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The 2nd Annual SoulTracks Awards and All-Star weekend brought many intriguing elements to the host city of Detroit. Friday night kicked off the 2nd Annual Awards Show hosted by Jodine’s Corner, Jodine Dorce (Atlanta) and Detroit radio personality, Mason. While the evening’s theme centered on rewarding the best of the soul music industry, the cause stayed ever present with 100% of the proceeds going to the Cornerstone Schools. There were performances by the Female Vocalist of the Year, Conya Doss, April Hill, Algebra, Heston, Monica Blaire, Sy Smith, Gordon Chambers and a riveting tribute to The Dramatics by Phil Perry. To view photos from the weekend, please visit the Fusicology Photo Gallery. All images displayed are courtesy of Stevie’s Soul Photos

NIKKA COSTA is BACK! Pebble To A Pearl, will be released on October 14, 2008 on the Newly Re-Launched Stax in Conjunction with Nikka’s own Go Funk Yourself Records. Preview and Order

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2009 dates set for April, 17, 18 & 19

BOXMUSIC 02: Scott K. + Laithie vs ‘08AMA - “Dreams of Unity”
Download Free | Video of track paired with street art (amazing!)

ERIC ROBERSON presents “Pave A New Road” - bonus track on a project called Rockin’ The Vote from My Muze and Rock The Vote. Hear the song and photo video here

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Friday Oct 17th - Los Angeles: DJ ?uestlove with special guest Travis McCoy from Gym Class Heroes and more for the Fusicology 5 Year + LA Fashion week and Voter Registration! more…

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Our country is facing serious times. On the heels of sky-high fuel prices this summer, a massive financial crisis has sent the economy into a tailspin this fall.

Green For All founder Van Jones has proposed a powerful green cure. His first book, The Green Collar Economy, hitting bookstores tomorrow October 7th.

Pick up your copy and learn how we can move the country toward a fully clean and renewable economy – one strong enough to fight pollution, cut poverty and put America back to work.

Last Week: Digital Music Forum West Thurs 10.2 & Fri 10.3 at the Hollywood Roosevelt: Live Broadcast. Also this weekend: The SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards in Detroit plus the Global Mixx Music Retreat in Chicago | Read interview with G-Mixx Founder Mary Datcher

This Week: Re(new) Urbanism 10.12 - 10.15: Your savvy authority on the most authentic alternative urban experiences in 17 North American cities, Fusicology, will be sponsoring and participating in the 2nd Annual Creative Cities Summit 2.0, where hundreds of forward-thinking professionals, artists, and community leaders from all over America will converge @ the Detroit Renaissance Center to discuss what makes a city a hip place to be and more… Register | Blog

Just 2 weeks away! 10/20 - 10/25 New York: CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival

Humboldt County Movie, now playing.

Daniel Pearl World Music Days during the entire month of October. Events and artist listings at DanielPearl.org

The infamous and now historical Temple Bar in Santa Monica, CA has officially shut it’s doors. We promoted many shows in their 9 year tenure, one very unforgettable one was with Peven Everett back in 2003, when Fusicology first launched - view photos. Our 5 Year announcements next week, stay tuned!

DECLARE YOURSELF! Register to vote - Time is running out! DeclareYourself.com

VOTING NOTICE: An important reminder not to go to the polls wearing any Obama (or whoever you are voting for) shirts, pins, hats, etc. It is against the law and will be grounds to have the polling officials to turn you away. This is considered campaigning and no one can campaign within X amount of feet of the polls.

This Friday, listen live to Divine Forces Radio on KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles or online as Fusicology Founder Asya Shein is a guest on the weekly show, 10:30p PST. A string of powerful events throughout LA including last night’s powerful 5 hour presentation by David Icke followed by this weekend’s Digital Music Forum West, 10th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival, Artivist Film Festival and The Elevate Film Festival on Sunday. Last weekend started the conscious constant of events with We The People, Green Jobs Now & Soundlessons: Obama Benefit benefit - view photos

GREEN FOR ALL! This Saturday 09.27 is the National Day of Action. Learn More | Organize | Volunteer

Daniel Pearl World Music Days during the entire month of October. Events and artist listings at DanielPearl.org

“FEEL GOOD : VOTE” This soap for your shower embossed with the giant word VOTE on one side and FEEL GOOD on the other… a daily reminder to register to vote, and then… VOTE! kalastyle.com

Obama + Cool Kids Remix: Why Obama. Our good friends at Vimby.com present Episode 2 of The Obama Remix video series.

VOTING NOTICE: An important reminder not to go to the polls wearing any Obama (or whoever you are voting for) shirts, pins, hats, etc.  It is against the law and will be grounds to have the polling officials to turn you away.  This is considered campaigning and no one can campaign within X amount of feet of the polls.  Spread the Word!

DECLARE YOURSELF! Register to vote @ DeclareYourself.com | Show your support with an Obama USB Wristband obama08wristband.com

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10/03 - 10/05 Chicago: Global Mixx Music Retreat

10/03 - 10/04 Detroit: The SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards

10/20 - 10/25 New York: CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival

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Fusicology’s New Imeem Fall Launch Playlist

The 2nd Annual MANIFESTO Festival of Music & Art tears through Toronto for 5 days featuring 120+ artists at 7 venues across the city. September 17th -21st. more…

GREEN FOR ALL! Next Saturday 09.27 is the National Day of Action. Learn More | Organize | Volunteer

Nu Soul Strictly Social: Atlanta Edition event during the International Soul Music Summit: blog

DECLARE YOURSELF! Register to vote @ DeclareYourself.com

Daniel Pearl World Music Days in October - events and artist listings at DanielPearl.org

Nobody Famous Presents: Order Up! Volume 2: Biscuits N Gravy. The series is a collection of projects produced by Nobody Famous to showcase his talents as a producer by collaborating with various artists from different musical genres - Download for free!

