*As always, another year of interviews and reviews that were breathtaking for me. Let’s reflect on 2025 a little on some of those interviews and reviews.
The year 2025 started with an interview with five-time Grammy Award-winning Jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding (Irma Nejando) about her “Past, Present and Future Tour.” The Concord Records musicians’ tour included Jazz dancers! Another artist’s tour that was covered in The Pulse of Entertainment was Jazz vocalist Aaron Akins. He was interviewed about his “When Do We Love Tour.” A Broadway performer, Akins’ single “When Do We Love” features Wallace and Walter Scott (The Whispers).
Another artist, maybe not too well known to my readers, who was interviewed is Reviving Dayvid. He is a Rock Gospel artist who has a powerful voice and message. Both Reviving Dayvid and Aaron Akins participated in my Uplifting Minds II Entertainment Conference. Aaron Akins as a panelist, and Dayvid performed his single “No Labels.”
Marvin Sapp was interviewed twice in 2025. Once for his first and only R&B album called “If I Was an R&B Singer” and the second interview was about his newest album release “Right at His Feet.” In addition, his hometown renamed a street (where the church he founded, Lighthouse Life Center, is located) after his late wife, Dr. MaLinda Prince-Sapp. Following the first 2025 interview with Marvin is an interview with Jazz saxophonist Kim Waters about his new Shanachie Entertainment album “Time 2 Groove.”
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Following Kim Waters, another stand-out interview was with nine-time Grammy-nominated and two-time Emmy Award winner B.Slade (Anthony Charles Williams) about his Las Vegas show at the Westgate Resort and Casino, where such icons as Diana Ross and Chaka Khan had residencies. Formerly known as Gospel artist Tonex, B.Slade was once Janet Jackson’s choreographer. Grammy-winning legend Hezekiah Walker had a list of things happening, such as receiving the key to the city of New York, the launch of the Hezekiah Walker Center for Gospel Music on the campus of Virginia Union University, his Walk of Fame also at Virginia Union University, and the opening of his 10-story/236-unit complex with affordable housing.
A review of the Robin Simone Hollywood Orchestra concert at the Herb Alpert Vibrato Jazz Restaurant followed. Robin and her orchestra gave a million-dollar performance. As 2025 came to an end, an interview with the choir master of the three-time Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir came through. It was about the continuation of their Hope Tour in America. Legendary comedian Marc Yaffee’s interview followed. We talked about his constant touring and about being honored with Entertainer of the Year. Last highlight for 2025 is the interview with 12-time Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum (Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”) about officiating marriages outside of the church.
What a year! Now, let’s see what 2026 brings. http://www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com
SYNDICATED COLUMNIST: Dr. Eunice Moseley has an estimated weekly readership of over one million for her column, The Pulse of Entertainment. She is the publisher of the digital magazine www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com, which has an estimated 160,000 visitors a month. An entrepreneur, Dr. Moseley’s company, Freelance Associates, is a business management/public relations, strategic planning, and consulting firm that is celebrating 32 years in 2025. Dr. Eunice also serves as a professor for the School of Business at Stanton University in Anaheim, California, and serves as promotions director (at-large)/journalist and business consultant for The Baltimore Times. Dr. Moseley founded the Uplifting Minds II Foundation (www.UpliftingMinds.com) in 2023, a 501 C3 with a mission to empower the underserved through three major programs – One Stop Business Shop, the ULMII Professional Conference, and the ULMII Academy (business management and public relations). EVENTS: “Uplifting Minds II” Entertainment Conference (ULMII), was launched by Dr. Eunice in 1999 to educate aspiring artists/musicians about the business of entertainment – www.UpliftingMinds2.com. Next ULMII Entertainment Conferences for Baltimore on Saturday, April 18, 2026, presented by Security Square Mall and The Baltimore Times, and for Los Angeles on Saturday, November 7, 2026, presented by The Pulse of Entertainment and the ULMII Foundation. The ULMII conferences are free with virtual access via Zoom. ULMII entertainment conference offers a Professional Panel Q&A Session, a Professional Talent Showcase, and an International Talent Competition where the top three scored acts receive the ULMII Best Act Award and over $20,000 valued in prizes/products/services, and cash!
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