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♫♫ TUNE INTO THE SOUL SESSIONS WITH PRESTON MILES AND GRAMMY NOMINATED RECORDING ARTIST CALVIN THE SOUL PRINCE RICHARDSON FROM 8-11PM STREAMING LIVE AT WWW.V1019.COM AND U-STREAMING LIVE FROM 10-11PM EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THEY DIG INTO THE VAULTS…
♫♫ TUNE INTO THE SOUL SESSIONS WITH PRESTON MILES AND GRAMMY NOMINATED RECORDING ARTIST CALVIN THE SOUL PRINCE RICHARDSON FROM 8-11PM STREAMING LIVE AT WWW.V1019.COM AND U-STREAMING LIVE FROM 10-11PM EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THEY DIG INTO THE VAULTS TO BRING THE HOTTEST MUSIC ON THE AIR WAVES. LET US KNOW SOME OF YOUR FAVORITES.... CALL THE STUDIO, REQUEST A SONG AND GET A SHOUT OUT
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PRESTON MILES:
ROMANCE AND RELAXATION TAKE CENTER STAGE WHENEVER "LOVE ZONE" HOST PRESTON MILES, IS ON THE MIC. ENJOY A SENSUOUS EVENING WITH PRESTON AS HE WHISKS YOU AWAY INTO CHILL-LAND WITH A VAST VARIETY OF MUSIC THAT WITH HIS FINESSE AND HIS WARM VOICE IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE HE IS SITTING RIGHT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM PLAYING SOME OLD VINYLS ON THE RECORD PLAYER. PRESTON IS AS CHARMING AS HE IS WITTY AND HE IS A PRO AT CREATING JUST THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE TO PUT YOU IN THE RIGHT MOOD WHILE MAINTAINING A COMFORTABLE FLOW OF MELODIC LOVE SONGS SUNDAY THRU THURSDAY FROM 7:00PM - 12:MIDNIGHT ON V101.9FM. PRESTON MILES WHO IS A NATIVE OF WASHINGTON, DC, HAS ALWAYS HAD A DEEP PASSION FOR MUSIC. PRESTON SET OUT TO FOLLOW HIS DREAMS BY PURSUING THIS INTEREST, TAKING A PRESTIGIOUS POSITION IN THE COMMUNICATIONS FIELD IN GREENSBORO, NC. HE LATER DECIDED TO MOVE TO CHARLOTTE, NC WHERE HE CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF THE JAZZ AUDIENCE WHEN HE HAPPILY TOOK ON A POSITION AS HOST OF CHARLOTTE'S SMOOTH JAZZ STATION WCCJ-(92.7FM). AFTER LEAVING THE BROADCASTING PROFESSION IN 1998 TO PURSUE OTHER INTERESTS, HE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC AND RADIO WAS TOO GREAT TO IGNORE. SINCE JOINING THE WBAV TEAM IN 2003, PRESTON HAS MASTERED THE ABILITY TO ESCORT HOPELESSLY ROMANTIC LISTENERS OF ALL AGES AND THOSE WHO JUST WANT TO LISTEN TO SOME SMOOTH-GROOVES AFTER A LONG HARD DAY, INTO THE "ESSENCE OF THE LOVE ZONE". THE "ESSENCE OF THE LOVE ZONE" (AS DEFINED BY MILES), IS SIMPLY, "RELAXING MY AUDIENCE", AND "DOING WHATEVER I CAN MUSICALLY TO MAKE THEIR DAY A LITTLE BETTER". FOR HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, PRESTON WAS AWARDED THE "JOCK OF THE YEAR" AWARD FOR 2005 AND 2006 FROM WBAV-FM. MOTIVATED AND INSPIRED BY JAZZ ARTIST MILES DAVIS AND JAZZ MUSIC FROM THE 50'S, 60'S AND 