Esperanza Spalding - Beautiful, Soulful, Fun, Incredibly Talented!


I can't believe that I only discovered her a few days ago while she sang "If I was your Girlfriend" for Prince's tribute at the BET Awards.

It is so refreshing to hear this kind of music and singing. She's soulful, jazzy, she is a pro jazz bass player, and her voice is beautiful!

I was instantly drawn to her music and singing after seeing her at the BET Awards and have been listening to her music non-stop!

Check her her website and MySpace page! This is exactly the kind of artist I want to see live!




Joy Ike's Sophomore Album "Rumors"


It is easy to label an artist as soulful, but increasing difficult to find a real soul artist in today’s music scene. Joy Ike is the needle in the haystack. Her recently released sophomore album, 'Rumors', rises above the rest busting through with a soul sound that has drawn comparisons to Norah Jones, Fiona Apple, and Regina Spektor.

Her single "Sweeter" has received praise from NPR’s music critics with All Things Considered calling her, "a unique blend of neo-soul, with just the right dash of pop...a truly compelling act to watch."

'Rumors' has also racked up an incredible amount of attention in her hometown of Pittsburg, PA and has garnered new listeners across the country building a band of passionate new followers.

Joy released 'Rumors' her second full length album independently and continues a grassroots attempt to stay true to her values.

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Sonny Rollins Receives Miles Davis Award


Tenor sax player, Sonny Rollins won the Miles Davis Award last Sunday at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Previous recipients of this award include Ornette Coleman, McCoy Tyner and Mike Stern. It is meant to honour an international artist for the entire body of his or her work.

His nickname is the Saxophone Colossus and he has been performing for the past five decades! His original style is bebop, but he has also explored other genres such as calypso, funk, R&B and pop.

Sonny Rollins will be touring in various venues throughout Europe, Japan, and New York until November. Check out his touring dates here.

Check out Sonny's video library, including his Podcasts, peformance clips, interviews and special features about the Sonny Rollins Group on his website.

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Beautiful Japanese Tattoos for Girls

From beautiful, exotic flowers to fierce Japanese dragon tattoos, or even large intricately designed samurai warriors, Japanese tattoo symbols and designs work for everyone and anyone. A Japanese koi fish tattoo swimming lazily across a woman's hip, a tiny ring of beautiful cherry blossoms fused together as an armband or at the ankle, a fierce looking emerald serpent slithering up someone's calf, or a samurai warrior and a lady embracing on a back – as wonderful as this art of Horimono seems to be – you might very well find yourself being lured into getting all of these beautiful Japanese symbols and designs made on your body.

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Tiger Tattoo Designs - Meaning and Ideas
















One of the most popular type of tattoo tiger tattoo today. They essentially represent power, but also can have other meanings. For the Japanese samurai, the tiger was used as a character. If you are thinking about obtaining a tiger tattoo, you should know that it is usually determined on a fairly large size. Most chose the place for it is the biceps, because the primary importance is power.


When people think about the Tigers, the first things that come to mind are the strength and courage, but there are other things they represent. Beauty, pride, passion and sensuality, are just some of the many symbols of the tiger might suggest. Unfortunate decline in the tigers only have even more popular amongst tattoo enthusiasts. Tigers are one of the endangered species, and there are plenty of people who fight for their protection. There are fewer than five thousand tigers in Asia and the fear that at some point may disappear completely from the surface, which would be incredibly sad reality.

Usually the colors used for tiger tattoos are black, gold and yellow. However, you can find patterns that are much more complex and use other colors too, but remember that tattoos are more difficult it will get more expensive. So the best way to proceed is to get the design that you like, print it and show it to the tattoo artist. If the design is complicated, you should also do your research on the artist. I sure would not want a tattoo go differently than you expected.

So if you think the tiger represents you and you like the look of this type of tattoo, I see no reason why you should not do. Many people choose a design based on what they believe and less on what it looks like.

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BET Awards Prince with Lifetime Achievement Award


Sunday night, BET awarded Prince with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Four incredible women, Janelle Monae, Esperanza Spalding, Alicia Keys, and Patti Labelle paid tribute to the music legend by performing "Let's Go Crazy", "If I was your Girlfriend", "Adore", and "Purple Rain". One could really not be moved after seeing these great artists perform for Prince, and moved he was. After their performance, Prince received the Lifetime Achievement Award and gave a great speech which you can listen to below.


Now Prince will be on his way to Europe, where he will be performing in several countries. Soon he will also be releasing his new album 20Ten through the Belgian newspaper "Het Nieuwsblad" and the German "Rolling Stone" magazine. I am very excited to see how it will be released in North America (in particular Canada :-))

In the meantime enjoy the tribute, the ladies were amazing and I got to discover a new amazing talent Esperanza Spalding, I can't stop listening to her music since Sunday!


