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New Original Song "Christmastime" and a Cover of Donny Hathaway's Timeless Classic "This Christmas"[November 28, 2024] – Iconic R&B artist Tara Kemp is making the season bright with the release of two holiday tracks: the uplifting new original song, "Christmastime", and a soulful rendition of Donny Hathaway's beloved classic, "This Christmas". Known for her chart-topping hits "Hold You Tight" and "Piece of My Heart", Tara Kemp brings her signature voice and heartfelt artistry to these festive favorites.
New Original Song "Christmastime" and a Cover of Donny Hathaway's Timeless Classic "This Christmas"[November 28, 2024] – Iconic R&B artist Tara Kemp is making the season bright with the release of two holiday tracks: the uplifting new original song, "Christmastime", and a soulful rendition of Donny Hathaway's beloved classic, "This Christmas". Known for her chart-topping hits "Hold You Tight" and "Piece of My Heart", Tara Kemp brings her signature voice and heartfelt artistry to these festive favorites.
In association with La Maison Long, Dreamtree Entertainment presents Will Hammond Jr.'s new music video "Anymore Deluxe" to promote his new album "BILLO Deluxe" and La Maison Long Vacation Rentals in Olioules, France near Cote D'azur, Provence. For more information goto www.lamaisonlong.com
Summer, summertime.It’s summer, summertime.Summer, summertime.It’s summer, summertime. Me and the crew,We’re skipping summer school,Slip and slide,We all bump in’ Joey’s ride,We’re cruising to the ocean,Mikaila, grab your lotion.Hey Bob (let go of that job!) Lay out and play,Soak in that Bain de SoleilCheck us out! Smooth dark liquid gold Let’s get loose! What do you have to lose? Drop, bounce, and roll! Bring on the (that) summer soul Summer, summertime.It’s summer…it’s summertime.Summer, summertime.It’s summer, summertime.C’mon feel the sand,We out here dancin’ hand in hand.Life is so divine,When you shimmer and you shine,Put your mind at easeAs you feelin that summer breezeKissing in the moonlightMakes everything so right Summer, it’s summertime. It’s summer.It’s summer…it’s summertime.Summer, summertime.It’s summer, summertime.What’s mine is yours, and yours is mine. Loosen up, we so tight Here comes the fun, day and night.Good times hit the beach, sunset’s in our reach.Fireworks straight on blast, but this feeling’s gonna lastHellos no goodbyesAs we cruise the rainbow sky…. Summer…it’s summertime. It’s summerIt’s summer…it’s summertime.Summer, summertime.It’s summer, summertime.What mine is yours, and yours is mine.
Written by Mike Blankenship and Juan PerezLead and Background Vocals: Will Hammond Jr.Original music performed by Mike Blankenship
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/monwVfwUmybAs soon as I heard the news of Bobby's passing, I immediately thought of our last real conversation about the arts, Bay Area connections, and our hope to soon get together and reclaim our creative connection. I will miss you my brotha,,,keep dancing!
This single is on the forthcoming album entitled "BILLO" by singer-songwriter Will Hammond Jr. It is a remix from the original mix on the album "Living For The Future" written by soul artist and keyboardist Mike Blankenship. The single comes after a long hiatus from Hammond's music releases and the album is set to drop in late Spring of 2023. For more info goto www.dreamtree.studio
Sneak peek of the new single “Other Side of The Moon (remix)” off the forthcoming album “Billo”…❤️🌓
"World Parade" is a song about a global connection of love through music. We are trying to turn the tide from hate and violence to healing and love. The song addresses building bridges of deep communication and looking toward our commonalities to bring us back together and solve the problems of the world.
