Noel Gourdin appears cool, calm and collected before gracing the stage for ATL Live on the Park at the serene Park Tavern in Atlanta. The evening has birthed perfect spring weather, ambiance and the soulful sounds of the Brockton, Massachusetts native with Pachuta, Mississippi roots. Donning a suit, one may mistake the singer-songwriter for a preacher. Perhaps it’s those southern cultural traces that run deep in his veins like the Mississippi River Delta. Gourdin’s sound is one that is a pleasi

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Ray J has established himself in the entertainment world in music and reality TV. In addition to taking on the new role as a husband, he recently developed Hairtroniks, which serves as the home for his sister Brandy’s Brakari and wife Princess’ Prella hairlines. He has also partnered with celebrity barber Lisa B’s lifestyle brand delivering grooming oil and the Sprush. The 69th annual Bronner Bros show showcased the goods with the family on board, including Brandy and Ray J’s mother, Sonja Norw

While ATL Live on the Park has been a huge success for co-founders Shanti Das and Marlon Nichols, they couldn’t have been more proud for the first annual Hip-Hop Unplugged: Old School Meets New School Edition which ushered in the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2013. ATL Live which is held at Park Tavern has earned a reputation for bringing Atlanta stellar performances in a mature manner and is always full of surprises. The most exciting part is being able to enjoy an intimate atmosphere with the socialites

Opening up for a headliner can be a huge challenge but Anna Lunoe, the DJ who hails from Sydney, Australia held it down with good music and energy as she prepped for the opening act. L.A. singer BANKS clearly has a voice, but it wasn’t her song “Waiting Game” that won us over. When she began belting out Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor” everyone froze and then nodded as she hit all the right notes. I’m not sure if it was because she sang it so well that Ms. Hill would be proud or because she was white a

The universe has to recognize you as a bad-mamma-jamma when Prince is a fan of your work and takes the time to give you shout outs during his test tweet session after joining Twitter as the Purple King did few weeks ago. Janelle Monae is the BMJ I’m talking about, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s got Janelle on speed dial, especially since he will be featured on her sophomore album The Electric Lady which drops September 10th. There’s something divinely special about the ultra talent who is u