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Dragon Tattoo Designs - How to Choose the Perfect Tattoo

When it comes to getting a tattoo, one of the coolest ones for guys to get is dragon tattoo designs. The reason we recommend these kinds of tattoo's is because dragons are extremely manly and can protect anything. Women want a man that is strong and they feel safe with. The tattoo will make the girl think that you are that kind of guy. Another reason these tattoos are so great is because you can do so many different things with them!

1-Decide where it is going to be

When choosing your dragon tattoo design, the first thing you are going to need to do is decide where you are going to want to put it. For dragons, a great place is the back of the calf, the forearm, or the side of your stomach. Some guys like to put them across their upper back also.

2-The color

The color of the tattoo is actually really important, but the truth is black and white tattoo's are really cool if you do them correctly. We recommend you start off with getting your tattoo black and white then go back later and add color to it if you feel the need to do so.

3-The actual design

Getting a tattoo of a dragon alone will be cool, but if you add some stuff to it, then it will be even cooler. If you want your tattoo to look really manly then have the dragon blowing fire or breathing smoke. Another great thing to do is get a henna tattoo with a dragon in the middle.

Foot Tattoo Designs For Girls - Stylish Tattoos For Sexy Feet

Foot tattoo designs are becoming increasingly popular among girls nowadays. The reason for its popularity is the fact that its in an area of the body where it can easily be concealed when needed. And then there's the satisfaction that it definitely look very sexy and interesting when flaunted. Nothing looks hot and flirty than stylish tattoo peeking out of one's stiletto. Girls definitely love the attention it draws to themselves.

As pretty and appealing as it is, there are several disadvantages that come with it. Designs for foot tattoos tend to be smaller in size so they take less time to ink. This pose a very potential problem to watch out for and that is ink migration. Especially since there are lot of movements in the feet area so they are more susceptible to fading and may require touch-ups in the future. The foot is also a painful part of the body to get tattooed as there are lots of nerve endings in that area plus the fact that there are less tissues to cushion the skin during tattooing process.

However, girls could not resist sporting a sexy foot tattoos that they don't mind the maintenance required and pain that come with it. The most popular tat designs are flower like cherry blossoms, lotus, and hibiscus. Symbols like stars, letters, heart and fairies w0hich look cute even in miniature sizes are also favored a lot. Floral designs and tribal patterns that go either on the top of the foot or on the sides are also sought after designs. These kinds of tat theme work very well to create a cute feminine look that are lot of girls would love to have tattooed on their body.

5 Tips to Hot and Sexy Tattoo Designs For Girls

Hot girls could really turn heads everywhere they go but girls with hot and sexy tattoo designs could really make men drool. Tattoos are some of the most noticeable images or 'permanent' accessories that anyone could place on their bodies and seeing such masterpieces on women could really redefine what is meant to be cool - particularly if they're hot and sexy... The following discusses five of the hottest and sexiest design variations for tattoos that would really look great on any girl.

A Fairy at My Ankle

Hot and sexy tattoo designs can be placed anywhere on a girl's body and would still come out as striking as any other tattoo designs, even if it is located on or near the ankle. Such sexy designs can be very flirty and can even be enticing to look at. However, the image you should choose should make you more appealing and exotic instead of choosing something 'cute' or 'safe'. One of the best images that a girl can choose would be the sleek and sexy fairy designs that would conform to the curves and contours on her ankle area.

An Angel at My Back

A sleek and sexy angel sporting mighty eternal wings placed at any girl's back can really be a great hot and sexy tattoo design sample as anything else. Forego the cute and charming cherubs and baby-like angel images and choose a more exotic, bold-looking and utterly sexy angel design. You can even be more exotic and bolder and choose a 'dark angel' theme for your design and create a sexier effect.

Dragons: Sexy and Dangerous

Bold and daring girls would not want plain and simple tattoo designs on their bodies but would rather choose something sexy and dangerous. And what can elicit a sense of danger and at the same time something exotic and sexy better than a dragon. Having a dragon design at the lower portion of a girl's back or even at the shoulders can elicit both a sense of power and sleek beauty that only a dragon can bring.

Tigers: Bold and Different

The same effect that dragons can bring as sexy and dangerous-looking designs, tigers too can be hot and sexy tattoo designs for girls particularly if placed at the back for everyone to see. The design should not take a large portion of the back though and can be placed anywhere between the shoulders and the hips. It would be great to leave some area of skin untouched for that sexier and sleeker effect.

Say It in another Language

For some people, an image that is beautiful to look at but something people may not completely understand would be a great sexy design samples. Words like 'beautiful' or even 'sexy' written in Chinese, Japanese or any other exotic languages and script can really have a sexy effect if tattooed on the back, arms or legs. Bold and beautiful, sleek and sexy - these are traits that some women would like their image to project. They can do this with jewelry and clothing but nothing can create a more powerful effect than having a hot and sexy tattoo design on their bodies.

