M Pire Magazine Covers the Soul 4Real Tuesdays Open Mic's 7th Anniversary

M Pire Mag was able to travel to NYC last week and attend a special anniversary for our friends at Soul 4Real Tuesdays. For those who may not know, Soul 4Real Tuesdays is a weekly live band open mic series that have been around for 7 years. It normally takes place in the uptown Manhattan/Harlem area, and is as authentic as they come! This particular night occurred at the Shrine World Music Venue on Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd.

You know you've gone to a real open mic like this one where you can come in, experience the freestyle energy between the performers, the musicians, and back up singers. It's a very free-flowing, fun, fulfilled night where you can find real talent, a real appreciation for art, and zero pressure! This particular night, we've witness various forms of talent, from singing, to singing with self-accompaniment on keys (which is hard to do if you're not used to it), to even tap dancing!

Among the amazing musicians were Jamal Peoples, Larry Peoples Jr, and Shawn Whitley. Among the talented artists who came through and performed were Walter Holmes, Sing Joseff, Orlando Napier, Noel MaDonald a.k.a. "Tasty", Naiika Aye, Len Berzerk, "Jazzie" Jasmine Lloyd, Brian Davis (our tap dancer), and soooooo many more artists! We were able to grab a couple of the artists and do a video interview with them, along with interviewing the founder of Soul 4Real Tuesdays, Miss Raine Torae! The videos will be released in the May 2014 issue of M Pire Magazine along with the rest of this coverage. To stay up to date on when this issue will be released, please sign up to our monthly newsletter by clicking here (I'll talk more about the many awesome perks of being on our mailing list in a minute). In the meantime, here are some photos from Tuesday night!

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