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Musician, Jennie Laws, supports NOH8

JW Richard — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:31:41 +0000

From my interview of R&B, jazz artist, Jennie Laws in May of ’08, I thought she was not only a talented vocalist and musician, but a cool person to get to know, period. Then, Freddie Beat of popolio tipped me off to her NOH8 photo on her MySpace pages. Very cool! (In case you’re new to the NOH8 campaign, it’s a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of California’s State Proposition 8 in 2008 after voters rejected same-sex marriage six months after California’s Supreme Court allowed it.)

What would be even cooler is a Dallas performance, Jennie!

Pick up her debut CD at CD Baby and enjoy our conversation here on the podcast.

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popolio.com is profiling artists for this year’s SXSW in Austin

JW Richard — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:56:15 +0000

Freddie Rodriguez, fearless and tireless editor at Austin-based, Mandrake Arts & Media sister site, popolio.com, has already started profiling artists scheduled to appear at this year’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin. Just follow sxsw-2010 tag to catch his writeups.

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Why I loved this song: Simply Red “Fairground”

JW Richard — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:45:47 +0000

I loved this song it was a fun re-introduction to the sound of Simply Red in the states and it also reminded me of the freedom I felt in 1995 after leaving college as I began to experience affirmation as a gay man.

Dig more pop music? See our popolio blog! Fashion, new music, gossip, and more.

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New video countdown at popolio.com courtesy of Soce, the Elemental Wizard

JW Richard — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:10:40 +0000

Out-and-proud hip-hop comedian, Soce, the Elemental Wizard is hosting a new TOP 10 video countdown at the Mandrake Arts & Media brother blog, popolio.com. As popolio.com editor, Freddie Rodriguez, outlines, “Okay, as far back as 2009. We featured him in a pop quiz last March, showcased one of his videos in April, and he even donated CDs (and other items) for the goodie boxes we gave away at our One Year Anniverary Mixer in September. So, we’re pretty much family in more ways than one, by now.”

Don’t miss out on the fun! Catch the introduction and keep checking popolio.com for the rest of the countdown this week.

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Do you have the new J*Davey?

JW Richard — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:34:40 +0000

Man, oh man, you need to have this new J*Davey EP! This package of slick and sensual lyricism and electro-r&b rhythms debuted on Christmas Day 2009 and is sexy personified. Check out my favorite cut, “Permission”.

And the entire EP is free, too?! BA-BEE, click the pic to go get the whole EP now!

Single of the day: Colfax – “Electricity”

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