70'S, PRESTON IS EXCITED ABOUT THE MUCH ANTICIPATED FUTURE RELEASE OF HIS VERY OWN CD WHICH WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE COLLECTION OF JAZZ, SMOOTH R&B AND NEO SOUL. MILES AND HIS CIRCLE OF MUSICIANS CAN BE FOUND PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT FOR VARIOUS RADIO STATION EVENTS, PRIVATE PARTIES AND JAZZ VENUES AROUND THE CHARLOTTE AREA. HIT PERFORMANCES INCLUDE SONGS OF THE PAST SUCH AS "UNFORGETTABLE" BY NAT KING COLE AND SONGS AS RECENT AS "CANT STOP LOVING YOU" BY KEM. PRESTON ENJOYS LISTENING TO HIS PERSONAL FAVORITES "IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT" BY LUTHER VANDROSS AND "BLUE IN GREEN" BY MILES DAVIS. PRESTON'S OTHER INTEREST INCLUDE POETRY, ART, THEATER, TRAVEL, COOKING GOURMET MEALS AND WORKING OUT AT THE GYM. E-MAIL PRESTON WITH YOUR REQUEST AT PRESTON@V1019.COM. ♪
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CALVIN THE SOUL PRINCE RICHARDSON:
THE SOUL OF A MAN CAN BE DESCRIBED IN MANY PARTS. IT CAN DESCRIBE HIS TENACITY TO STAY TRUE TO HIS CRAFT, IT WILL ILLUSTRATE HIS PASSION, AND IT WILL ULTIMATELY DEFINE HIS ESSENCE; THE MUSICAL LEGACY OF CALVIN RICHARDSON WILL PROVE WHY HE IS NOTED AS “THE PRINCE OF SOUL.”
EMERGING AS THE FIFTH CHILD OUT OF NINE, RICHARDSON GREW UP IN THE BIBLE BELT, MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA WHERE HE GOT HIS MUSICAL FOUNDATION IN GOSPEL. AS A YOUTH HE SANG ALONGSIDE HIS MOTHER WHO WAS A PART OF A SUCCESSFUL LOCAL GOSPEL ENSEMBLE THE WILLING WONDERS. ADDING TO HIS MUSICAL DIET RICHARDSON GOT HIS FAIR SHARE OF R&B/SOUL SERVINGS FROM THE LIKES OF BOBBY WOMACK, SAM COOKE, OTIS REDDING TO DONNY HATHAWAY.
WHILE MAKING HIS ROUNDS ON THE GOSPEL CIRCUIT RICHARDSON BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH CEDRIC “K-CI” HAILEY AND JOEL “JO JO” HAILEY, WHO WENT ON TO FORM THE 90S TOP CHARTING R&B GROUP JODECI. INSPIRED BY THE SUCCESS OF HIS FRIENDS, HE FORMED HIS OWN R&B GROUP UNDACOVA. RICHARDSON AND HIS GROUP CAME TO THE NATIONAL FOREFRONT CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE MID 90S URBAN CULT CLASSIC FILM, NEW JERSEY DRIVE ALONGSIDE OUTKAST, TOTAL WITH NOTORIOUS BIG, MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY TO HEAVY D & THE BOYZ WITH THE MID-TEMPO GROOVE “LOVE SLAVE.”
SPRING BOARDING HIS CAREER AS A SOLO ARTIST AFTER UNDACOVA DISBANDED RICHARDSON REMERGED IN 1999 WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS DEBUT SOLO EFFORT ‘COUNTRY BOY’ VIA UPTOWN/UNIVERSAL RECORDS. THE ALBUM’S LEAD SINGLES INCLUDED “TRUE LOVE” FEATURING CHICO DEBARGE AND “I’LL TAKE HER” FEATURING RICHARDSON’S FRIEND “K-CI.” THE ALBUM NOTED AS A SOLID EFFORT FAILED TO MAKE A STRONG IMPACT COMMERCIALLY, IT WOULD BE FOUR YEARS UNTIL HIS SOPHOMORE EFFORT.