BOLISTIK self titled debut album was formed by the uniting forces of producer/drummer Ben Krames (Jungleshack Music) and label owner/bassist Jetsun Bradford-Ebey (Good Worx Music Group): iTunes

1600 Avenue presented the 2008 Hip Hop Leaders World Peace Conference at UCLA where members of the hip hop community discuss how they can better serve the at-risk youth of LA. Watch Video

Interested in an internship in a fast-paced creative environment? Fusicology.com Los Angeles is looking for an intern and marketing assistant, see our postings here

Intern for KCRW Chocolate City Host Garth Trinidad in creating his EPK - please apply using this contact form

BOLISTIK self titled debut album was formed by the uniting forces of producer/drummer Ben Krames (Jungleshack Music) and label owner/bassist Jetsun Bradford-Ebey (Good Worx Music Group). While the focus of the album is on Hip-Hop, Roots Reggae, Dancehall Reggae, and R&B its broader scope incorporates music from all over the world.

BOLISTIK features Junior Reid, Lutan Fyah, Ras Attitude, Rankin Scroo and top reggae legend Yami Bolo. Other artists that shine on this heartfelt revolutionary album include Radioactive of Spearhead, Havana born rapper Mano Negra, Morocco native Bouchaib Abdelhadi and San Francisco Bay area MC/piano virtuoso, Kev Choice among others.

It’s because of these experienced artists and dedicated peacemakers that BOLISTIK seamlessly fuses styles combining fruitful sounds from many cultures. This truly is world music and as such it belongs to all the people of this world.

The BOLISTIK album is available now on CD Baby, and iTunes

www.goodworxmusic.com
www.myspace.com/bolistikmusic

Green Jobs Now is coming up on September 27th, a National Day of Action. See about organizing an event, partaking in one already set up, sign the “I’m Ready” petition and educate yourselves thru blog stories, videos and more @ www.greenjobsnow.com

Obama+MKL Remix 08 c/o our good friends at Vimby.com - the video references MLK’s “I Have a Dream” and mixed parts into Barack’s DNC speech. watch here | more videos

Obama artwork finalists judged by Shepard Fairey, Guggenheim Curator and others, view all @ MoveOn.org

We at Fusicology understand the importance of registering, educating, and mobilizing voters in this upcoming election - spread the word @ www.ivoteyouvote.com/

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New newsletters, improved Web 2.0 site functionality and more coming soon. Stay tuned for our 5 Year (F5) Anniversary this fall.

In the early morning hours of Friday August 8th, Fusicology.com was brought down by an SQL injection.  Over 500,000 websites got hit, amongst Government sites, Joolma, Sony Playstation and countless others namely on Microsoft’s SQL database server. We have since rebuilt the database and have given the site a whole new improved look and feel with many features to be added on in the next coming weeks.

If you are a promoter and would like your event listed or edited, refer to the Upload Event page, to contact us for advertising or other inquiries, please Contact Us.  We’re in 17 cities so make sure you subscribe to your chosen Mailing List(s) - a lot in store for our Five Year (F5) Anniversary this fall!

It is great to be back and from all the emails, calls and personal comments for the 10 days we were down and rebuilding, we know you love having this site back too!

- Fusicology Staff

Barack Obama’s historic candidacy has sparked an unprecedented artistic outpouring. Now, in partnership with Shepard Fairey and his Obey Giant collective, anyone with a pen and paper qualifies, to share their talents and help elect Barack Obama at the same time.  Manifest Hope, a new Obama art contest for 2D and 3D art, from painting to photography to sculpture. Final submissions deadline is August 18th at 11:59 a.m. EST. - Get started today

GoTryke.com will soon launch into outer space, but Fusicology tastemakers are privy to the newest and most innovative web magazine before the buzz hits the streets. GoTryke.com is about the vehicles that take us there and the experiences we have along the way. Find the latest news and features on green cars, celebrity cars, travel, fashion, music and design around the world. Gotryke.com is where Culture and Transportation converge.

Strange Fruit Project - Music Box: Listen and Learn

Stones Throw Podcast 888: Area Codes by Peanut Butter Wolf: Download

3rd Annual The International Soul Music Summit (ISMS), Atlanta Friday September 12th & Saturday the 13th

Chris Webber hosted his third annual Bada Bling Celebrity Weekend in Vegas to raise funds for his Foundation. The weekend included a celebrity poker event, a little bash at Privé with D-Nice & Too $hort, a Soiree with Raphael Saadiq & Gladys Knight with host Mark Curry, live auction and a private afrerparty at Koi at Planet Hollywood.

Tons of celebrity athletes and celebrities including Rip Hamilton, Juwan Howard, Baron Davis, Shawn Marion, Scot Pollard, Tichina Arnold, Derek Fisher, Terry Crews, Finesse Mitchell, Kenny Smith and many others came out in full force to support one of the most amazing givers in the world of athlete philanthropy. Full Story @ Athlebrites.com | Starting Five Blog | CWebbs’s Blog + Photos

Mrs. Yancey speaks out about J Dilla’s Estate read article, in response to last month’s article

The Front Lines Tour: Myspace | Mission | Tour Dates | Live Blog | Donate Now!

FREE FOR ALL! Documentary download for free

LAST DAY: Erykah Badu remix contest | Russell Taylor’s 1st single remix | Sunny Side Remix Project