Taylor Hicks Goes "Silent" For The Holidays

TAYLOR HICKS RELEASES NEW 'SILENT NIGHT' SINGLE

IN CELEBRATION OF HOLIDAY SEASON


‘In Your Time’ and ‘Under The Radar’ albums available now
 

Taylor Hicks celebrates the Holiday Season by doing what many other popular artists before him have done. His own version of "Silent Night" - all the popular people are doing it, peer pressure, peer pressure! Taylor Hicks, the Alabama-bred entertainer who first won over the hearts of America by winning the fifth season of "American Idol," is making a lots of heads (and ears) turn with his inspiring version of a Christmas classic – just in time for the holiday season. The million-selling recording artist has just released his stirring take on the standard “Silent Night,” which he says is very meaningful to him. “I remember going to church on Christmas Eve and singing ‘Silent Night’ would just give me chills… All the lights in the church went dark. We would all sing softly together as we lit candles down the aisle. With the Nativity on the altar and being surrounded by my closest friends and family, it really made me feel the true spirit of Christmas – and still does to this day,” Taylor said. “When we recorded the single a couple months ago, it was well after midnight. The studio was dark and we lit candles to help get us into that same spirit. What we laid down that night was very heartfelt, and I really hope the fans can feel that, too. There’s too much darkness in the world today – and my hope is that this song can shed some light into those dark places." “Silent Night” has already become the number one streamed song on the weekly PlayMPE Chart for the Christian music format, and is also being worked to pop radio and Holiday-oriented stations. The single is also available digitally through iTunes and Amazon. The singer is getting himself in the holiday spirit with his appearance in the Hollywood Christmas Parade over Thanksgiving weekend, which will air on December 11 at 8pm ET/PT on the CW Network. He will return to his home state by helping to light the Alabama state capitol tree in Montgomery on Friday, Dec. 4th. Taylor will then lend skiing talents to the Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest (#DVSKIFEST) on CBS December 13. "One of my favorite things about the holiday season is having the opportunity to give back," said Taylor. "Toys for Tots is a wonderful charity that I look forward to working with every year. There is no better feeling than being able to give back and be a small part of making a child’s Christmas extra special." As 2015 wraps up for Hicks, the singer can point to a very busy past twelve months. Hard at work on a new album set for release next year, the singer has also seen two of his previous albums released digitally for the first time - 1997’s In Your Time and 2005’s Under The Radar. Hicks has also made his mark on the culinary world as a partner in Saw’s Juke Joint, located in the Birmingham area. The eatery has become one of the most popular restaurants in the region for barbecue. TAYLOR HICKS ON TOUR: Dec. 04 Annual State Christmas Tree Lighting / Montgomery, AL Dec. 13 Celebrity Skifest Competition / CBS Network Jan. 16 Bartlett Performing Arts Center / Bartlett, TN (SOLD OUT) Feb. 13 Pastime Theatre / Winfield, AL For more information, visit TaylorHicks.com and follow him onTwitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Gone Too Soon, Scott Weiland

Scott Weiland
Keep On Rockin'

Addiction is an all to real thing. Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver were two of the best bands ever!

Of course do in no small part to one Mr. Scott Weiland. Who recently passed from cardiac arrest brought on by his addiction to drugs.

Such a great talent, cut short at age 48. Here is a musical memory of his legacy below. Plush by Stone Temple Pilots.

R.I.P. Your talent will live forever.

If you know someone who has addiction issues, please direct them to help. It's out there. Peace.

Tis' The Season To Stay "White" With Sandy Zacky

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas / Just like the ones I used to know / Where the treetops glisten and children listen / To hear sleigh bells in the snow" - White Christmas 

Everyone has a Christmas tradition. Hollywood has it's Christmas Parade, Rockefeller Center lights it's tree and The Grinch tries to steal it every year and never succeeds, give up green guy!

Here at Entertain Me every Holiday Season we trot out Sandy with a "Y" not "E" Zacky and her take on the the classic chestnut, minus the open fire, White Christmas.

Written by Irving Berlin and immortalized by Bing Crosby in the classic movie of the same name. This is song never grows old, really it doesn't.

So stay white with Sandy Zacky - 'tis the season!

Listen, after the jump

                                                              White Christmas
                                                                 Sandy Zacky 


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Have Some "Sunshine" For Christmas

                           

Have yourself a Merry Little Sunshine Band Christmas!

