Emerging Artist: Jones

Another soulful singer from across the pond has hit the music scene. Cherie Jones, an East London native, caught my attention as I was scrolling through Hearst digital project Sweet on SnapChat's Discover page. 

Jones performed her original song, Hoops, on Huw Stephens Presents — Sweet Sessions. Hoops was produced by XO and Josh Record. Yes, Record is his real last name, which is perfect for a producer.

Jones' performance was accompanied by an electric guitar, which I personally prefer over her completed track on SoundCloud. 



During the sit down session with Huw Stephens, Jones said Hoops is about one person putting more into a relationship than the other. The lyrics sounds like we've all experienced this at one point and time in our lives ... right? "I got to jump through hoops to get to get to you."

Jones natural beauty shines gives her genuine raw talent a boost. Her voice, like her personality, is soft and soulful. Her personal style has a hint of the 1980s and early 1990s with her hi-waisted, loose fitting mom jeans, tank top and half messy bun.

I'm definitely looking forward to hearing and seeing more from this young British artist. 

If you like what you've seen and heard, keep up with Jones here:

facebook.com/jones

twitter.com/iseejones

instagram.com/iseejones

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The Harlem Fine Arts Show Heads to NYC

Vinyl record artist, Lobyn Hamilton, is slated as one of the featured emerging artists. If you were paying attention, you may have seen his work on the hit show on Fox, Empire.

HARLEM, N.Y.

The Harlem Fine Arts Show is on its way to New York City and will set up shop at the historic Riverside Church. The show is known to be the largest of its kind featuring art from the African Diaspora.

The four-day traveling exhibition will have contemporary paintings, sculpture, and photography for sale, and is open to collectors, art enthusiasts, educators and professionals. The HFAS will showcase more than 80 national and international artists and galleries from Feb. 4 - 7, 2016. 

Top 10 Posts Readers Loved in 2015

(Remember this? This was the old banner for Artz of Culturez)

As you can see Artz of Culturez went through several minor changes in 2015. First, I got rid of the blogspot extension. Then I swapped the letter ’s’ to the letter ‘z.’ I also posted an armature head shot of myself on the home page so you can put a face to the ideas that fill up the pages of the blog.

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Some of the new ideas include, Artz of Culturez TV, Diggin’ in the Crates, and Empty-Nest Chronicles. However, I couldn’t help but notice that when I created the Money Culture tab and filled it with personal finance postings for Money Method Mondays, the page views went though the roof. Turns out readers want to know more about how to handle their finances.

The Big Chop in Corporate America

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Looking forward to your comments below, or you can e-mail your views to TCsViews@gmail.com.

NYT Opens Pandora's Box to Race in America

The New York Times is running an Op-Docs series featuring personal stories around race. Individuals give viewers a deeper look at how racial issues in America effects them directly.

• A Conversation With Police on Race
• A Conversation With My Black Son
• A Conversation About Growing Up Black 
• A Conversation With White People on Race

The latest installment, A Conversation With Black Women on Race by Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson, is bound to pull on the heartstrings of any woman of color. It definitely tugged at mine especially when one of the storytellers tried to explain the internal racism that takes place within the Black community. Her story immediately triggered several memories of when I was called a racial slur by someone who had the same color skin and hair texture as me.

"Why do you speak like a white person, don't you know you ain't nothin' but a nigga?" 

As I write this blog post, I recall every moment when my mother told me, as a young child:

"You are black, ugly and that your nose is too big."

These are the internal racial tensions that the storyteller talked about, which plagues Black America everyday.

Until we work on ourselves, educate our children, inform our neighbors and individuals from other backgrounds, we will continue to have these issues. I applaud The New York Times for taking on this project, and I hope that these stories will resonate through the masses.

Watch and listen:

Please feel free to leave your comments below, or you can e-mail your views to TCsViews@gmail.com.

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