Nashville, TN —  Ben Tankard is the best-selling Gospel/Jazz Artist of all-time, a 15-time Stellar Award winner and a Stellar Music Hall of Fame inductee.  He has sold 15 Gold and 6 Platinum records and has earned numerous Dove, Grammy, Soul Train Award nominations and a 2019 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Jazz Recording.  This year marked his first #1 […]

Nashville, TN — With almost 30 years of award-winning, platinum-selling, chart-topping radio hits, Ben Tankard’s “Rise” marks his first #1 Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay single. “Rise” also rose to the #1 spot on the Mediabase Smooth Jazz Radio Chart and Smooth Jazz Top 20 with Allen Kepler on SmoothJazzNetwork.com. Emerging right on the heels of “Rise” is Tankard’s new follow-up single […]

A veteran pilot who passed away mid-flight from Phoenix and Boston more than likely suffered a heart attack.

Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to become a  licensed pilot.  She became one of the most famous African American women in aviation…

As BET preps for the new year, Bishop T.D. Jakes, of Dallas-based mega church The Potter’s House, has been tapped for the network’s new faith-based initiatives beyond Sunday mornings.   According to Variety magazine and the ChristianPost.com, Bishop Jakes recently shot a pilot for a talk show 2013. Charlie Jordin Brookins, Senior VP of original […]