IN THE TIME BETWEEN HIS DEBUT AND FOLLOW-UP EFFORT, RICHARDSON WAS BUSY CRAFTING MUSIC FOR THE RELEASE OF HIS SECOND ALBUM, FEMALE SOUL CHANTEUSE ANGIE STONE HEARD A DEMO OF RICHARDSON’S “MORE THAN A WOMAN,” SHE LATER WENT ON TO RECORD RICHARDSON’S SONG AS A DUET FOR HER 2001 ALBUM ‘MAHOGNY SOUL.’ THE SONG WENT ON TO BE NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS IN 2003, SOLIDIFYING RICHARDSON NOT ONLY AS A PHENOMENAL SINGER BUT SONGWRITER AS WELL.
CAUGHT IN LIMBO WITH THIS RECORD LABEL, UNIVERSAL RECORDS, RICHARDSON’S LONG AWAITED SOPHOMORE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 2003 ON HIS NEW LABEL, HOLLYWOORD RECORDS. HIS SECOND ALBUM, ‘2:35 PM’ WAS NAMED TO COMMEMORATE THE TIME ONE OF HIS CHILDREN WAS BORN. WITH RICHARDSON’S ALBUM GETTING HEAVY SUPPORT AT URBAN AC RADIO WITH THE RELEASE OF SINGLES FROM THE ALBUM INCLUDING – “KEEP ON PUSHIN,’” “NOT LIKE THIS,” AND “I’VE GOT TO MOVE;” THE SUCCESSFUL PUSH OF RICHARDSON’S ALBUM ALLOWED HIM TO LAND AT #65 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART AND #8 ON THE R&B CHART RESPECTIVELY. ‘2:35PM’ WENT ON TO SELL AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILLION UNITS SOLIDIFYING RICHARDSON AS A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST WHILE BEING TRUE TO HIS CRAFT, SOUL MUSIC.
TAKING A FIVE YEAR SABBATICAL FROM THE MUSIC SCENE RICHARDSON’S VOICE WOULDN’T RESOUND AGAIN UNTIL 2008 WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS THIRD ALBUM, ‘WHEN LOVE COMES’ VIA SHANACHIE RECORDS AND RICHARDSON’S OWN INDEPENDENT LABEL, NUMO RECORDS.
‘WHEN LOVE COMES’ WAS LED BY WHAT SOME MUSIC CRITICS CONSIDERED TO BE A PROVOCATIVE STATEMENT FROM THE SOUL SINGER’S LEAD SINGLE, “SING NO MORE.” IN THE SONG RICHARDSON SINGS FRANKLY ABOUT THE HARD CHOICES A SINGER MUST MAKE GIVEN THE TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN BEING AN ARTIST, A STAR, AND AN AUTHENTIC HUMAN BEING. HE ALLUDES THAT IF FAME AND FORTUNE MEANS FORGETTING WHAT'S IMPORTANT - LOVE AND THE CORE VALUES OF LIFE - THEN HE DOESN'T WANT TO SING ANYMORE, DOESN'T WANT TO BE "SUCCESSFUL,” THAT ULTIMATELY THE PRICE WOULD BE TOO HIGH. RICHARDSON’S GAMBLE TO TAKE ON SUCH A SUBJECT IN POPULAR MUSIC RESONATED WITH MUSIC LISTENERS AND HIS FANS ALLOWING HIS THIRD ALBUM TO LAND AT #17 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP R&B ALBUMS CHART IN 2008.