  

No matter your distance from the equator this holiday season, the multi-platinum selling, Miami-born dance group,KC and The Sunshine Band, delivers A Sunshine Christmas. The brand new 12-track album is now available in stores and on iTunes, Amazon and other digital realms. With four of the album's tracks penned by lead singer, Harry Wayne "KC" Casey, A Sunshine Christmas fuses original never-before-heard songs with holiday favorites from decades past including "The Little Drummer Boy," "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," "Last Christmas," "Do You Hear What I Hear," "Carol Of The Bells,"and "Go Tell It On The Mountain."

The sunny new music though seasonal, is cheery and upbeat for all-year round, and is infused with the band's signature sounds of trombone, saxophone and trumpet which helped to make mega hits like "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty," "That's The Way (I Like It)," "Get Down Tonight," "Boogie Shoes," among a multitude of others, so wildly memorable.

Months in the studio to record the band's latest studio album, Feeling You! The 60s, (March 2015), spurred KC to write, record and produce a holiday album that would challenge the traditional cold-weather themes which make up much of today's popular Christmas music. Instead, with the new project, KC and his band strive to bring its listeners to the beaches of Miami where The Sunshine Sound was born.

"I've always loved the holidays… It's my favorite time of the year. A friend had said to me, 'You know, KC? There's never been a Christmas album done 'Sunshine Band' style.' The wheels started turning, and 'Jingle Bell Boogie,' was written in just a few days," said KC, who's been widely dubbed the Founder of The Dance Revolution since his reign in the 70s.

"Some of the tracks are classics that the band and I have put our own spin on over the years, like 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,' and then there's new material, like 'Jingle Bell Boogie,' which came from my heart. The remaining tracks like 'Carol Of The Bells," are classics reimagined in a way unique to me and my band," he added. "I hope when friends and family are gathered together celebrating, or co-workers are cutting loose at their holiday party, that my record will be playing in the background and bringing some happiness as we look back on the blessings we've enjoyed over the past year."

The award-winning Unity On The Bay Choir, which hails from South Florida, joins KC as the background chorus on the ambient stand-out track, "Carol Of The Bells," and premiere track "The After Christmas Song," penned by KC, kicks off the album with an addictive drumbeat as it wishes listeners a "Happy New Year" at Christmas's end. Colorful cover art of an animated beachfront complete with lighted palm trees, blue parrots and a bright shining sun successfully communicate the tropical essence of the project as a whole.

A Sunshine Christmas was co-produced by Harry Wayne "KC" Casey, the group's lead singer, and Eric Lue Young, with Marc Burrows as a co-producer on select tracks. It was recorded at Circle House Studios in KC's hometown of Miami, Florida for Sunshine Productions, Inc. and distributed in partnership with Sony RED.

To purchase, please visit iTunes, Amazon and other select retailers. For more information on KC and The Sunshine Band, please visit www.heykcsb.com.

Upcoming KC and The Sunshine Band Tour Dates:
Dec. 31 Thunder Valley Casino - Lincoln, Calif.
Feb.13 IP Resort and Casino - Biloxi, Miss.
March 19 Ocean Reef Cultural Center - Key Largo, Fla.
March 20 Seminole Hard Rock - Hollywood, Fla.

Dolly Parton: Countdown To Christmas

 Here Comes Some Christmas Magic With Dolly Parton

DOLLY PARTON TO DAZZLE TELEVISION AUDIENCES DURING NETWORK PROGRAMS LEADING UP TO NBC SPECIAL "DOLLY PARTON'S COAT OF MANY COLORS"

It wouldn't be Christmas without some Dolly to brighten the season!

Dolly Appears on NBC's "TODAY," CBS' "The Talk," and Hallmark's "Home and Family"

