I really enjoyed the interactive for the search of Claire Huxtable. My Nana's name is Claire. <3

Love the transition of this track! You guys did that!

of course this had to be fire! Congratulations!

Love this guys!  Let me know when you need a DJ for tour! :-)  I'm gonna promote the mess outta this.

great job guys dope dope groove and Chuck get it bro

Very nice work Chuck and Claude Always talented This is new Style for me Sounds perfect !

saw you guys last week at dirty laundry - it was love at first listen ! please put more tracks up on soundcloud :)

Clair Huxtable (Radio Edit)

Dustin asks them to brag about the hits.
Assante wants to know about the first splurge.
Fran asks the pros and cons of being a millionaire.
Welcome to The Friend Zone.

Black Business of the Week - https://www.weirdoworkshop.com

Have a dope day!

What Happens To A Dream Achieved - Featuring Louis York

Well Fighters, ask and you shall receive. Here is a CLIP of the demo for "Just A Fool". 
 I write AS I'm recording so this is the raw RAW  idea. Hope you feel my weirdo creative brain ideas.
Should Chuck & I do more of this????

Let us know....

CK

Just A Fool (Xtina x Blake) - Claude Kelly DEMO

Written By Bridget Sarai 
Production by L. Francis Productions
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Friend Zone

In this week's episode, Phillionaire, Tamone, Claude, and Chuck commemorate the legacy of twelve-time Grammy-nominated vocalist Ledisi while joined by the legend herself.

Listen weekly as music business veterans Phil Thornton, Tamone Bacon, and Louis York's Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony give their coveted, comical opinions on today’s music, yesterday’s music, and the music of tomorrow in a fast-paced format.

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Ledisi's Legacy (Special Guest Ledisi)

In this special bonus episode of the We Sound Crazy podcast, our co-hosts share their latest spiritual and inspirational listens and are joined by special guest, Dove award-winning Gospel and Christian Contemporary artist, Brian Courtney Wilson as they discuss not only his musical inspirations, but also his work in mental health, healing, and wellness in the black community. 

Listen weekly as music business veterans Phil Thornton, Tamone Bacon, and Louis York's Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony give their coveted, comical opinions on today’s music, yesterday’s music, and the music of tomorrow in a fast-paced format.

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Make Me Wanna Holler w. special guest Brian Courtney Wilson

For the past 15 years, multi-Grammy nominated musicians Chuck Harmony and Claude Kelly have defined the sound of pop and R&B. Both together and apart, they’ve written and produced hits for artists spanning Miley Cyrus and Rihanna to Christina Aguilera and Bruno Mars, challenging the conventions of what listeners have come to expect and guiding the direction it should take. But it wasn’t until years after they met while working on a Chrisette Michele album in 2009, and officially joined forces in 2015 as Louis York, that their vision crystallized: two ingenious musicians stepping out of the studio and into the spotlight to share stories from their own perspectives, and forge a new path of what sort of spaces contemporary music can inhabit.

“It's time for creators to decide what the next decade will sound like, what it will be,” explains Harmony. “Every decade has something new to offer musically and culturally. The excellence and the freedom and the risk-taking and the orchestration, that's what I feel like. Music has to become aspirational again.”

Since the duo began writing and recording music, Louis York—named after a combination of their respective hometowns (Harmony from East St. Louis, Kelly from New York City)—has released an EP trilogy entitled Masterpiece Theater: Act I, Act II, Act III. The projects earned praise from publications including Billboard and Los Angeles Times for their genre-bending sensibilities and creative aesthetic. In a relatively short amount of time, the pair has amassed more than one million cumulative streams on Spotify; given a talk as part of the esteemed TEDx Nashville program; and performed sold-out shows, most recently on its “Love Takeover” tour since the start of the year.

Now, after establishing their own creative studio, label and artist collective Weirdo Workshop, and settling into their headquarters in Franklin, Tenn., the pair is ready to unleash its full-length debut, American Griots, releasing October 18. “A Griot is a traditional West African storyteller and musician and historian,” explains Kelly. “It's purposely harkening back to a legacy that Chuck and I personally relate to. It's more, look at the state of the world right now, how much do we need light music, how much do we need things to inspire? Really badly. Rather than complain about it, we decided to be the solution.”

The set is an ambitious step forward for Louis York, stretching the limitations of convention by traipsing sound and style, without losing focus of the message at hand. “For us, it's not just about writing a song—our songs come from life experiences and learning and mistakes,” continues Kelly. “The songs aren't just like, look at us, we can do cool music. Louis York is more about the music, which is the end result of a lot of growth. It always feels better when we pull our music out, because it feels like it's the ending of a really long, hard race.”

With the release of American Griots, Louis York plans to continue to challenge what two black men making music in today’s musical climate are capable of achieving. Their Weirdo Workshop umbrella, which is making waves in Nashville and diversifying Music City, will develop signees The Shindellas, all while bringing their vision as Louis York to the masses. “The goal here isn't to have a hot album; the goal here is to make history,” says Kelly. “To leave a legacy, but also make history and be known as one of the best bands to do it, and to do that, it has to be real. I think if people can feel that, they'll get that kind of mentality when they go to create, and music gets better, America gets better and the world gets better.”

Clair Huxtable (Radio Edit)

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