RICHARDSON ALONG WITH NOTABLE PRODUCER/SONGWRITER KENNETH “BABYFACE” EDMONDS COLLABORATED ON THE MASSIVE URBAN R&B SINGLE “THERE GOES MY BABY” FOR R&B ICON CHARLIE WILSON OF THE GAP BAND FAME. “THERE GOES MY BABY” BROKE INTO THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES CHART AND SPENT 10 WEEKS AT THE TOP SPOT ON THE BILLBOARD R&B ADULT CONTEMPORARY CHART, AND 52 WEEKS ON THE CHART IN TOTAL, IT ALSO GARNERED WILSON A GRAMMY NOMINATION AT THE 52ND ANNUAL AWARDS(2010); PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT RICHARDSON HAD THE MIDAS TOUCH.
NOT ONE TO MISS OUT ON THE SUCCESS AND ESTEEM OF THE GRAMMY AWARDS, HE WAS ALSO HONORED WITH A NOMINATION AT THE 52ND ANNUAL MUSICAL CELEBRATION. RICHARDSON SCORED HIS FIRST TWO GRAMMY NOMINATIONS AS A SOLO ARTIST FOR BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS WITH GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER ANN NESBY FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS FOR THEIR SOULFUL COVER OF ONE OF RICHARDSON’S MUSICAL IDOLS BOBBY WOMACK’S “LOVE HAS FINALLY COME AT LAST” AND BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE FOR “WOMAN GOTTA HAVE IT” FROM HIS FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘THE FACTS OF LIFE: THE SOUL OF BOBBY WOMACK’ RELEASED IN LATE 2009 VIA SHANACHIE RECORDS AND HIS OWN INDIE IMPRINT NUMO RECORDS.
EXPANDING HIS CREATIVE REACH INTO THE WORLD OF THEATER RICHARDSON CO-STARRED IN THE GARRETT DAVIS INSPIRATIONAL STAGE PLAY, ‘THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY’ ALONGSIDE ANN NESBY, GARY “LIL G’ JENKINS FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE R&B GROUP SILK, AND SCOTT SAVOL A TOP 5 AMERICAN IDOL FINALIST (SEASON 4).
CLOSING OUT THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY AND BASKING IN THE SUCCESS OF RELEVANT LONGEVITY OVER THE SPAN OF 15 YEARS AS AN ARTIST CALVIN RICHARDSON’S HETEROGENEOUS BLEND OF SOUL AND GOSPEL TINGED MUSIC PUT HIM IN A CLASS ALL HIS OWN. HIS TENACITY, PASSION, AND THE ESSENCE OF WHO IS UNDOUBTEDLY MAKE HIM “THE PRINCE OF SOUL.” ♪
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♪♪♪♪♪♪THE MEN BEHIND THE MICS♪♪♪♪♪♪♪
PRESTON MILES:
ROMANCE AND RELAXATION TAKE CENTER STAGE WHENEVER "LOVE ZONE" HOST PRESTON MILES, IS ON THE MIC. ENJOY A SENSUOUS EVENING WITH PRESTON AS HE WHISKS YOU AWAY INTO CHILL-LAND WITH A VAST VARIETY OF MUSIC THAT WITH HIS FINESSE AND HIS WARM VOICE IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE HE IS SITTING RIGHT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM PLAYING SOME OLD VINYLS ON THE RECORD PLAYER. PRESTON IS AS CHARMING AS HE IS WITTY AND HE IS A PRO AT CREATING JUST THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE TO PUT YOU IN THE RIGHT MOOD WHILE MAINTAINING A COMFORTABLE FLOW OF MELODIC LOVE SONGS SUNDAY THRU THURSDAY FROM 7:00PM - 12:MIDNIGHT ON V101.9FM. PRESTON MILES WHO IS A