Music Spotlight: June Rochelle

June Rochelle kicked off 2008 in a big way by releasing her new CD "Play This" and gaining the attention of President elect Barack Obama's Campaign for Change where she was the headliner for one of their events in the state of Indiana that went from red to blue. Hollywood star Sanaa Lathan used her star power to plug the event in Indianapolis and the rest is of course history.



June has graced the stage with the legendary Diana Ross and Celine Dion at Indiana's Verizon Center and opened for Yolanda Adams in Huntsville, AL; debuted on Billboard Charts at 37, (currently charting at #21 in Euro) featured in the Hollywood Insider of the Los Angeles Times, in Ebony Magazine (sharing the page with Tyler Perry's Madea and Oprah) in the Sounding Off section, on MTV online, in Jet Magazine, in Blues and Soul Magazine (in that same issue is Ciara, Macy Gray, Neo Justine Timberlake, etc), in the Historic Indianapolis Recorder, in BRE Magazine (sharing the page with Forest Whitaker and Tyler Perry) and featured as CD pick of the week on Access Hollywood. As an actress she had a leading role as Anna Gordy Gaye, the wife of the legendary singer Marvin Gaye, in the national hit stage play "The Life Story of Marvin Gaye" where she received rave reviews. Her music is in high demand in the UK and the US. She has won the coveted En Sound Entertainment Best Female Vocalist of the Year award.


She has been featured in internet press such as the Belle Report, Gospel Flava, Streaming Faith, Cross Rhythms (UK), Serge Entertainment & Gospel City.com and EEWMagazine.com to name a few. All these things propelling her out in front and not by chance as an independent artist that soared beyond the norm. Her music (produced by Robert Tatum, Jr.), is universal and they share a music and media company, Remarkable Entertainment Music and Media.

She's been featured on many television shows crossing the nation ranging from Jeff Majors Gospel of Music on TVOne in Los Angeles, to Jim Bakker in St. Louis to The Dino show in Nashville, TN (which is the 1 TV show on TBN) also on cable show CN8 TV and on the Dr. Bobby Jones Gospel Show. She has videos that currently air on BET, the Word Network and TBN's JCTV that she directed and produced and her new video "A Better Place" which can be seen on youtube at www.youtube.com/junerochelle.


June states, "It is amazing to see what God had planned for me and even more amazing that I am living my dreams to make the world a better place."There is so much more on the horizon for June Rochelle including her interest in pursuing a major motion picture role, but one thing is for sure she is making this world "A Better Place" the title of her new single. All are available at www.amazon.com/mp3 and at CDbaby.com.


"I believe the songs on my new CD will encourage people to know that nothing is impossible if you just believe.รข€ Play This" is an endeavor to make the world better thru music from June Rochelle.Also check out June Rochelle's Christmas CD sampler at www.sonicbids.com

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