Sexy Tattoos - Tattoos For Women is a Growing Trend

Sexy tattoos for women have become quite popular in the past few years. Beautiful tattoos have been around since men and women first began walking on the earth. Tattoos were a symbol of bravery, or a sign of the god that they believed in. Some feminine tattoo designs may even tell a short story, or could be a bloodline. There are many things tattoos could represent in today's society. They are still used in many tribal activities today.

Many women think that they are very sexy. A women is never too old to get small cute tattoos; one woman was 62 years old when she got her very first one. Most women choose to have their feminine tattoo designs printed on one of their breast, or around the ankles, however, other women like for it to go on their lower back or the stomach area just above their bikini line.

Beautiful Tattoos

Many women like beautiful tattoos so much that they have tattoos all over their bodies; but take it from a guy, too many tattoos on a woman takes away from their natural beauty, however, a few small feminine tattoos do look very good, especially if they say something that lets a man know what she wants. Such as, a tattoo on the abdomen that says, "The fun starts here", and has an arrow that points down.

Sexy tattoos for women are much better to have if they are colored in, more than a tattoo that has no color at all. There are thousands of sexy tattoos for women not only at the tattoo studio, but you can find many beautiful ones online. Once you find the one that you feel is perfect for you, you can save the picture in your documents, print it out on your printer, and take it to the studio. The artist should not have any trouble transferring the print to you.

Small Cute Tattoos

Small cute tattoos can be pictures of a girl's favorite animal, or even something mystical; it could even be of something that has a particular meaning to them. There are many mystical creatures that supposedly have mystical properties by wearing one. Such feminine tattoo designs, as a gold fish, or an ankh, even fairies and wizards. Symbols are also a very popular item for small feminine tattoos.

After your new beautiful tattoos has been imprinted on your arm, of course, the artist will tell you to keep it clean, and this is very important. If proper care is not taken, the tattoo could become infected. If you feel abnormal pain, or more pain than you think you should, or if there is an increase in swelling, more than likely it has become infected. This is not due to the artist using a bad needle or anything like that, it just happens. Just like getting a piercing sometimes it becomes infected. You can use a good antibiotic cream to help keep your tattoos clean, this should be applied as soon as you get home. A little preventive medicine will help keep the tattoo from becoming infected.

Hot Designs And Styles For Girls

Floral - Of course these are pretty self explanatory but flower tattoos are the perfect match to fit beautifully with the female body. The curves of the vines and the color of the flower blossom works perfectly together to create beautiful feminine design. Keep in mind the symbolism behind different flowers can play an important role in the design of these tattoos.

Japanese Koi - Japanese koi fish tattoos are quickly becoming a very hot item for women to get. They represent power and strength. The beauty of the color with the blue water and the gold and yellow scales on the fish make for a very brilliant colorful tattoo design that works great on the female body be it a side tattoo or a half sleeve design.

Cherry Blossom - Also a traditional Japanese tattoo design these are quickly becoming very popular. The cherry blossom is delicate, beautiful and lives a short brilliant and bright life and then fall tragically on the snow to die. The symbolism here is to live life to the fullest to be bold and beautiful and live each day to it's fullest. This is a great reminder for all of us and how everyone should live their lives.

Angels - Angels and fairies have always been popular with women as well as butterflies. There is just something magical and special about wings and the colors and meaning behind such designs work well for women. The flowing lines of wings and the feminine shapes of the fairies or angels create a beautiful looking design.
The Sexiest Tattoos For Girls and Locations to Get a Theme Tattooed on Your Body

Have you been wondering what is going to be hot in the world of tattoo designs this year? Every year it seems like the trends and what is popular in the world of tattoos changes. This year it is no different and the sexiest and best tattoos for girls are quickly becoming clear. Yes even though it is early in 2010 you can already see the major trends of what is going to be hot this year and even into next year. This article will look at the top locations and the hottest tattoo design trends.

Locations For Hot Female Tattoo Designs

Of course you can always get a tattoo on any part of the body you want. The list below just gives some of the most popular places to get inked on the female body. If you already have somewhere in mind then great but if you are still trying to think of the location for your tattoo design then by all means read what is below and take the ideas into consideration and see what works best for you and the tattoo you want.

Hip Tattoos - This is one of the newest and most sexy areas for female tattoo designs. It used to be the lower back tattoo was the sexy location but this has changed and now one of the new even hotter places to get a design in on the hip. They are easy to hide when needed in a professional setting but a great pair of hip hugger jeans will also reveal at least the top if not all of these great tattoos.

Upper Back - The upper back tattoo is the new answer to the lower back tramp stamp. Yes the lower back has been overdone and over played at this point but have no fear the upper back tattoo is just as sexy if not more so and works well for larger designs. This gives you almost unlimited possibilities for hot tattoo designs.

