2008 is a defining year for Utopia Records executive and recording artist, saxophonist Alfonzo Blackwell. Alfonzo’s latest and 7th CD entitled “Dance To This” is scheduled for release April 29th and is the highest anticipated CD of his career. He is currently gearing up for a major performance tour this year, entitled the “Dance To This” Tour. He’ll be coming to a city near you soon.

Alfonzo Blackwell is an electrifying recording artist veteran who has his sights set for a host of great accomplishments for this year. Alfonzo has garnered many successes in his long-standing career that surmounts to pure greatness as in what his latest new release serves up. You are invited into a world of music that gets all of your senses stimulated. Each track will have listeners grooving to the sizzling, seductive and smooth tunes.

Visit http://www.alfonzoblackwell.com to get the latest music news and more on Alfonzo Blackwell.

http://www.amazon.com/Dance-This-Alfonzo-Blackwell/dp/B0017LFDPS/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1207858307&sr=8-16

Jeff, you will be missed:

http://www.thestar.com/News/Obituary/article/308806

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/arts/music/04healey.html?ref=music

• Soulful & Powerful Bari Saxophonist
• Flute/Clarinet
• Songwriter

As this coming year kicks into high gear, Utopia Records is very busy with so many, many things… You get the hottest and latest news first, here at utopiarecordings.com!  So, keep coming back to Utopia Records to see & hear this brilliant artist at work with her new album to be released in 2008.
More smooth music and information about Rebecca Buxton coming soon.
Check back!

http://www.utopiarecordings.com

I was looking for some new music on myspace and I found this guy whose name is Mark Bryan. I told my buddy, who works for this label called Fontana, about him and he said, Mark Bryan used to be the guitar player for Hootie & the Blowfish, but he is now releasing his own album, End of the Front, through them, in early March. Check him out. I am not a fan yet, but I like the rock twist in his music. I think his music doesn’t sound like your everyday mainstream rock music. Anyways, let me know what you guys think.

His myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/markbryanmusic

Anyone here Hootie & the Blowfish fans? I’ve been a die hard fan since they came out with “Cracked Rear View.” Anyway, I just wanna spread the word about Mark Bryan’s “End of the Front” album coming out on March 11! I think he sounds great as a solo artist! I thought his single, “Fork in the Road” was really catchy… and actually, it’s playing on my iTunes right now on repeat, LOL. :D It’s also a great song to listen to when you’re going through something rough. I, myself, have been feeling stuck within a certain situation and this song constantly tells me that no matter what happens, it’s better than nothin’. If you wanna hear it go to his page @ myspace.com/markbryanmusic.

Okay, take care all. Happy Monday! =P

--Liz <33--

Either way is better than neither way, and anything is better than nothing at all. - Mark Bryan from the song “Fork in the Road.” Fontana. :]

Here are the links:
http://www.ticketsinventory.com/concert/
Hannah Montana tickets

If “Old Folks at Home” is on the way out, what’s on the way in?

That Stephen Foster ditty has been Florida’s state song since 1935, but efforts are under way to replace it. Also known as “Way Down Upon the Swanee River,” the lyrics’ use of the term “darkeys” and idyllic view of plantation life now seem archaic and offensive.

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What are your ideas for a new state song? Share them here.

1. Hear Atkins and his Downhome Blues Band perform ‘’Florida’s Song’’ here.

2. ‘’Florida’s My Own’’ (Amy Carol Webb): Lines such as ‘’I’m not born or bred here/Just gently led here’’ make this an ideal candidate for a state with so many non-natives among the populace.

Listen to or download an MP3 of this song here.

3. ‘’Rose and the Gold’’ (Mem Semmes): The colors in the title refer to a Florida sunrise, not FSU football uniforms, Semmes insists. Semmes handles publicity for the Will McLean Foundation, named for the father of Florida folk.

Semmes’ song can be heard on ‘’These Diamonds,’’ a CD of Florida folk songs produced by the organization. Read the lyrics here.

4. ‘’In Florida Among the Palms’’ (Irving Berlin): The great American composer saluted the Sunshine State in this jaunty number.

Hear it on this video.

5. ‘’Florida, My Florida’’ (C.V. Waugh): Or we could always go back to this, the official state song until 1935. Its hymnlike stanzas make it easy to sing, and where else are you going to find a song that celebrates phosphate mines? Read the lyrics here.

Lots of horns, strong guitar and swing dance lovin’

http://www.skipperssmokehouse.com

Friday, Jan 11, 8pm

Tickets 15 advance, 18 at door

JUST confirmed....Tampa’s own Damon Fowler Group will open

Damon’s Myspace page includes sample licks recorded live at Skippers

http://www.myspace.com/damonfowlergroup

TAB Benoit here http://www.tabbenoit.com/

You can find a lot on both bands at Youtube.com

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday on Ticketmaster.com for a Jan. 31 show at Miami’s American Airlines Arena. Tickets cost $26 to $66.

Other Florida concerts may be in the offing, but none in Tampa. The “Best of Both Worlds” tour tentatively is scheduled to play Orlando’s Amway Arena on Jan. 28 and 29 and Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on Jan. 30. No on-sale date for those tickets has been announced.

Cyrus performed a sold-out concert in Tampa on Nov. 19, and some people hundreds of dollars for tickets.

How much do you think people will shell out for tickets this time?  And is the concert worth it?  Share your thoughts here.