Angie Stone 2015-2016 Touring behind new release “Dream”

unnamedAngie Stone’s “Dream”, due out Nov. 6 on Shanachie Entertainment/ Conjunction Entertainment/TopNotch Music, finds her with a fresh new “look” and a fresh take on classic soul music, thanks to production by Walter Millsap III (Alicia Keys, Mindless Behavior) that many are already hailing as hitting the heights of her classic breakthrough albums “Black Diamond” and “Mahogany Soul’.  The first single off the album entitled “2 Bad Habits” is picking up strong out-of-the box airplay on major urban ac stations nationally.

UAA’s Nick Szatmari (Bobby Womack, George Clinton) is spearheading a world tour for Nov 2015 – Dec 2016 that will see her perform in major venues across the globe (Organized in conjunction with Marv Mack (TopNotch Engertainment – Management) Walter Milsap (Conjunction Entertainment – Producer/Management) and Darrel Thompson (DTL Law – Legal/Management)
Current Tour Stops:
Sat,Oct17, 2015 – Los Angeles, CA – Taste of Soul LA
Fri, Oct 23, 2015 – Euclid, OHMitchell’s Ultra Lounge
Fri,Oct 30, 2015 –Columbia, SC Township Auditorium
Wed,Nov 11, 2015 –Philadelphia, PATLA
Fri,Nov 13, 2015 –New York, NYBB Kings
Sat,Nov 14, 2015 –Washington, DCHoward Theatre
Sat, Dec 19, 2015 – Dallas, TXVerizon Theater(With Jaheim)
Fri,Mar 11, 2016 –Oakland, CAYoshi’s
Sat,Mar 12, 2016 – Oakland, CA Yoshi’s
Sun,Mar 13, 2016 – Oakland, CAYoshi’s
Fri,Apr 1, 2016 –Cape Town, SACape Town Jazz Festival
Sat, May 28, 2016 –Atlanta, GAWolf Creek Amphitheater
Fri,Jul 22, 2016 –Palm Springs, CAParty in Palm Springs
Sat,Jul 23, 2016 –Los Angeles, CALA Soul Music Festival

About Angie Stone:

A singer, MC, self-taught keyboardist, and prolific songwriter, Angie Stone’s first claim to fame was her membership in the Sequence, an all-female trio that recorded for pioneering hip-hop label Sugar Hill, beginning with the 1979 single “Funk You Up.” Several years later, she re-emerged as the lead vocalist for Vertical Hold, where she scored with the smooth urban dance track “Seems You’re Much Too Busy,” a Top 40 R&B hit during the summer of 1993 that led to very productive solo career. With the release of her 1999 solo debut, she became one of neo-soul’s leading lights, providing sharp insight into romantic relationships with her smoky yet up-front voice.

Stone, a native of Columbia, South Carolina, began singing gospel music at a young age at First Nazareth Baptist Church. Her father, a member of a local gospel quartet, would take his only child to see performances by gospel artists such as the Singing Angels and the Gospel Keynotes. During her youth, she wrote poetry, played sports, and, after high-school graduation, was offered college basketball scholarships. While working dead-end jobs, Stone began saving money to record her own demos at a local studio called PAW. She joined Gwendolyn Chisholm and Cheryl Cook in the rap trio the Sequence, who recorded hits for Joe and Sylvia Robinson’s Sugar Hill label — “Funk You Up,” a remake of Parliament’s hit “Tear the Roof Off the Sucker” called “Funky Sound (Tear the Roof Off),” and “I Don’t Need Your Love.” Soon after, Stone was working with futuristic rap group Mantronix and rocker Lenny Kravitz, and she later formed the classy R&B trio Vertical Hold, who first charted with the Criminal single “Summertime.” Besides “Seems You’re Much Too Busy,” the group’s self-titled A&M album spawned another charting single, “ASAP.” The group split after its second album.

Stone subsequently signed to Arista as a solo artist and recorded 1999’s Black Diamond, a Top Ten R&B album that was certified gold on the strength of the singles “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Everyday” (one of several songs she has written either for or with D’Angelo). The album won her a pair of Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. She shifted to J for 2001’s Mahogany Soul, another gold seller. Released in 2004, Stone Love fared just as well commercially, yet she moved to the revitalized Stax label for her fourth studio album, 2007’s The Art of Love & War. It topped the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and featured two of her best singles, “Sometimes” and “Baby” — the latter of which received a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Unexpected, a Top 20 R&B Stax release, followed two years later, while 2012’s Rich Girl was issued on Saguaro Road. Also an occasional actor, she appeared in a handful of movies, including The Fighting Temptations and Pastor Brown, as well as the television programs Moesha, Girlfriends, and Lincoln Heights.

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