Half Sleeve - Sleeve tattoos be them full sleeve, half sleeve or even quarter sleeves were once the domain of men's tattoos. However, no more women are going bolder with their tattoos and designs as well as the locations on their bodies. More and more women are getting sleeve tattoos these days and they are sexy.

Side Tattoos For Girls - Side tattoos are also another very hot trend in tattoo designs for women. These typically start down low around the waist area and then come up on the side. These can go up into the rib cage area. Just keep in mind the higher on the ribs you go the more painful the tattoo will be but often these are such great designs that it will be worth the pain.

Dragon Tattoo Designs - How to Choose the Perfect Tattoo

When it comes to getting a tattoo, one of the coolest ones for guys to get is dragon tattoo designs. The reason we recommend these kinds of tattoo's is because dragons are extremely manly and can protect anything. Women want a man that is strong and they feel safe with. The tattoo will make the girl think that you are that kind of guy. Another reason these tattoos are so great is because you can do so many different things with them!

1-Decide where it is going to be

When choosing your dragon tattoo design, the first thing you are going to need to do is decide where you are going to want to put it. For dragons, a great place is the back of the calf, the forearm, or the side of your stomach. Some guys like to put them across their upper back also.

2-The color

The color of the tattoo is actually really important, but the truth is black and white tattoo's are really cool if you do them correctly. We recommend you start off with getting your tattoo black and white then go back later and add color to it if you feel the need to do so.

3-The actual design

Getting a tattoo of a dragon alone will be cool, but if you add some stuff to it, then it will be even cooler. If you want your tattoo to look really manly then have the dragon blowing fire or breathing smoke. Another great thing to do is get a henna tattoo with a dragon in the middle.

Megan Fox Bashes Tattoo Haters

I know that I have already done a Megan Fox post on the Wednesday edition of Celebrity Tattoos. But none the less I had to write another post about her because she is bashing critics who claim that her tattoos are trashy. Megan has also stated that she will cover her whole body in tattoos just to spite these critics.

Megan said

"Everyone hates them because they're closed-minded about tattoos. People who don't like me, as far as fans go, always talk about how I'm trashy because I have tattoos. I find that insane! This is 2008, not 1950. Tattoos aren't limited to sailors. I find them beautiful, so I'm going to keep doing it."

I will admit that I do agree with Megan this isn't 1950 anymore and regular people including hot Hollywood actress have tattoos and most of the time have more than one. But I will say that her choices in some of her tattoos are a little interesting. That Marilyn Monroe tattoo she has on her arm sticks out like a sore thumb. But her other eight tattoos, in my opinion are not trashy at all. I really believe that it is okay to have a lot of tattoos on your body, as long as you carry yourself well and have confidence in yourself. I think that makes your tattoos become kind of sexy and not trashy at all. There are plenty other celebrities out there that have 5 or 6 tattoos and they are as pretty and sexy as they can be. And not to mention most people don't even know that they have that many tattoos.

Popular Tattoos For Women - Sexy, Not Shocking

Femininity of design is usually the norm of popular tattoos for women and such artful conceptions lean towards delicate charm and sophistication. In the infancy of tattooing as an art form, mainstream society revealed few women bearing tattoos and those who dared engrave their innocent bodies earned reputations as "undesired rebels" loitering out on the fringes of society. Alas, times have changed! Just over twenty years ago, tattooing hitched a ride in the fast lane to widespread social acceptance, in particular with the rise of celebrities exhibiting captivating body art. The difference was, not all these celebrities were men. Leading female celebrities broke the norm and the common woman soon followed.

Fast forward to modern society where cosmopolitan cultures reign and you will glimpse the raw power of attraction and playfulness wrapped up in the most popular tattoos for women. It is a rarity indeed, to find those who might find such artistic creations, offensive. While that is the consensus, there are still some things that just die-hard. More men still opt for a tattoo and social rebellion still favors the decision for some women to enlist the ravenous works of a tattoo artist. More often though, most women seek tattoo designs to compliment their femininity rather than make social statements. Nevertheless, in today's society, it is simply politically incorrect, to judge a woman's character based on her body art.

The physical make-up of women is inclined to represent delicate accents. From such perspectives, popular tattoos for women often are modestly dainty when compared with tattoos worn by men. It is rare indeed to see a woman with tattoos covering an entire limb; rather feminine tattoos tend toward isolation of specific body zones such as the lower back or the foot, ankles or wrists. They tend to function more as accessories. Women often prefer tattoos that are less boisterous and refraining from aggressiveness, where men's tattoos aim for the opposite effects. Women's tattoos are usually comprised of thinner lines, but it is worth noting there are always exceptions to such generalizations.

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