Verse 1
People say Life gets in the way when you’re making plans Been so long since we were together connected and holding hands Like a child at heart we need to go outside and play So this should be the moment when we see the light of day
Chorus
Let’s build it up for everyone Cause more than ever we need some love today A world parade
If we spread love under the sun Then everyone will come to celebrate A world parade
Verse 2
Can we be the change we want to see in our world? Is love the hope that will spread to every boy and girl? I believe the alchemy of melody of hope will ring So hear me when I say that we will all sing
Chorus
Let’s build it up for everyone Cause more than ever we need some love today A world parade
If we spread love under the sun Then everyone will come to celebrate A world parade
Let’s Build it Up And Help Someone Show The World What Should Be Done Spread The Love Under Sun And Celebrate With Everyone
Verse 3
Let’s appreciate every moment, every hour, every day Dream a little dream and never let them ever slip away Take this time to heal the world and show how much you care Be grateful for the world and the music that we share
From the album "Summer Love Revolution" by Will Hammond Jr. on Spotify and Apple Music
https://open.spotify.com/album/2MkYWeLmaZUWOWIguQY1bb?si=X9wZ3FAFROKxLlxTfTyRBQ
WORLD PREMIERE: "Bodies In The Water" Music video by Will Hammond Jr. performing Bodies In The Water (Lyric Video). (C) 2022 Dreamtree Entertainment, Soul Folk Songs (BMI)
On the forthcoming album "Spaces And Places" (Dreamtree Entertainment)
© 2022 Dreamtree Entertainment https://willhammondjr.bandcamp.com/ https://dreamtreeentertainment.bandcamp.com/artists
Greetings from Dreamtree Entertainment, KINGA just released "I Just Wanna", check it out here.
Here’s what they say about it: “The new single "I Just Wanna" from artist KINGA has arrived! The song is a heartfelt message to her lover about life's unexpected joys and future possibilities.”
Thus Broke Zarathustra by Will Hammond Jr.
Share / Embed Wishlist 00:00 / 07:34 Digital Track Streaming + Download Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Buy Digital Track $1 USD or more Send as Gift about Written by members of the band HOME; Mark Campbell-guitarist, John Dearman-bassist, Peter Coopersmith-drummer lyrics Verse 1 I have been told, Look on the inside I have been told, Never the Outside But people Look out, Never within Leave me with doubts, Don’t Know where to begin Cause I’ve been sold, The Lie of the inside Bridge But we’re really not alone, Never been in control Don’t Know which way to role, Superman is gone Chorus Whoa Thus Broke Zarathrustra (4 times)
Verse 2 When darkness comes, Light will follow Don’t be afraid, Clark Kent is Hollow Your Knuckles are white Will has no Power All by yourself, You will get devoured Hold my hand, 2 together We are better, As one
Bridge But you’re really not alone Never been in control Don’t know which way to role, Superman is gone Chorus Whoa Thus Broke Zarathrustra (4 times)
Verse 3 Guitar Solo Can you feel me, Early in the Morning Can you feel me, Late at night (Twice) Real Politik Will make you sick (Twice)
Bridge But we’re really not alone, Never been in control Don’t know which way to role, Superman is gone Chorus
released January 11, 2021 Produced and Performed by Will Hammond Jr. Written by Mark Campbell, John Dearman and Peter Coopersmith Guitar tracks performed by Mark Campbell
Will Hammond Jr. / Lead Vocals Jonathan Dearman / Bass, Backing Vocals Mark Campbell / Guitar, Backing Vocals Peter Coopersmith / Drums Randolf Arguelles / Keys Nate Moore / Percussion Michael Meyers / Horns featuring Mac Beezo on rap vocals.
Sneak peek at the new single, “A Different Kind of Summer” on the new album SummerLoveRevolution coming August 4th. Get your pre-order now! dreamtreeentertainment.bandcamp.com/album/summerloverevolution
from the cd "Brothafromanuthaplanet" on Dreamtree Entertainment. © 2020 Soul Folk Songs (BMI).
To get the FULL version goto iTunes, Spotify and other digital streaming services. © 2020 MelodyBoxMusic
Written and produced by Will Hammond for Dreamtree Entertainment. Co-written by Matthew Riutta for Man Up Above. Performed by Leah Tysse. © Soul Folk Songs (BMI)
Singer/songwriter Will Hammond Jr.‘s musical career began in elementary school at Cathedral School for Boys and Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys. After Hammond Jr. graduated from Urban High School, he performed with up-and-coming black alternative /hip-hop bands Bass House Funk and Midnight Voices. In 1990, Hammond Jr.’s major accomplishment occurred while he was a student at San Francisco State University. He is credited as the writer of Tara Kemp’s international hit, “Hold You Tight,” (Warner Bros.), which went to #3 on the Billboard Pop and R&B charts and became a certified gold record with 800,000 units sold. Since that time, Hammond Jr. has performed alongside Bay Area artists Ledisi, Martin Luther and Goapele to name a few. After finishing some songs, Will went into the studio to record his first album, Brothafromanuthaplanet at Ex’pressions in Emeryville, Ca The first cd was full of live music with hip-hop/jazz beats and helped shape the direction of the next project To Be Continued. After two successful albums, Hammond released a ‘digital-only’ experience entitled AcousticElectric aka The Love Album. The music video, “How To Love” was filmed in France and was embraced by fans worldwide. The last two albums, "Blacklandia" and "Pangea" sends the most powerful soulful message in his career. Hammond says, “I grew up listening to Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Bill Withers and they all spoke about the issues of their time. I loved the energy they gave to the music and it was free of the negative social media commentary that we see today. It gave me hope to keep writing the songs I want to write and maybe someone would understand these stories too.”
