To Oscar With Love - Amber Weekes
Listen to this week's show Amber Weekes, To Oscar, With Love Oscar Brown, Jr., Sin & Soul...And Then Some On this week's show, we begin a celebration of the 100th birthday of Oscar Brown, Jr. (October 10, 1926 - May 29, 2005) with an impassioned new release from Amber Weekes . LA-based jazz vocalist and recording artist Amber Weekes fulfills her musical destiny with the release of her new album, To Oscar with Love , which celebrates the late, great singer-songwriter, poet, playwright and Civil Rights activist Oscar Brown, Jr., who used his many talents to impart his wit and wisdom about the lived experience of Black Americans. To Oscar with Love arrives on August 7 on Amber Inn Records. “Oscar Brown, Jr. is one of my musical heroes, perhaps the biggest one,” says Weekes. “It was a privilege to get to know both the man and his music. My hope is that To Oscar with Love will introduce him to new generations, m...