Taste Test Live

Taste Test live returns with the weekly music discussion with news about Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande and Vince Staples plus we are joined in the studio with this week's guest, landscape photographer & artist Darryl Green who dropped by to discuss his involvement on upcoming projects such as the Eyes Wide Open Photography Exhibition in Jacksonville's Memorial Park and his band, Universal Green's performances at the annual Jacksonville PorchFest. Darryl also discussed the parallels between music and photography and creating a legacy.

Taste Test Live welcomes love duo The Suedes (Cyrus Quaranta & Linzy Lauren) who dropped by the studio to share how they two met and co-writing songs. Also hear two exclusive live performances (Toast & Freckles) along with an first-ever interview by @thesuedesmusic 🎻🎤💑🎶🎵

 

"The Suedes is a stage name for the on-stage duo and real-life couple Linzy Lauren and Cyrus Quaranta, that formed in early 2018 as a way to tell the stories of their life together through music. Linzy plays the ukulele and Cyrus plays double-bass and guitar, combining their voices to cover classic duets, pop tunes, and original pieces of their own -interspersed with stories from their life together."

Hosted by @damien.lamar and @bluefranswa, Taste Test Live #podcast is back with your weekly update and features an in-depth music digestion about the latest in urban music, exclusive tracks, remixes and more.  This week's show, Damien gets steamy and overly sensual with a seductive story about "Honey on the Lips", after which he named this week's mix show. Damien also reviews his favorites from the week, which included "The Newbies Lift Off" from the upcoming release from jazz drummer, Makaya McCraven, new music from H.E.R. and the latest release from Maxwell.

In addition to this week's "Put This In Your Mouth" segment, we welcome guest Mia Salter from the band, Heart of Elaine, who joins debuts an exclusive, live in-studio acoustic version of their new single "You". Damien and Blue in the studio as discusses how she came up with the name of the band, getting a start in the local music scene and winning The Hamiltones Instagram contest - which landed her on stage in front of thousands!

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Taste Test Live is a music digestion podcast. Hosted by singer, radio host & producer, Damien Lamar along with his co-host, Blue Franswa, photographer and serial-entrepreneur & songstress, MJbaker.  Taste Test Live features in-depth music discussion, passion-filled opinions, and interviews by creatives, change-makers, exclusive tracks and more.

Hosted by @damien.lamarand @bluefranswa, Taste Test Live #podcast is back with your weekly update and features an in-depth discussion about the latest in urban music, exclusive tracks, remixes and more.  This week's show, Damien his favorites from the week, along with news about @seinabosey @erykahbadu @homergaines @johnlegend @ellamai @marshaambrosious @tyresegibson @macmiller

And guess what? It’s a “Happy Day” with week’s guest is a film-maker and history buff, Emanuel Washington, who joins Damien and Blue in the studio as discusses his new film documentary about the creator of the gospel classic “Oh Happy Day: The Journey of a Song” by the godfather of contemporary gospel music Edwin Hawkins.

 

About Emanuel Washington

Since 1999 Emanuel Washington and his partner, Tiffany Duhart, have been working to bring exposure and promote the cultural arts entertainment in Jacksonville through their company, Nokturnal Escape, LLC. For Emanuel, it really began when he noticed that there was a missing audience at events that were of artistic value. The desire to spread the word became his mission and with this came the creation of Jacksonville’s biggest and longest-running spoken-word and live music event, Soul Release. Emanuel has also produced plays from local writers, fashion show after parties and historic parties for regional and national artists. As Nokturnal Escape grew, they began to provide marketing services to companies like the Florida Black Expo, the St. Augustine Amphitheater, the Ritz Theater the Florida Theater Florida State College of Jacksonville Broadway productions of Drumline Live, The Color Purple and more. In 2012 Emanuel filmed and produced a documentary entitled “We remember Raines, an American high school” which was screened at the Auburn African-American Library in Atlanta, Georgia.

Currently, Emanuel is the Creative Director of a literacy program entitled “Before e-mail: A reader’s theater production.” After creating “Before e-mail,” the program was presented during the second year of One Spark crowdfunding event. It was also highlighted in an ARBUS article entitled “20 Set to Shine.” As a result, the program was picked up by the Jacksonville Public Library and featured live performances at various library branches. Emanuel Washington is currently working on his next film and is proud to be joining the board of DieRections, Inc. He discovered that he had met Loutricia Gebbs-Tolbert, the Director, at an earlier session of Soul Release Poetry. It is with great honor that he is joining her in support of the inspiring work at DieRections, Inc.

We're back with another fun episode of Taste Test Live with this week's guests Hip Hop independent artist, Jay Ham and newcoming, singer-songwriter Lydia who joins us to discuss music news, mainstream record labels, the music industry. Jay Ham ("Just Another Young Hungry Artist Manifested") also shares the powerful and inspiring new single, "We Are Power" aimed at raising the vibration and consciousness at the Black community to remind them not to forget where they came from.

Also be sure to check out the new segment called "Put This In Your Mouth" with news about Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Spotify, Netflix, Esperanza Spalding and more.

Follow JAY HAM on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @officialjayham

In the latest episode of “Taste Test Live”, hosts Damien Lamar and Blue Franswa is joined in the studio with guitarist, singer-songwriter Goliath Flores who discusses the news of the week, discusses his passion for music and plays two original songs.

This week, we're joined by a special guest Braheem Larke for our music news of the week and joins in the discussion and Taste Test show recap. Braheem also shares his extensive Hip Hop knowledge, his new company Milliionare Mindpower and listen as he shares some insightful financially-charged conversation centered around economic empowerment for this generation as well as his business partnersip with myEcon, Inc. a growing, Black-owned is a privately held, debt free company based in Atlanta.

Follow Braheem Larke on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/braheem.larke1 or his company website at http://www.millionairemindpower.com

Taste Test Live is a music digestion podcast. Hosted by singer, radio host & producer, Damien Lamar along with his co-host, Blue Franswa, photographer and serial-entrepreneur & songstress, MJbaker.  Taste Test Live features in-depth music discussion, passion-filled opinions, and interviews by creatives, change-makers, exclusive tracks and more.