*PRE-RELEASE OF THE ALBUM PANGEA NOW AVAILABLE AT WILLHAMMONDJR.BANDCAMP.COM* New music coming April 19th from singer-songwriter Will Hammond Jr. Pangea embodies the antithesis of the world epidemic and is a soulful tale of world's colliding to make a better future.
Lift every voice and sing, ’til earth and Heaven ring Ring with the harmonies of liberty Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies Let it resound loud as the rolling sea Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us Facing the rising sun of our new day begun Let us march on ’til victory is won
Searching for a new life in a different space This world is just too crowded for me Trying to get back a sense of freedom Far away from the evil that’s haunting me Finding my way back home To whence where we came from Kings and queens on the throne So find your way back home Back home It’s time to move on to a better land (A new frontier to explore, something more) We’re tired of being tired of the devil’s work Cause the truth is this experiment Has never been about fitting in So how can we reconcile? (The government god knows ain’t workin for us) So how can we reconcile? (If the peace officer can’t make peace they who can we trust?) Finding my way back home To whence where we came from Kings and queens on the throne So find your way back home Back home So many dreams we lost Who’s to pay for the cost? So many people / we lost So many dreams / we lost So many evils So many people
B-L-A-C-K Black Black BL-AC-K The color of my skin, Blackalicious Bubblelicious chew me up and spit me out again Black, black, black blatat, tat, tat I mean African American America home of the Brave home of the Free Are we really free? I see the way you look at me BOO! Did I scare you, did I make you jump with my I’m O.K -I won’t hurt you- smile Chump Chump, chump chop, chop, eat away cut away at my self- esteem it seems like esteem but really I am steaming steaming mad I know you’re glad cuz I can’t hurt you 1, 2, 22,62, 1492 Is that when the first wave of Africans became American? Home of the Brave Home of the Free Free Free Look and Fuckin’ see The chains that are holding me tight tight tight so I won’t forget that my people OUR people were Stolen, traded, bartered for You were bold, brave and free that’s why you put us in chains so you could stifle me You stole a mother, a father, a sister, a brother a people, a culture, a heritage but you can’t take a legacy of warriors queens and kings founders inventors philosophy and the essence of civilization Shit without us how could you survive, think, build write rule rule, rule You better go to school but don’t let those schools fool you You just get a paragraph in those history books Blacks were slaves Lincoln freed them The End They made him a hero but the slave books read zero… capitalism that is, you were no longer lucrative June 19th We say Juneteenth Free at last Free at last Thank God Almighty We’re Free at last Freedom past past, past past right by before Africans became Americans OR was it the VOTE Or that Rosa said NO! Ooh they gonna get mad some would say but many people were glad glad, glad that they marched marched marched in the street sprayed by water hose bitten by dogs just so we could sit where we wanted to on the bus after a long day on our feet feet feet It will be a defeat If you don’t remember those four little girls they didn’t die in vain so that we could gain a high school drop out rate of something insane Oh we shall overcome Power to my people Niger Negro Afro African African-American Do you know what time it is? Hyphen is just a bridge A bridge to what? White consciousness Please don’t hyphenate me Me, me That is black Black BLACK Is it just the color of the skin the coil of my hair or the consciousness that we are in, in, in aware that is Where Home of the Brave Home of the Free it’s just a wallet Please Mr. Policeman DON’T SHOT ME
In the night I am invisible You know you may not see That I’m invincible The pain and suffering of wounds that never heal But we gotta keep holding on Holding on an on and on (Or are we just invisible?) Holding on an on and on (Or are we just invisible?) We were born to die As time stands still The years come and go The future’s my biggest fear A broken record spins The same ol song How can we keep holdin on The walls are closin in on me More and more till I can’t breathe My mind keeps on spinning If I fall please catch me The road ahead’s a scary one I’ll close my eyes until we’re done And you can be the guide I hope we see the light Through the darkness you will find Find some peace of mind Through the rain the sun gon’ shine Shine on my brothas and sistas Who lost their way, it won’t be long
Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now am found T’was blind but now I see
When they shipped us over as slaves Made us struggle in the field till we fell in the grave Then they noosed up our necks and hung us from the trees Burned our bodies down as we bled on the leaves Mmm…Now they tellin us we still equal even though The narrative still the same so Don’t Ask Why…I’m Hotter Than July Don’t Ask Why…I’m Hotter Than July When they tried to keep us from equality We had to march hand in hand just to be free They they beat us till we bled and they hosed us down Put the dogs on us rippin our knees on the ground Don’t ask why…I’m Hotter than July Don’t ask why…I’m Hotter than…. Don’t try to tell me All Lives Matter Cause it really doesn’t matter to me When the people who fought and died For your freedom is Still trying to be free…. Hotter….I’m hotter Hotter…I’m hotter When a young baby cries when his daddy dies Holdin up his two black hands…oh lord! When a brotha man chokes and can’t reach for his throat Cause they afraid of his two black hands…oh lord! When I continue to think that we is on the brink of becoming extinct All because of my two black hands…. Don’t ask why…I’m hotter than July Don’t ask why…I’m hotter than July Don’t ask why…I’m hotter than July Don’t ask why…I’m hotter than July Don’t ask why…I’m hotter than July
He met her and didn’t sweat her Cuz he knew that that would get her Set the trap (CLAP) As a kid he went from love her And never gonna forget her To never looking back (CLAP) From a long line of born to’s From the avocado farm to the orange juice Miss nothin don’t miss nothin They telling kids they can be like him and get somethin Not trying to preach, but maybe God’s needed Or maybe there ain’t one and that’s the line that should really be repeated Top seeded seeds Are no match for greed Usually grow old only to realize how they’ve been cheated Be ez Even when it’s not Don’t worry bout getting got Rather what you got Fatherless child’s father Was a fatherless child And guarantee he ain’t forgot. Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child A long way from home I wanna run and find a place to call home Gonna find my space to a place I call home I wanna run and find a place to call home A long way from home Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child Sometimes I feel like a fatherless child A long way from home A long way from home A long way from home
Black Lives Matter Her Life Matters Our Lives Matter And he’s not my President! No, he’s not my President Climb the ladder This wall will shatter Because brown lives matter And he’s not my President! No, he’s not my President The rich gets richer While the poor get poorer Time to say no more And he’s not my President! No, he’s not my President What will be our fate As we stand at the gate Say NO to the hate And he’s not my President! No, he’s not my President What is history Without her story No more Misogny And he’s not my President! No, he’s not my President Let every man woman and child Hold hands and sing out proud And say “We Will Not Allow” For him to be our president No, he’s not my president Black Lives Matter. Her Life Matters Our Lives Matter And he’s not my President! No, he’s not my President
Why should I feel discouraged? And why should the shadows come? Why should my heart feel lonely And long for heavenly home When Jesus is my portion? And my constant friend is He You know, his eye is on the little sparrow And I know he cares for you and me His eye is on the little sparrow And I know God is watching over you and me
In the night I am invisible You know you may not see That I’m invincible The pain and suffering of wounds that never heal But we gotta keep holding on Holding on an on and on (Or are we just invisible?) Holding on an on and on (Or are we just invisible?) We were born to die As time stands still The years come and go The future’s my biggest fear A broken record spins The same ol song How can we keep holdin on The walls are closin in on me More and more till I can’t breathe My mind keeps on spinning If I fall please catch me The road ahead’s a scary one I’ll close my eyes until we’re done And you can be the guide I hope we see the light Through the darkness you will find Find some peace of mind Through the rain the sun gon’ shine Shine on my brothas and sistas Who lost their way, it won’t be long