The Pulse of Entertainment: Veteran Pianist Brian Simpson Releases ‘Midnight Groove,' His 10th on Shanachie
Entertainment
(April 8, 2025) - "I have 12 albums...the last 10 have been on Shanachie,"
said Los Angeles Music Award nominated pianist Brian Simpson about his "Midnight Groove"
album on Shanachie Entertainment. "Soon as I finish one, I get working with the next. I start with a blank canvas then
collaborate with others. It develops very quickly. (On ‘Midnight Groove') I'm working with a couple guys I just met."
Simpson is a veteran in the music industry, and he has played as a pianist on stage
with Janet Jackson, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, and Dave Koz. In fact, he is a veteran music director known for serving as
music director for Dave Koz. Brian has collaborated on projects with Boney James, Norman Brown, and Everette Harp. Artists
that have been featured on his past projects include George Duke, Dave Koz, Kirk Whalum, Peter White, Najee and Maysa.
"The single is ‘Under the Stars'," Brian said when I asked. "I
leave it up to the record company (to select the singles) and I agree with them, because they're invested in it."
The "Midnight Groove" album offers 10 selections and featured musicians on
this latest Shanachie project include Keyon Harrold on trumpet, Isaiah Collier on sax, and Antonio Gomez on guitar.
"I'll do a show in a particular city and use musicians locally," he told
me when I asked. "People would say, ‘You guys just got together today?' We just speak the same language."
Brian Simpson's first two albums were released on Rendezvous Entertainment,
from there he made a home at Shanachie Entertainment which is also the home of Mint Condition and Norman Brown. Since his
debut he has garnered multiple Top 20 Billboard singles and two #1 Billboard chart-toppers. Fluent also in R&B and Smooth
Jazz Brian is an Illinois native with a bachelor's in music. www.BSimpsonMusic.com www.Shanachie.com
The Pulse of Entertainment: Trey Calloway
Releases ‘The Ballad of Righteous and Wrong'
by Dr. Eunice Moseley
(April 4, 2025) - "Wrote the song with two of my great friends...a story
song," said Nashville based Country singer Trey Calloway about his new single "The Ballad
of Righteous and Wrong." "For some reason I didn't want to write another run of the mill love song. We
hammered it out and Hal suggested a murder (mystery). We'd write a little, then say ‘what's next?' It turned into a
beautiful thing."
So, what Trey and his two great friends,
Greg Wilson and Hal Odell, wrote was a story with a surprise ending to an Old Wild West saga of two brothers. The single is
produced by Grady Saxman. Like me, I'm sure you will be focused on the storyline to see what happens next. At the end of the
song, I was left with the desire to see that storyline in a movie. A movie, of course, that has Trey Calloway singing all
the songs on the soundtrack. His pure Country vocals would be a match for that Old Wild West vibe. The soundtrack will lead
with the single "The Ballad of Righteous and Wrong."
Just
a couple months ago Calloway released his single "Your Love is Safe with Me," dedicated to his wife.
"'Your Love is Safe with Me' and ‘The Ballad of Righteous and Wrong"
are stand alone singles," he said when I asked if the singles were attached to an upcoming album. "'Your Love is
Safe with Me' is in far contrast to this single ("The Ballad of Righteous and the Wrong"), it's more a Country Wild
West Texas song. The other ("Your Love is Safe with Me") is more Popish."
Calloway told me his music can be Country, Pop, Honky-Tonk, Funk and Disco. "The Ballad of Righteous
and the Wrong" is an old-time Country Wild Western song, and in today's time it comes off fresh and new.
"This single is a sleeper," Trey told me as we continued to talk about the
project. "As people listen, they will discover my music - a hidden treasure. I'm working on a new album, but it doesn't
even have a name yet."
Trey Calloway has garnered a Texas Country
Music Association nomination, and a Christian Songwriter of the Year Award for his single "Horses in Heaven." Born
in North Carolina and based in Nashville Calloway debuted with the album "Wanted Man." His other singles have included
"When You Walk In" (2023), "Wortha Shot (2022), and "Miss Gone by Morning" (2024). www.TreyCallowayMusic.com
SYNDICATED COLUMN: Dr. Eunice Moseley
has an estimated weekly readership of over one million with The Pulse of Entertainment. She is also a Business Management/Public
Relations Strategist and Consultant at Freelance Associates and is Promotions Director (at-large) for The Baltimore Times.
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