By Popular Demand: New Music for a new generation

Over the past year I have performed and DJ'd many events and wedding receptions, and have had many clients request current hip-hop and R&B songs during the dance portion of the event. There is a real demand for a band that can play the current chart-toppers, a band that could do hip-hop and R&B songs which MTV is currently playing.

I wanted to tell you about a new addition to my band . . . rapper 2uce Betta from Indianapolis. Together with LA native Hayley Singley, my band does what no other Salt Lake city band can do: we play popular R&B and hip-hop music, from classics like Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean", "Rapper's Delight" and the Beastie Boys to current chart-toppers like Beyonce and Jay-Z, Estelle and Kanye West, and the Black Eyed Peas.

Generation Xers are now CEOs, CFOs, and getting married by the droves. This party band, the only one of its kind, can really push the boundaries of live music. Keeping in mind that we are still well-versed in the classics from the Jazz/Blues/Pop songbooks such as the Beatles, Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, and many others. We can really keep the dance floor packed. Click here for demos and info about the group: http://www.robbennion.com/theband.html

2uce Betta joins the Rob Bennion Band

It's been great working with 2uce on our collaboration "Robot Dream" (http://www.myspace.com/therobotdream) He is a very talented rapper and singer as well.

My band is going to showcase him so that we can largely expand our repertoire for events that call for dance music, playing current pop, hip-hop and R&B music (and the classics too).

Listen to a sample, our version of Estell and Kanye's :American Boy" notice how smooth 2uce sounds, and Hayley's great R&B stylings: http://www.robbennion.com/mp3s/americanboy.mp3