Here it is, the official music video for the second single taken from YahZarah’s album The Ballad of Purple Saint James.

YahZarah – Cry Over You feat. Phonte | Official Music Video from The Foreign Exchange on Vimeo.

Hola my GFM fam!!! I just want to take this time to give you a peek at our listening party with Yahzarah at Mood’s Music last Friday. Once again, it was a great turn out with our partners the Music Addikts and Harmony In Life. Check out Yahzarah’s beautiful and soulful performance along with special guests, The Remnants and female artist, Salakida. Also, check out Yahzarah‘s new album,”The Ballad of Purple Saint James” Hope you enjoy!! :) (more…)

You’ve heard the album, been blown away by the video… and now it’s time to meet Yahzarah.

You know in this day and age where I’ve become increasingly jaded about videos etc., this comes as a welcome breath of fresh air. Great video and concept for a great song and it really catches that 80′s essence that I feel everytime I hear this song. Please remember “No rods, no curlers” on this one…

P.S. So how do we get this on BET? This video is great and the fact that it may not be on there and that they aren’t on shows like 106 and Park etc., shows me how full of ish Viacom and the BET staff are. If this was ’88 you best believe they would be on the couch with Donnie Simpson.

I usually don’t take up valuable album review space with my own personal declarative statements, but in this instance I believe that it’s important for two reasons: context and (hopefully) a call to action.

First, this may be one of the easiest reviews that I’ve had to do(more on the reasons why, later). Secondly, I may represent(or I used to)a vast majority of lover’s of great music in this country who are still(I was until about a year ago)stuck on channel zero(more on that in the conclusion). Finally, this album has made me realize(along with so many other epiphanies over this past year)that it’s time to stop talking and really do something so that what we know as mainstream music now, can become a bad memory. (more…)

More musical goodness from Yahzarah and the FE Fam. Don’t forget The Ballad of Purple St. James out on May 4th. ATL Fam mark your calendars: Fri May 21, 2010 at 8:00 PM The Masquerade, Atlanta GA. The Foreign Exchange with Yahzarah, Darien Brockington, Zo! and live band. GFM will be in the building.

For a free sampler of The Ballad of Purple Saint James go here.

Please support this great music!

As the time approaches the official release of the new project from Yahzarah the great folks from The Foreign Exchange Music have released this sampler for your listening pleasure. You can download your free copy here. Enjoy!