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Peven Everett – One Way Ticket / I Just Wanna Make You Happy Released

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Peven Everett, Chicago soul legend returns with his first single release of 2013. One Way Ticket / I Just Wanna Make You Happy is the first double single, taken from his much anticipated new album King Of Hearts out on Makin’ Moves Records.

Peven Everett was born and raised in Harvey – Chicago, Illinois. A talented writer, arranger, producer and performer who plays countless instruments proficiently including drums, guitar, bass, flute, piano, trombone, and trumpet across all genres of music. Peven started out in a Jazz band, a first grade music student at school. Recruited to NYC at 17 where he played Carnegie Hall, he worked with Jazz greats such as Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, and Branford Marsalis. Soon after came his own record label Studio Confession Entertainment with his first foray into solo artistry, smashed the charts with classics such as Studio Confessions his critically acclaimed album and single, Gabriel which Peven collaborated on with Roy Davis Jnr. Also, performed by Peven Everett at The Evidence Grace in Winter Silver Ball at the Plaza featuring Jennifer Holliday of Dream Girls fame. Collaborations have included dance music legends such as Quentin Harris, Timmy Regisford, Phil Asher.

Often copied but never replicated Peven has written and controls the rights to over 500 original timeless songs in his vault spanning genres from Dance, Jazz, Rock, R&B, Hip Hop, Pop, Drum and Bass, as well as having created his own genre he calls Power Soul. Often likened but never compared to artists such as Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Prince and Marvin Gaye. Peven brings a special element of soul and spirit to everything he touches with emphasis on a special blending of retro and future music making an original sound.

One Way Ticket is a storming piece of soulful house music which is sure to be catapulted all over the radio this summer from London to Ibiza. I Just Want To Make You Happy is a different piece of music, trademark musicianship by Peven himself, presenting and performing all the instruments with a salute to the golden soul era and Donny Hathaway.

One Way Ticket / I Just Wanna Make You Happy will be released on all other digital sites on 20th May 2013.

All production, writing and instruments performed by Peven Everett, Studio Confession Ent.

Osunlade (Yoruba Records) – Really diggin’ One Way Ticket!
Mr V (Sole Channel) – Good Soul Music, like both cuts
Danny Krivit (Body & Soul) – Really great music, Peven never disappoints!
Ezel (Yoruba Records) – One way Ticket! all the way. Songwriting on point, musicality too. Can’t miss this one.
Greg (Kaya FM, South Africa) – Another Peven original, he always manages to capture the soul in the music. Can’t wait to playlist on Kaya, now voted the best commercial radio station in South Africa.
The Layabouts – great first single, looking forward to catching the rest of this project
Boddhi Satva (Offering Recs) – THE MUSICAL GENIOUS IS BACK AT IT AGAIN. Loving this release. Full Support.
Ruben Turo (Kiss FM, NYC) – Just in time for the summer Peven & Makin Moves drop on Hot Joint- DJ Ruben Toro (Temple Movement)
Q B Smith (Better Days, South africa) – 1 bar in and you already know all you need to know. You want this.
N’Dinga Gaba (Quantize Recs) – well DAMN!!! REAL MUSIC just made me happy.. lovely lovely lovely
Vinny di Vinci (Metro FM, South Africa) – Pure SOUL, will be supporting no doubt!!!
Rainey Trueby (Rootdown) – Sweet, sweet music, thanks!
Rancido (Deep Journey, Holland) – loving the “I just Wanna Make You Happy” got my support!!



Peven Everett – “One Way Ticket / I Just Wanna Make You Happy”

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Peven Everett, Chicago soul legend returns with his first single release of 2013. One Way Ticket / I Just Wanna Make You Happy is the first double single, taken from his much anticipated new album “King Of Hearts” out on Makin’ Moves Records.

‘One Way Ticket’ is a storming piece of soulful house music which is sure to catapulted all over the radio this summer from London to Ibiza. ‘I Just Want To Make You Happy’ is a different piece of music, trademark musicianship by Peven himself, presenting and performing all the instruments with a salute to the golden soul era and Donny Hathaway.

Peven Everett was born and raised in Harvey – Chicago, Illinois. A talented writer, arranger, producer and performer who plays countless instruments proficiently including drums, guitar, bass, flute, piano, trombone, and trumpet across all genres of music. Peven started out in a Jazz band, a first grade music student at school. Recruited to NYC at 17 where he played Carnegie Hall, he worked with Jazz greats such as Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, and Branford Marsalis. Soon after came his own record label Studio Confession Entertainment with his first foray into solo artistry, smashed the charts with classics such as Studio Confessions his critically acclaimed album and single, Gabriel which Peven collaborated on with Roy Davis Jnr. Also, performed by Peven Everett at The Evidence Grace in Winter Silver Ball at the Plaza featuring Jennifer Holliday of Dream Girls fame. Collaborations have included dance music legends such as Quentin Harris, Timmy Regisford, Phil Asher.

