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buzzz worthy. . . For the third consecutive year, Grammy, Stellar, Dove, BET and NAACP Image  Award-winning Gospel mega-star Fred Hammond returns to the road with the Festival of Praise 2016 Tour, the star-studded national event he founded several years ago.  The kick off date is October 7th, at Oakland’s Paramount Theatre, and will reach over 50 major cities across the country, running through December, 2016.  (See list of confirmed dates, cities and venues below with more to follow.) “FOP 2016 is going to be off the chain!,” Hammond said, adding, “ The thing I love about this tour is that no matter who you are or where you’ve come from, you’re guaranteed to have a great time, something is surely going to inspire you, and you’re going to want to come back again and again! You definitely don’t want to miss this so don’t be late because we’ve got an incredible show planned from beginning to end!” One of the most revered singer/songwriter/producers in Christian m...

buzzz worthy. . . Casey J celebrated the eighth annual Record Store Day (a national observance that celebrates independent record store retailers and the purchase of vinyl albums/LPs) this past Saturday with a mini-concert before an enthusiastic, capacity crowd at DBS Sounds, an independent music retailer in Riverdale, GA. The bubbly singer thrilled the crowd with cuts from her debut album “The Truth” (Marquis Boone Enterprises/Tyscot Records) which hits both physical and online digital stores everywhere this Tuesday, April 21st. The album’s featured radio single “Fill Me Up” has spent eight weeks in the #1* spot on Billboard Magazine’s Gospel Airplay chart and three weeks atop of its Hot Gospel Songs hybrid chart (streaming, sales and airplay). The 12-song set of songs was recorded live during a standing room only concert this past January at the Fresh Start Church in Duluth, Georgia where Casey J...