With so many events being cancelled in 2020, it is super exciting to announce that Jazz In The Alley is coming back to Norcross, Georgia this summer!!!!

​Jazz at its best will be taking over Betty Mauldin Park late summer thru early fall from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Local eateries are jazzing things up with some delish chef specials to-go that make it a perfect date night or girl’s night out. During the band breaks, take an easy stroll and check out the deals in our downtown shops! Bring chairs, a cooler (no glass, please) and come chill.

If you live in a particular region of the country, I'm sure you have seen a new grocery supermarket chain blossoming called Lidl.  Although the chain is has been around since 1973, it's stores first opened in the US in 2017.

Personally, I can say that I have seen the increase of Lidl's presence in the Atlanta area.  Just off the top of my head, I can think of at least 3 stores near my home.

....but let me get to why we are actually posting this blog......Have you ever seen a Lidl commerical on tv or online?  If so you may have noticed this guy questioning the avocodos!!!!!

Like always, we are so excited to see our friends and supporters making moves..... In addition to being an actor, Emrah Kotan, is also a music instructor and classically trained percussionist.   He's toured with one of our favorite artists, India Arie, and headlined Jazz In The Alley, a summer jazz concert series in which  When We Speak TV is a co-sponsor.

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With everything that has been going on in 2020, I'm sure you would love two things....for Christmas to come faster and to go to a party!!!!

Well you don't have to wait any longer because Shameia Crawford is having a Christmas party and she has invited When We Speak TV, so WE are inviting you!!!!!

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That's right!!! Our friend Shameia Crawford is hitting us with new music for 2020!!!!  And it's hot!!!  Or should we say...It's "Soft Light"

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We are definitely holding on to this feeling!  We can not stop playing and dancing to Shameia Crawford's new video for her song "Hold On To That Feeling"!   

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​During the 2019 Black Music Honors Red Carpet, singer, Major., salutes When We Speak TV of Atlanta.

​If you live in the Atlanta area and you have not been to Nana's Chicken N Waffles, you are missing out on some seriously good food.  We got a chance to speak with owner, Kelli Ferrell. 

When We Speak TV sat down with singer/musician Remey Williams, who believes in the value of authenticity... 

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​The City of Atlanta - Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs will bring its annual ELEVATE public art festival to Atlanta’s historic West End neighborhood from Sunday, October 4 to Saturday, October 10, 2020. This year’s festival events will be virtual. 

​• Musical performances by Kebbi Williams and The Wolf Pack, The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra, Gritz and Jelly Butter, Tony Hightower, and Julie Dexter. 
​• Mural installations honoring civil rights leader Reverend James Orange and Black women activists from the West End community. 
• An online and in person voter registration event at the West End MARTA station. 
• A conversation with New York Times best-selling authors Pearl Cleage and Tayari Jones, who frequently feature Atlanta’s West End community in their work.  
• The opening of Hammonds House Museum’s exhibition Elements of A Revolution. 
• A conversation between the executive directors of Atlanta Contemporary and Les Abattoirs/Toulouse to discuss challenges of promoting art during COVID-19, issues of gender equality and racism in their field. Since 1974 Atlanta and Toulouse have been Sister Cities. 
• A screening of the stirring new documentary, “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” an intimate account of the legendary U.S. Representative’s life, legacy, and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism. 
• An Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance of Lazarus created by acclaimed hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris. The ballet connects the past and the present in a powerful work that addresses racial inequities America faced when Mr. Ailey founded his dance company in 1958 and still faces today.
• Renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems, in collaboration with SCAD, will launch RESIST COVID/TAKE 6, a public art initiative raising critical heath awareness about COVID-19 and the ways racial inequities have manifested in the pandemic. 

​We have known Shameia and her Grammy winning producer husband, Michael, for some years now....You may remember that Shameia has been featured on our What Do YOU Speak? segment.   

....You may remember when When We Speak TV made an appearance in her music video, Hold On To That Feeling

....or maybe her voice sounds familiar to you because she is the female voice on Ice Cube's song Streets Shed Tears.

​​Singer, Shameia Crawford, believes that you have to give yourself the best results.

​Shameia Crawford is featured on Ice Cube's new song, Streets Shed Tears.  She has released music of her own and has sang background for other great singers like Angie Stone, so now to be featured with Ice Cube is a great achievement.  

We are definitely holding on to this feeling!  We can not stop playing and dancing to Shameia Crawford's new video for her song "Hold On To That Feeling"!  Look closely and you will see some very familiar faces!!!! 

​Percussionist YemiConga shares with When We Speak TV, how he became the only musician in his family.  

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​Remey Williams is a Drummer, Producer, Singer, Songwriter, and Performer.  He has toured all around the world with artists like Summer Walker and has opened for artists such as Jagged Edge and Carl Thomas.

​Actor, Jermel Howard, speaks about growing up in foster care, acting, auditions, and how acting changed his life.  Jermel Howard has acted in such shows and films as, Power, Luke Cage, Orange Is The New Black, and All Eyez On Me.  

​Grammy nominated guitarist, Rod Harris Jr shares with When We Speak TV the joy of being a musician.