ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : DORINDA CLARK COLE "BACK TO YOU"

Dorinda Clark-Cole is a two-time Grammy Award winning American evangelist and gospel singer. She is best known as a member of The Clark Sisters and as a daughter of pioneering choral director Mattie Moss Clark.

Clark-Cole's self-titled solo debut CD Dorinda Clark-Cole,released in 2002,won two Stellar Awards and a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award(Best Female Gospel Artist).The CD featured the hit single "I'm Coming Out". Her second CD, The Rose of Gospel, was released in 2005. The live portions of both albums were produced by Asaph Ward, famous for his work with Kim Burrell, who counts Dorinda as well as the Clark Sisters as a direct vocal influence.Dorinda won one Stellar award.Dorinda was also featured on the title track of Kirk Franklin's Hero album.



After being pushed back from a prematurely stated date in fall 2007,Dorinda Clark-Cole's third solo CD Take It Back was released in April of 2008. The CD included the songs "Faithful", "Praise Your Way Out", "Yesterday", "It's Ok", "No Weapon", "If I Were", "Got To Hold On" and the current radio single "Take It Back".Producers Alex "Asaph" Ward, PAJAM, and Rodney Jerkins contributed to the project. Dorinda recently did a brand new (EP) CD entitled In The Face Of Change which was released in September. This project includes hit songs such as "Change" written by her son J.Cole, "This Is It" and "One World One Love". The CD consists of only six songs.It was released on her own ministry label "Harvestime Ministries".The CD was never heard of and was announced the day of its release. A video on YouTube has a preview of all of the new songs on the record.Dorinda Clark Cole has a funky and surprising blend with her sister Karen Clark Sheard.



Albums/CDs
DorindaClark-Cole (2002)
Live From Houston: The Rose of Gospel (2005)
Take It Back (2008)
In The Face Of Change (EP)(2009)
I Survived (2011)

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : FRANK OCEAN "NOVACANE"

Christopher Francis Ocean (born Christopher Breaux; October 29, 1987),better known as Frank Ocean,he is a singer-songwriter from New Orleans,Louisiana. Ocean was evacuated from the University of New Orleans to Los Angeles California just as Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005, and stayed in Los Angeles to pursue music. Ocean joined Los Angeles based collective OFWGKTA, who he met through his connections.At the end of 2009,he met Tricky Stewart, who helped Ocean sign a contract with Def Jam Recordings as an artist, however,he was initially unable to build a relationship with the company.



In 2010, he changed his name from Christopher Breaux to Christopher Francis Ocean via a legal website.Ocean has written songs for Justin Bieber(with whom he has recorded a song), John Legend, Brandy,and Beyoncé Knowles ('I Miss You' from the album '4'),Ocean has also worked with Nas (on whose 10th studio album Ocean is expected to feature, along with fellow Odd Future members Tyler, the Creator and Hodgy Beats) and Pharrell Williams. On February 18, 2011, Ocean released his first mixtape, nostalgia,ULTRA., to critical acclaim. His music mostly focuses on interpersonal relationships, personal reflection and social commentary.Rolling Stone magazine's Jonah Weiner calls Ocean a "gifted avant-R&B smoothie".In an April 2011 interview, Ocean intimated that his relationship with Def Jam has strengthened since the release of his mixtape.Ocean appeared in Tyler, the Creator's music video for the single "She", from Tyler's 2011 studio album Goblin.Ocean joined his OFWGKTA bandmates for the first time on tour from the beginning of May thru to May 19, 2011. They toured the eastern seaboard of the United States.On May 19, 2011 Ocean's record label Def Jam announced its plans to re-release Nostalgia, Ultra as an EP.



The single "Novacane" was released to iTunes in May and the EP originally was set to be released on July 26, 2011, but through his Tumblr blog on July 24th, he stated that it would not be released on that date.In June 2011, Ocean revealed on his Tumblr that he would be working on the upcoming Kanye West and Jay-Z collaborative album, Watch The Throne.Ocean was ultimately a writer and featured artist on the Watch The Throne tracks "No Church in the Wild" and "Made in America".Ocean released a new song titled "Thinking About You" on July 28.