"That's my normal focus. That's
the kind of man I am," said Duane Curry, new general manager of the Gateway Center Arena in
College Park, Georgia, when I asked about his history with community outreach - something he seeks to highlight as
GM at Gateway. "Community is big."
Curry
has a long history at the Gateway Center Arena working his way up the ranks for 25 years! Duane was Operations Crew Member
at the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC), the Operations Crew Leader at GICC, and then Conversion Manager at
Gateway Center Arena. Gateway Center Arena is located on the Gateway Center Campus. This campus houses the Gateway Center
Arena, the Georgia International Convention Center, the Historic College Park Golf Course, hotels, dinning places, office
buildings, and the BMU (Building Maintenance Unit) Training Center.
"We are grateful to be in the position that 9 to 10 months out of the year we are booked already,"
he said when I asked how the seats at a venue ( 4.800-5,000) are filled. "We're book with (ATL) Dream (WNBA) in the summer,
and...
The Pulse of Entertainment: Two-Time Sammy Award Winning Drummer Bob Holz's
‘Silverthorne' Album Features Grammy Winning Randy Brecker and Grammy Nominated Mike Stern
"He's a friend of my bass player in
New York - Ralph Armstrong. He played for Aretha Franklin," said drummer Bob Holz (Peter Tosh, Eddie
Money ) when I asked about multi-Grammy winning bass player Stanley Clarke being featured on his last album "Visions:
Coast to Coast Connections" (MVD Audio) as we discussed his currently album "Silverthorne"
(MVD Audio). "Ralph was on the album...and he said Stanley Clarke was a close friend, but he never recorded with him.
So, he brought him in and he did a nice solo. We had lots of fun."
"(Stanley Clarke) He's on the new album ("Next In Line"), the first one called ‘Jammin
Man". It's a simple Reggae song," Holz told me.
I
asked Bob about being a drummer. I told him that I've interviewed a lot of musicians who released solo projects but very few
drummers and he said, "I had been a side man in other people's band for a long time...and I started to write some songs.
A friend (Reggae guitarist) had a studio....one thing led to another....I debuted in 2016."
Jazz Icon Ben Tankard returns with a New
Smooth Jazz Single, 'Tall, Dark and Jazzy'
(Tenn)
- Stellar Award Hall of Famer Ben Tankard is back with a fresh smooth Jazz release, "Tall,
Dark, and Jazzy." The original is inspired by the nicknames his wife Jewel has given him. Known worldwide as
the "Godfather of Gospel Jazz," Tankard is a platinum-selling Gospel Jazz artist. His career accomplishments include
16 Stellar Awards, a 2018 Stellar Award Hall of Fame induction, three Grammy nominations, eight Dove Awards, and NAACP Image
Award and Soul Train Award nominations.
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John Legend to
Release a New Album 'Muse' Produced by Pharrell Williams October 23, 2026 on Republic Records
(Los Angeles, CA) - Multi-platinum selling John
Legend to release a new album, "Muse" (Republic Records) October 23, 2026. The new project
is produced and co-written by Grammy Award winning/Academy Award nominated Pharrell Williams. Expect woven
together Gospel Doo-Wop, Classic Soul, Afrobeat and Hip-Hop.
(New York, NY ) - Marvin
Sapp releases "He's Not Finished," the first single from his 17th album, "Restoration".
Sapp debuted the single at the 41st Annual Stellar
Gospel Music Awards on The Stellar Network and it made its national cable premiere on BET. Along with the release of the song,
a live recording video is also available.
Written
by Sapp and Stan Jones, "He's Not Finished" is a declaration of hope and resilience, built on one promise: God is
on your side through every step, every season, and every storm.
"He's Not Finished" sets the tone for Sapp's upcoming album "Restoration" via RocNation.