Often copied but never replicated Peven has written and controls the rights to over 500 original timeless songs in his vault spanning genres from Dance, Jazz, Rock, R&B, Hip Hop, Pop, Drum and Bass, as well as having created his own genre he calls Power Soul. Also likened but never compared to artists such as Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Prince and Marvin Gaye. Peven brings a special element of soul and spirit to everything he touches with emphasis on a special blending of retro and future music making an original sound.

One Way Ticket / I Just Wanna Make You Happy is the first A and B single release featured on King of Hearts album. Promos available on www.traxsource.com from 23 April, with the official release on all other digital sites on 20th May.

NOTES TO EDITOR:-
Makin’ Moves is a new music and events company launched in Summer 2012, the brain child of Matt Langrish-Smith and Jamesey, a business collective set up to nurture rising talent aswell as collaborating with established names. Matt has a wealth of experience under his belt from working with dance independents like Papa Records and Tribe Records UK, an internationally acclaimed label and events company with club residencies in Paris, Miami and London. Whilst, Jamesey established his name on House FM radio in 2004, he resides at the Ditch bar with Euphoric House Collective Randy J & Floyd Patterson, headlined BBE Records’ parties, Soulogic and Kinki Malinki. Jamesy was soon jetting around the world guesting at parties in Sardinia, Barcelona, New York, Paris, Russia, Georgia and Dubai. In 2008 a chance meeting between Jamesy and Matt Langrish-Smith at Offthemeters.com , lead to many late nights debating about the soulful house scene which proved to be a meeting of musical minds and the start of a perfect business partnership.

The last 12 months has seen Makin’ Moves host parties at Brixton Club House, Bedroom Bar and their first major event at The Winter Music Conference in Miami last month, all proved to be a roaring success. This Summer will see a selection of Makin’ Moves parties, showcases and releases to celebrate their 1st anniversary including The Light Bar, Shoreditch on Sunday 16th June, their first ever party in New York City, a very much anticipated live concert from Peven Everett to coincide with his album release in August. Aswell as hot new material from Makin’ Moves’ rising stars presenting Ezel, Tamara Wellons and hot UK talent Chenai.

For more information and all press enquiries including interview requests and images, please contact Rosalia at FerraraPR@Live.co.uk or call 07946 523007.



Peven Everett

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Peven Everett was born and raised in Harvey – Chicago, Il. and is an artist spanning multi genres plays countless instruments proficiently writing, arranging, producing and performing all of his works himself..

Starting out in Jazz band, he stormed through school programs attaining all but one first place title that he competed for warranting him to be recruited to NYC at 17 where he played Carnegie Hall and worked with Jazz greats such as Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, and Branford Marsalis.

He stepped out of the Jazz spot light to hone his own skills to produce original songs for his own label Studio Confession Entertainment.

His first foray into solo artistry saw the release Gabriel that he wrote and performed which has been covered by numerous artists including Adam Lambert and more recently was Performed By Peven Everett at The Evidence Grace in Winter Ball Silver Ball at the Plaza also featuring Jennifer Holliday of Dream Girls fame.

Peven also being savvy and business minded chose to continue in releasing his albums independently in licensing partnerships with other labels globally such as ABB Records, Defected Records, Traffic, King Street, Kindred Spirits and some select others.

Often copied but never replicated Peven has written and controls the rights to over 500 original timeless songs in his vault spanning genres from Dance, Jazz, Rock, R&B, Hip Hop, Pop, Drum and Bass, as well as having created his own genre he calls Power Soul. Often likened but never compared to artists like Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Prince and Marvin Gaye. Peven brings a special element of soul and spirit to everything he touches with emphasis on a special blending of retro and future music making an original sound.

He has travelled the globe performing numerous live shows including major events like Southport Weekender, Sydney festival, IAJE, StadtMusik festival, Bird Fest, and WMC which is his preference in connecting to his fans. His shows have been described by fans to be “Electric, Exciting, and The Best Show on Earth”.Peven has made numerous radio interview appearances such as BBC Radio One Gilles Peterson, Garth Trinidad KCRW as well as Red Bull Music Academy, Colourful Radio Uk and Local Radio including Power 93,Soul 106.3 and WHPK, WLUW.

He has appeared playing his trumpet in “Marsalis on Music” the book and documentary and appeared with his band live on Late Night with Carson Daly.

Everett was awarded the Independent Achiever award from Heineken’s Red Star Soul and has also been featured in numerous print publications magazines and webzines. Some of which include New York Times Magazine, Straight No Chaser, Vibe, Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune and Sun Times, Time Out, and the Guest List Network to name a few.

Peven shows no signs of stopping as he is currently working with his artist Billie Jewell on new music as well as PBJ their duet, his Hip Hop project including “Upper Esh” hip-hop for the elite minded gentlemen, Experimental Rock, Pop, and as always a constant stream of the Best Soul and Dance music in the World.

This Spring Peven will see Washington as he embarks on becoming faculty where he once went to learn from the great Betty Carter. He will be a resident in the Jazz ahead program hosted at the John F Kennedy Center for the Arts reintroducing many to his Jazz Personality to the masses.

 Various projects due out this year include releases on his label Studio Confession such as Man Vs. Machine, Bonjour, and a full release in partnership with Makin Moves titled King of Hearts with a much anticipated return trip to UK and chartering new territories in the East.