Iconic entertainer Dolly Parton will make several appearances across multiple platforms to promote her Dec. 10 TV-movie based on the Country Music Hall of Famer's 1971 autobiographical hit "Coat of Many Colors." CLICK HERE TO WATCH TRAILER Her media blitz includes a Dec. 3 appearance on “The Talk,” where Parton will chat with hosts Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood, airing at 2 p.m. EST / 1 p.m. CST on CBS. The country queen will also spotlight the made-for-tv movie during appearances on NBC’s “Today” and the Hallmark Channel’s “Home & Family.” “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” premieres Thursday, Dec. 10 at 9:00 p.m. EST / 8 p.m. CST on NBC. DOLLY PARTON ON TELEVISION: The Talk (CBS) - Dec. 3 Home and Family (Hallmark Channel) - Dec. 7 and Dec. 8 Today (NBC) - Dec. 8 and Dec. 10 “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” (NBC) - Dec. 10 # # # For more information on Dolly Parton, visit: www.dollypartonentertainment.com Facebook: Facebook.com/DollyParton Instagram: Instagram.com/DollyParton Twitter: Twitter.com/DollyParton Tumblr: OfficialDollyParton.tumblr.com Google+: Plus.Google.com/+DollyParton

Who's Your Favorite DICKtator, Margaret Cho?

Margaret Cho
as
Kim Jong Il

While Margaret Cho is most famous for her portrayal of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il on 30 Rock for which she received an Emmy Nomination. She has decided to take on portraying and slaying even more of them in her music video DICKtator which drops today.

So many new videos on Tuesday December 1st results in red eye, in a good way, I always say.

Margaret has something to say about it, hey you didn't think she wouldn't did you?! 

"Here's a fun song I did with Princess Superstar and C Fire Da Rambler. It struck me that we needed an apocalyptic battle rhymes song to deal with the news of the day. My friends and I played dictators through history and Andy my partner shot it all on our  phones and edited it on my laptop. We laughed so much while making it and we hope you do too" - Margaret Cho

Cheers, here's to you Donald Trump!

Jump down to the video: 

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Get Some "Spicy" Ass With Cazwell

Cazwell
It's All About That Ass

Cazwell has shot some hot ass on an iPhone for his tamale of a new song Spicy, like, duh. 

Today the video for the song drops here is all the what there is and what you should know about this endeavor. Happy December 1st the countdown to Christmas begins!

Shot entirely on an iPhone 6, Cazwell’s music video for "¡Spicy!", the latest track from his Hard 2 B Fresh album, is fun and psychedelic with lots of bright colors and playful visuals.  It mixes Mexican and Catholic imagery into a gay version of outer space filled with porn stars and rainbow burritos with transsexual icon Amanda Lepore sitting on the moon. “Its not your typical music video about a cute Latin boy,” the artist concedes.  But not much about Cazwell is typical.   Where most gay men with a predilection for hombres focus on the size of the Latino penis, Cazwell’s interests lean to the rear.  “I definitely have an ass fetish”, he admits, adding,  “I think it’s time Hip Hop paid homage to the guys’ culo.”  Cazwell’s  "¡Spicy! " is available on iTunes now.  

“I was seeing a guy that was very spicy,” continues Cazwell, discussing the inspiration for the song. “He was passionate with a capital P: extremely loving and affectionate and great in bed.  But passion has its negative side too. He was very jealous and quick to snap.” Cazwell explains his songs’ intentions further, “Being ‘spicy’ certainly is not limited to just one race or ethnicity. A lot of it just has to do with your own personal swag, how you carry yourself and how you communicate with your bae."

After writing the lyrics for the song with frequent collaborator Big Dipper, Cazwell worked with Denver-based producer Craig C. on the beat and called in his favorite side chick, Cherie Lily to lace the hook. They wanted Pitbull meets MIA with heavy Latin inspired percussion and horns. “I needed this to be the song on my album that spiced shit up,” Cazwell says.  He also wanted to do something a little different and experimental with the song’s music video.  He brought in 19-year-old Bob Bottle, a video director he worked with previously on the music video for “Downtown”.

                                                              "Spicy!"

"A lot of the times when I do a video, I’ll shoot in a day and then hand off the footage to the director to edit. I wanted Bob on this video because we’re friends.  We communicate daily.  I wanted the video to be a true collaboration.”

Bottle and Cazwell share an interest in images, animations, designs, and videos that live in their own universe of highly saturated color, homoerotic imagery, and sparkling galaxy textures.  These images were the main inspiration for the “Spicy” music video.

"When I was planning out this video with Bob, we wrote down a list of the things that had been inspiring us artistically lately. A lot of it came from Mexican culture, Christianity and the show, Ancient Aliens. We decided to try to find a way to combine all three and make it work for the video. It was very organic."

For more information, visit Cazwell.com and PeaceBisquit.com.

Exclusive  "¡Spicy!“ Tumblr here: http://cazwellspicy.tumblr.com/