NATIVE OF WASHINGTON, DC, HAS ALWAYS HAD A DEEP PASSION FOR MUSIC. PRESTON SET OUT TO FOLLOW HIS DREAMS BY PURSUING THIS INTEREST, TAKING A PRESTIGIOUS POSITION IN THE COMMUNICATIONS FIELD IN GREENSBORO, NC. HE LATER DECIDED TO MOVE TO CHARLOTTE, NC WHERE HE CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF THE JAZZ AUDIENCE WHEN HE HAPPILY TOOK ON A POSITION AS HOST OF CHARLOTTE'S SMOOTH JAZZ STATION WCCJ-(92.7FM). AFTER LEAVING THE BROADCASTING PROFESSION IN 1998 TO PURSUE OTHER INTERESTS, HE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC AND RADIO WAS TOO GREAT TO IGNORE. SINCE JOINING THE WBAV TEAM IN 2003, PRESTON HAS MASTERED THE ABILITY TO ESCORT HOPELESSLY ROMANTIC LISTENERS OF ALL AGES AND THOSE WHO JUST WANT TO LISTEN TO SOME SMOOTH-GROOVES AFTER A LONG HARD DAY, INTO THE "ESSENCE OF THE LOVE ZONE". THE "ESSENCE OF THE LOVE ZONE" (AS DEFINED BY MILES), IS SIMPLY, "RELAXING MY AUDIENCE", AND "DOING WHATEVER I CAN MUSICALLY TO MAKE THEIR DAY A LITTLE BETTER". FOR HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, PRESTON WAS AWARDED THE "JOCK OF THE YEAR" AWARD FOR 2005 AND 2006 FROM WBAV-FM. MOTIVATED AND INSPIRED BY JAZZ ARTIST MILES DAVIS AND JAZZ MUSIC FROM THE 50'S, 60'S AND 70'S, PRESTON IS EXCITED ABOUT THE MUCH ANTICIPATED FUTURE RELEASE OF HIS VERY OWN CD WHICH WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE COLLECTION OF JAZZ, SMOOTH R&B AND NEO SOUL. MILES AND HIS CIRCLE OF MUSICIANS CAN BE FOUND PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT FOR VARIOUS RADIO STATION EVENTS, PRIVATE PARTIES AND JAZZ VENUES AROUND THE CHARLOTTE AREA. HIT PERFORMANCES INCLUDE SONGS OF THE PAST SUCH AS "UNFORGETTABLE" BY NAT KING COLE AND SONGS AS RECENT AS "CANT STOP LOVING YOU" BY KEM. PRESTON ENJOYS LISTENING TO HIS PERSONAL FAVORITES "IF ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT" BY LUTHER VANDROSS AND "BLUE IN GREEN" BY MILES DAVIS. PRESTON'S OTHER INTEREST INCLUDE POETRY, ART, THEATER, TRAVEL, COOKING GOURMET MEALS AND WORKING OUT AT THE GYM. E-MAIL PRESTON WITH YOUR REQUEST AT PRESTON@V1019.COM. ♪
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CALVIN THE SOUL PRINCE RICHARDSON:
THE SOUL OF A MAN CAN BE DESCRIBED IN MANY PARTS. IT CAN DESCRIBE HIS TENACITY TO STAY TRUE TO HIS CRAFT, IT WILL ILLUSTRATE HIS PASSION, AND IT WILL ULTIMATELY DEFINE HIS ESSENCE; THE MUSICAL LEGACY OF CALVIN RICHARDSON WILL PROVE WHY HE IS NOTED AS “THE PRINCE OF SOUL.”
EMERGING AS THE FIFTH CHILD OUT OF NINE, RICHARDSON GREW UP IN THE BIBLE BELT, MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA WHERE HE GOT HIS MUSICAL FOUNDATION IN GOSPEL. AS A YOUTH HE SANG ALONGSIDE HIS MOTHER WHO WAS A PART OF A SUCCESSFUL LOCAL GOSPEL ENSEMBLE THE WILLING WONDERS. ADDING TO HIS MUSICAL DIET RICHARDSON GOT HIS FAIR SHARE OF R&B/SOUL SERVINGS FROM THE LIKES OF BOBBY WOMACK, SAM COOKE, OTIS REDDING TO DONNY HATHAWAY.
