CeCe Winans is coming for the Freedom Festival in honor of Juneteenth on June 16th, 2011 to Portland, OR.

CeCe will be performing at New Beginnings Church and Conference Center with Seeda Wright, Alonzo Chadwick, Abduel Hall and Chosen Generation. This promises to be an explosive, dynamic and Spirit filled concert, and you don’t want to miss it.

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Her solo debut “Only Love” is a journey down many personal paths of her life, from the wistful and sultry tones of the title track, through the inviting “Vibe Out,” there is a flavor for every mood. This is typical for Toni, as since her childhood (and throughout her life), she has been comfortable walking in multiple worlds.

Whether it be from her upbringing with a multi-racial (Black and Native American) Mother to her assisting her Grandmother (Evelyn Monroe Buchanan) as she did outreach at El Centro De La Raza, or her time living in Puerto Rico, she has always felt a kinship with Latinos. “I was even declared an honorary Mexican,” says Miss Hill, glowing with pride. As a bilingual woman, she has often found herself speaking Spanish with her many Latino friends and their extended families.

“I have always felt like Latinos and Blacks and Natives have traveled the same paths, faced the same issues,” she explains, “from single parenthood to the core values of our people. We’re more the same than different.”

Such sentiments are expressed thoroughly in Miss Toni Hill’s new video “Rose.” It is a deeply touching song about waiting around for love, that unconditional love which is shared between parents and siblings. Unafraid to reach into the deepest parts of her soul, the song delves into the effect that such behaviors by an absentee parent have upon a young woman as she becomes grown and finds men who run the same sort of game upon them as their fathers ran upon their mothers. Preventing such things from recurring and breaking that cycle of illegitimacy is a passion for Toni.

“I feel like I have to get that song out there,” speaking of ‘Rose’, “it is such an important message and I feel like if I can get my story out there then maybe I can help someone else who is going through [it].”

If everyone who went through such struggles turned out as strong as Miss Toni Hill, the world would be a better place.

Written by Senyor Cullera

Toni Hill has been blazing the mic from coast to coast for over a decade. Through her own solo projects, as half of the revered female duo, Sirens Echo, and as a member of the crews, Hungry Mob, and Oldominion, she has shared stages with such notables as Gil Scott-Heron, Saul Williams, KRS One, Black-Eyed Peas, Fishbone, E-40, Zap Mama, Common, the legendary Roots crew and the Coup. Ms. Hill has also collaborated, written and/or recorded with Braille, Sleep, Grayskul, Big Drawz, Kindred the Family Soul, and Francesca Maria, to name a few.

Toni Hill grew up immersed in the arts. Active not only in music, but also theater, dance, television broadcast, and modeling, she has a lifetime of experience captivating audiences. She has produced several earlier projects including the Sirens Echo, “Psalms of the Sirens” album and a DVD documentary.

Toni is also a dedicated educator and activist who lends her energies to several organizations in the youth empowerment movement including: Feed The People (Atlanta), Guerrilla Theatre (Portland), Sisterz of the Underground (San Francisco), Power Of Hope (Seattle) and the Seattle Debate Foundation. Partnering with Evergreen State College and the Gateways Program, she is a teacher and mentor to incarcerated youth at the Maple Lane and Green Hill facilities in Washington. Toni has also been a guest speaker, panelist, and lecturer at colleges and universities throughout the country.

“True Shine- The EP” is now available on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and other digital outlet websites. The True Shine EP has songs by some of True Shine’s most lyrical artists, including OP (formerly OPM1), Izzy-El, Non-Fiction, P.T. (PrymeTime), and introducing the studio’s youngest musical prodigy, Da Future.

Portland, get ready to jam the City of Roses anthem dedicated to the Portland Trailblazers (go Blazers!!!), as well as One God, sparked by none other than Portland’s finest and number DJ O.G. One. The EP is also available for retail at the True Shine store. Limited Edition CD’s have an exclusive song with OP entitled CRIMINAL, which has an unreleased verse by one of rap’s greatest icons, PAC.

“True Shine- The EP” is now available on ITunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and other digital outlet websites. The True Shine EP has songs by some of True Shine’s most lyrical artists, including OP (formerly OPM1), Non-Fiction, P.T. (PrimeTime), and introducing the studio’s youngest musical prodigy, Da Future. Portland, get ready to jam the City of Roses anthem dedicated to the Portland Trailblazers (go Blazers!!!), as well as One God, sparked by none other than Portland’s finest and number DJ O.G. One. The EP is also available for retail at the True Shine store. Limited Edition CD’s have an exclusive song with OP entitled CRIMINAL, which has an unreleased verse by one of rap’s greatest icons.

A release date has been set for the long awaited 2009 new release of OP (formerly OPM1). The EP is titled “Wait & See”, and covers the artists’ creative journey since 2005’s The Unity Cup with T-Mazz. The EP will be dropping online on January 21st, 2010. Fans know OP for his lyrical mastery, witty, thought-provoking verses, spiritual identity and creative mastery. This time he’s taking his craft to a whole new level. Check out this author’s favorite OP track to date, No Surrender, a solid hit; a true tale of a survivor. Existing albums Lost Society, My World & Unity Cup will be re-released in digital format in September as well.

Fans of Da Future won’t have long to wait for his new EP. Future is currently in the studio burning it up and his album titled “The Black Print” first single will drop on January 1st, 2010.

Stay tuned for more news on True Shine Studios; Portland’s best music recording studio.