn has withstood the test of time. Today, Downing, the Grammy® nominated reigning “Prince [...]
*Last week we published part one of Lee Bailey’s conversation with R&B crooner Will Downing. The smoothed out soulful singer gave us the breakdown on how he feels the Internet has cut into the profits of artists, and he also spoke on the state of the music industry. In this offering Downing tells us about [...]
I have a new respect for those that used to run my records to radio stations and do the promotional end of it.
*Due to unforseen illness, R&B singer Will Downing has cancelled the rest of his concert performances for 2010. Downing was diagnosed with the neuro-muscular disorder Polymiositis in 2007 and has since been in remission. Under the advisement of his personal physician and as a precautionary measure, Downing will be resting for the balance of 2010. [...]
*ASCAP invited me to a Pre VMA event honoring the achievements of Jermaine Dupri and his Ocean 7 team with a private party in Beverly Hills. The location was so secret that we had to be transported there from another location. Unfortunately the secret location wasn’t secret for long because soon a caravan of cars [...]
*Vocalist Will Downing on his new “Lust, Love & Lies” CD: “I think people sometimes don’t know how to categorize my music. It’s soulful, but it’s also slightly jazzy. It’s a blend of so many things. But I think this album solidifies what I’m doing and where I’m going. It locks into a groove and [...]
*On Sunday, September 26th, Club Nokia in L.A. will transform from a night club to a soap opera. R&B singer Will Downing is set to perform his new audio novel Lust, Love and Lies and he is bringing on the drama! The tale may not be based on a true story, but Downing ensures it [...]
*Every story has an arc, and love stories are no different. There’s the initial encounter, the flirtation, the first date, the escalation, the passion … and then the map gets a little fuzzy. What comes next is hard to predict – rock-solid commitment and eternal devotion for some, disillusionment or even betrayal for others. Some [...]
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