http://www.reigncity.com/news/ en kristin327@gmail.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-22T02:06:00-08:00 http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_music_sol_be_good_or_be_carefull/ http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_music_sol_be_good_or_be_carefull/#When:02:06:00Z 2012-05-22T02:06:00-08:00 http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_video_dyme_def_let_it_be/ http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_video_dyme_def_let_it_be/#When:19:27:01Z 2012-05-21T19:27:01-08:00 http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_music_camp_lo_fort_apache_freep_prod_ski_beatz/ http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_music_camp_lo_fort_apache_freep_prod_ski_beatz/#When:18:58:00Z 2012-05-21T18:58:00-08:00 http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/12_05_19_ryan_leslie/ http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/12_05_19_ryan_leslie/#When:04:00:00Z Ryan Leslie began making music as a teenager, scored a perfect 1600 on his SATs before he was old enough to drive, and graduated from Harvard at the age of 19. He got a foothold in the music industry within four years of graduation; by the end of 2005, he had written and/or produced tracks for 702, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Carl Thomas, and New Edition, and an album of his own was completed but shelved. A year later, he was the architect behind Cassie’s “Me&U,” a number one R&B single that also reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100; Cassie’s subsequent album, produced almost entirely by Leslie, narrowly missed the top of both the Billboard 200 and R&B/hip-hop albums charts. Leslie then recorded another album of his own, which was scheduled for a mid-2008 release date. “Diamond Girl,” its lead single, debuted on the charts earlier in the year, while successive singles “Addiction” and “How It Was Supposed to Be” also set the stage for his self-titled album, released in February 2009. Leslie followed it up quickly with Transition, issued only nine months later and inspired by a secret summertime fling. Neumos Live 2012-05-20T04:00:00-08:00 http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/12_05_18_jefferson_rose_band_cd_release/ http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/12_05_18_jefferson_rose_band_cd_release/#When:04:00:00Z After six years living in Barcelona, Spain, and touring Europe with a variety of groups, dynamic bass player Jefferson Rose returned to his hometown of Seattle with a mission to record an album of songs influenced by his studies of flamenco, Middle Eastern and African music, while staying true to his roots of funk and reggae. The result is a unique new band that brings together some of the best musicians in Seattle to interpret original world music compositions, written by Rose and his band. The Jefferson Rose Band, after a successful Kickstarter fundraising campaign to make their new album, titled “Seismic,” will release it on May 18th at the Nectar Lounge in Seattle.  The core members of the group include: Andy Coe (McTuff and Skerik’s Bandalabra), Aaron Walker-Loud (Big World Breaks), Naomi Siegel (Wayne Horvitz’s Seattle Conduction Ensemble and Thione Diop’s Afro Groove), Tobi Stone (Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and Thione Diop’s Afro Groove) and Ivan Galvez (Picoso, Big World Breaks).  The album and the CD release party also feature Thione and Gora Diop, mesmerizing master drummers from Senegal. One dollar from the sale of each “Seismic” album will go directly to Seattle JazzED which provides exceptional jazz education and performance opportunities to Seattle area youth. Thione Diop & Yeke Yeke and De Cajón together with The Jefferson Rose Band promises to get the Nectar audiences grooving, with feet and hips moving to rhythms from around the world. Nectar Lounge Live 2012-05-19T04:00:00-08:00 http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_video_ab_soul_terrorist_threats_ft_danny_brown_jhene_aiko/ http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_video_ab_soul_terrorist_threats_ft_danny_brown_jhene_aiko/#When:23:37:00Z 2012-05-18T23:37:00-08:00 http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_music_tensei_two/ http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_music_tensei_two/#When:16:37:00Z 2012-05-18T16:37:00-08:00 http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/featured_event_the_groovy_tour_2012/ http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/featured_event_the_groovy_tour_2012/#When:17:14:01Z 2012-05-17T17:14:01-08:00 http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_video_the_prime_sapient_luckyiam_a_bit_different/ http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_video_the_prime_sapient_luckyiam_a_bit_different/#When:18:03:00Z 2012-05-15T18:03:00-08:00 http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_music_later_babes_lisa/ http://www.reigncity.com/calendar/event/new_music_later_babes_lisa/#When:23:32:00Z 2012-05-14T23:32:00-08:00