WHILE MAKING HIS ROUNDS ON THE GOSPEL CIRCUIT RICHARDSON BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH CEDRIC “K-CI” HAILEY AND JOEL “JO JO” HAILEY, WHO WENT ON TO FORM THE 90S TOP CHARTING R&B GROUP JODECI. INSPIRED BY THE SUCCESS OF HIS FRIENDS, HE FORMED HIS OWN R&B GROUP UNDACOVA. RICHARDSON AND HIS GROUP CAME TO THE NATIONAL FOREFRONT CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE MID 90S URBAN CULT CLASSIC FILM, NEW JERSEY DRIVE ALONGSIDE OUTKAST, TOTAL WITH NOTORIOUS BIG, MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY TO HEAVY D & THE BOYZ WITH THE MID-TEMPO GROOVE “LOVE SLAVE.”
SPRING BOARDING HIS CAREER AS A SOLO ARTIST AFTER UNDACOVA DISBANDED RICHARDSON REMERGED IN 1999 WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS DEBUT SOLO EFFORT ‘COUNTRY BOY’ VIA UPTOWN/UNIVERSAL RECORDS. THE ALBUM’S LEAD SINGLES INCLUDED “TRUE LOVE” FEATURING CHICO DEBARGE AND “I’LL TAKE HER” FEATURING RICHARDSON’S FRIEND “K-CI.” THE ALBUM NOTED AS A SOLID EFFORT FAILED TO MAKE A STRONG IMPACT COMMERCIALLY, IT WOULD BE FOUR YEARS UNTIL HIS SOPHOMORE EFFORT.
IN THE TIME BETWEEN HIS DEBUT AND FOLLOW-UP EFFORT, RICHARDSON WAS BUSY CRAFTING MUSIC FOR THE RELEASE OF HIS SECOND ALBUM, FEMALE SOUL CHANTEUSE ANGIE STONE HEARD A DEMO OF RICHARDSON’S “MORE THAN A WOMAN,” SHE LATER WENT ON TO RECORD RICHARDSON’S SONG AS A DUET FOR HER 2001 ALBUM ‘MAHOGNY SOUL.’ THE SONG WENT ON TO BE NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS IN 2003, SOLIDIFYING RICHARDSON NOT ONLY AS A PHENOMENAL SINGER BUT SONGWRITER AS WELL.
CAUGHT IN LIMBO WITH THIS RECORD LABEL, UNIVERSAL RECORDS, RICHARDSON’S LONG AWAITED SOPHOMORE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 2003 ON HIS NEW LABEL, HOLLYWOORD RECORDS. HIS SECOND ALBUM, ‘2:35 PM’ WAS NAMED TO COMMEMORATE THE TIME ONE OF HIS CHILDREN WAS BORN. WITH RICHARDSON’S ALBUM GETTING HEAVY SUPPORT AT URBAN AC RADIO WITH THE RELEASE OF SINGLES FROM THE ALBUM INCLUDING – “KEEP ON PUSHIN,’” “NOT LIKE THIS,” AND “I’VE GOT TO MOVE;” THE SUCCESSFUL PUSH OF RICHARDSON’S ALBUM ALLOWED HIM TO LAND AT #65 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART AND #8 ON THE R&B CHART RESPECTIVELY. ‘2:35PM’ WENT ON TO SELL AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILLION UNITS SOLIDIFYING RICHARDSON AS A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST WHILE BEING TRUE TO HIS CRAFT, SOUL MUSIC.
TAKING A FIVE YEAR SABBATICAL FROM THE MUSIC SCENE RICHARDSON’S VOICE WOULDN’T RESOUND AGAIN UNTIL 2008 WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS THIRD ALBUM, ‘WHEN LOVE COMES’ VIA SHANACHIE RECORDS AND RICHARDSON’S OWN INDEPENDENT LABEL, NUMO RECORDS.
