Soledad Marks the 60th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival

The National Archives takes note of the 60th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival with a seminar and film screening this past week as part of its year-long “Jazz at the National Archives” program.

Broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien moderated a panel discussion with Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein, critic Dan Morgenstern, and musicians Christian McBride and Jonathan Batiste on the legacy of the event that continues again this summer

The day also featured a screening of the film “Jazz on a Summer’s Day,” about the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.

Soledad Talks Manology

Soledad talked to Tyrese Gibson & Rev Run (of Run D.M.C.) about their new book Manology: Secrets of Your Man's Mind Revealed.

Rev Run of Run DMC and Tyrese Gibson offer insight on life, love, exposing men and the many games they play, and how to finally find happiness in your relationships.

Tyrese and Rev are unlikely best friends—Rev is married with six kids and Tyrese is a single dad still hesitant to settle down. But after an unexpected disagreement in which Rev insisted that marriage is forever, and Tyrese pushed that you could bail when the sex went bad, the two decided not just to agree to disagree but to team up and open their debate to a larger audience. Even though they’re at different points in their journeys, both have clear insights on what it takes to make a relationship work and what can sink it instantly.

Manology is a guide to regaining your relationship confidence and weeding out the cheaters, MANipulators, and pimps from the good men. Just follow Tyrese and Rev’s advice and finally understand the reasons behind your man’s actions. Some men’s behavior can’t be changed, but it’s better to face the truth. No matter how painful or distressing that truth might be, if you know it, you can confront it and move past it. Tyrese and Rev acknowledge that it can be difficult for men to open up, but they present real strategies for men and women to have honest and open discussions about relationship expectations.

With Rev’s hard-earned knowledge on what it takes to make a marriage work, and Tyrese’s sometimes uncomfortable but always straight talk on the single man’s mind-set, Manology is your one true source of knowledge to help you take control of your love life and truly understand your man. 

Soledad with David Pogue

One of Soledad's 1997 interviews on The Site was with David Pogue.

He graduated from Yale University in 1985, summa cum laude with Distinction in Music, and spent ten years working in New York as a Broadway musical conductor.

His tech credentials included writing for Macworld Magazine from 1988-2000. His back-page column was called "The Desktop Critic." He started writing tech books with Macs for Dummies as a followup for the publisher of the "...for Dummies" books, whose first DOS for Dummies, launched the still-popular series.

David Pogue continues to write many non-fiction tech books.

In his segments with Soledad, David Pogue showed his musical side with some parody compositions including (click to play) "Don't Cry for Me Cupertino," "Macmaker," and "I Write the Code."

Pogue became the New York Times personal technology writer in 2000. He continues to write columns in print & online and tech guides such as iPhone: The Missing Manual, The World According to Twitter and David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual.

http://www.davidpogue.com

Mr. Neutron Sings About Soledad O'Brien

Mr. Neutron is a poorly dressed trio from New Jersey consisting of two Italian brothers and a non-Italian drummer. We love and support them not only because they wrote and recorded "Soledad O'Brien" - a late 90s rocking tribute to Soledad in her NBS days - but also because it is so rare to hear a good rock tune with "dichotomy" in the lyrics.

Give a listen to the now classic rock  "Soledad O'Brien"

Mister Neutron now offers a powerful wave of live surf/instrumental music. Though bred on Jersey surf, the boys toured California in 2007, including a two-hour set at the International Surfing Museum in Huntington Beach.

Damian Fanelli, Tony Fanelli and Drew Paradine have been performing and recording together since 1984 and recorded a number of EPs which led to their their first full-length CD, MISTER NEUTRON LOVES YOU, which was released on Deep Eddy Records in 2004. It captures their sound at the time - first the Stevie Ray Vaughan-influenced garage stuff, then the later shift to modern surf/instrumental rock.

There's more about the band and other non-Soledad tracks at:
http://www.misterneutron.com
http://www.garageband.com/artist/mrneutron  
http://www.myspace.com/misterneutron


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O'Brien Hosts Jazz at Lincoln Center

The premise is more than solid: Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra playing new arrangements of Thelonious Monk’s sturdy and still invigorating compositions. Adding to the appeal is a pair of guests: the Monk-steeped pianist Marcus Roberts and, as host, the news personality Soledad O’Brien.

Through Nov. 22 at 8 p.m., Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway

Party With A Purpose

Known as the “party with a purpose,” the ESSENCE Music Festival is the nation’s largest annual gathering of African-American musical talent. It features three days (July 4,5 &6) of cultural celebrations and empowerment seminars and three nights of performances by some of today’s greatest African-American artists.

Performances this year include Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Rihanna, Chris Brown, LL Cool J, Chris Rock, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, Patti Labelle, LL Cool J, and many more.

Empowering, free daytime seminars feature guests Bill Cosby, Dr. Juanita Bynum, Bishop T.D. Jakes, and Tyler Perry, Soledad O'Brien. Soledad will moderate the session on Saturday titled "Finding Solutions" with Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Jabali Sawicki, The Excellence Charter School, Dr. Robert M. Franklin, President of Morehouse College.

EMQ Network, the online network dedicated to the African American collegiate experience, is giving its audience a chance to join the excitement of the 2008 ESSENCE Music Festival presented by Coca Cola in New Orleans, the Ultimate Party Weekend. You can enter for a chance to win tickets for you and a friend to attend the Festival, by creating a profile on myEMQ, adding a video, audio or written blog, telling them in your own creative way why you want to to celebrate the 2008 ESSENCE Music Festival. Go to http://www.emqtv.com/EMF08 to get started. The contest ends promptly at 12:00 AM EST on Thursday June 26th.