Proceeds From Concert Go Towards Rebuilding of New Orleans
Lyfe's New Album, 'The Phoenix,' in Stores Tuesday, August 15
NEW YORK, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The platinum-selling urban/pop
musician Lyfe Jennings will headline a special benefit concert at the
Howlin' Wolf (907 S. Peters) in New Orleans on Friday, July 21. The
concert, which is part of the "Bring 'em Back" series, also features Robin
Thicke, Urban Mystic and Cheri Dennis. New Orleans radio station WQUE has
partnered with Habitat For Humanity to help rebuild homes in New Orleans.
Proceeds from the Lyfe Jennings concert at the Howlin' Wolf will to towards
rebuilding New Orleans.
Lyfe's eagerly-awaited new album, "The Phoenix," is slated for release
on August 15 from Sony Urban Music/Columbia Records.
Lyfe's debut album, the critically-acclaimed "Lyfe 268-192," was
certified RIAA platinum in January 2006.
It's been an amazing year for Lyfe, whose recent duet with Alicia Keys,
a soul-shaking version of the Curtis Mayfield classic, "People Get Ready,"
may be heard in the Jerry Bruckheimer film, "Glory Road."
Lyfe closed out 2005 with his highly successful "Lyfe Experience"
headline tour, which included guest artists Goapele and Vivian Green. Lyfe
spent the larger part of summer 2005 on tour with his Grammy-winning
Columbia Records labelmate John Legend.
A two-time #1 Billboard Heatseekers album (2/20/05 & 3/6/05), "Lyfe
268-192, was released on August 17, 2004 and immediately established the
worldly and poetic Lyfe as an aesthetic force of nature with mainstream and
underground support.
Rolling Stone (Nov. 11, 2004) found Lyfe's songs " ... eloquent in
their depiction of struggle ... ."
"Filled with a genuine rawness reminiscent of Sam Cooke or Donny
Hathaway," wrote the edgy New York taste-making YRB, "'Lyfe 268-192' is a
thought-provoking journey into the soul of a man whose lyrics tell a
melodic story of the everyday realities that affect us all, yet allows us
to exhale because somebody finally gets it."
Lyfe brings the full force of his songs to his concert audiences,
winning converts wherever he plays. "Bringing only an acoustic guitar to
the hallowed 125th Street venue," wrote the hip-hop bible The Source (July
2004), "Lyfe won over the notoriously demanding Apollo crowd and dominated
the Amateur Show competition, winning five straight times."
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SOURCE Sony Urban Music/Columbia Records
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Related links:
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CONTACT:
Edwin Banacia of Sony Urban Music,
+1-212-833-5072, edwin.banacia@sonybmg.com
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