‘WHEN LOVE COMES’ WAS LED BY WHAT SOME MUSIC CRITICS CONSIDERED TO BE A PROVOCATIVE STATEMENT FROM THE SOUL SINGER’S LEAD SINGLE, “SING NO MORE.” IN THE SONG RICHARDSON SINGS FRANKLY ABOUT THE HARD CHOICES A SINGER MUST MAKE GIVEN THE TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN BEING AN ARTIST, A STAR, AND AN AUTHENTIC HUMAN BEING. HE ALLUDES THAT IF FAME AND FORTUNE MEANS FORGETTING WHAT'S IMPORTANT - LOVE AND THE CORE VALUES OF LIFE - THEN HE DOESN'T WANT TO SING ANYMORE, DOESN'T WANT TO BE "SUCCESSFUL,” THAT ULTIMATELY THE PRICE WOULD BE TOO HIGH. RICHARDSON’S GAMBLE TO TAKE ON SUCH A SUBJECT IN POPULAR MUSIC RESONATED WITH MUSIC LISTENERS AND HIS FANS ALLOWING HIS THIRD ALBUM TO LAND AT #17 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP R&B ALBUMS CHART IN 2008.
RICHARDSON ALONG WITH NOTABLE PRODUCER/SONGWRITER KENNETH “BABYFACE” EDMONDS COLLABORATED ON THE MASSIVE URBAN R&B SINGLE “THERE GOES MY BABY” FOR R&B ICON CHARLIE WILSON OF THE GAP BAND FAME. “THERE GOES MY BABY” BROKE INTO THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES CHART AND SPENT 10 WEEKS AT THE TOP SPOT ON THE BILLBOARD R&B ADULT CONTEMPORARY CHART, AND 52 WEEKS ON THE CHART IN TOTAL, IT ALSO GARNERED WILSON A GRAMMY NOMINATION AT THE 52ND ANNUAL AWARDS(2010); PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT RICHARDSON HAD THE MIDAS TOUCH.
NOT ONE TO MISS OUT ON THE SUCCESS AND ESTEEM OF THE GRAMMY AWARDS, HE WAS ALSO HONORED WITH A NOMINATION AT THE 52ND ANNUAL MUSICAL CELEBRATION. RICHARDSON SCORED HIS FIRST TWO GRAMMY NOMINATIONS AS A SOLO ARTIST FOR BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS WITH GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER ANN NESBY FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS FOR THEIR SOULFUL COVER OF ONE OF RICHARDSON’S MUSICAL IDOLS BOBBY WOMACK’S “LOVE HAS FINALLY COME AT LAST” AND BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE FOR “WOMAN GOTTA HAVE IT” FROM HIS FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘THE FACTS OF LIFE: THE SOUL OF BOBBY WOMACK’ RELEASED IN LATE 2009 VIA SHANACHIE RECORDS AND HIS OWN INDIE IMPRINT NUMO RECORDS.
EXPANDING HIS CREATIVE REACH INTO THE WORLD OF THEATER RICHARDSON CO-STARRED IN THE GARRETT DAVIS INSPIRATIONAL STAGE PLAY, ‘THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY’ ALONGSIDE ANN NESBY, GARY “LIL G’ JENKINS FORMER LEAD SINGER OF THE R&B GROUP SILK, AND SCOTT SAVOL A TOP 5 AMERICAN IDOL FINALIST (SEASON 4).
CLOSING OUT THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY AND BASKING IN THE SUCCESS OF RELEVANT LONGEVITY OVER THE SPAN OF 15 YEARS AS AN ARTIST CALVIN RICHARDSON’S HETEROGENEOUS BLEND OF SOUL AND GOSPEL TINGED MUSIC PUT HIM IN A CLASS ALL HIS OWN. HIS TENACITY, PASSION, AND THE ESSENCE OF WHO IS UNDOUBTEDLY MAKE HIM “THE PRINCE OF SOUL.” ♪
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