Angel Taylor Headlines First Renaissance Hotels-Sponsored Tour

By Steve Baltin Posted Feb 17th 2010 11:56AM

While customers at Starbucks have been able to pick up a CD with their latte and biscotti for years, Renaissance Hotels are now giving their guests a soundtrack to their stay. The chain, which sponsored Raphael Saadiq's most recent tour and brought him to their Hollywood location for a private meet-and-greet, is going a step further, inviting Columbia recording artist Angel Taylor to do an exclusive hotel tour.

The VH1 'You Oughta Know' artist, whose 'Love Tracks' record was named a Best Pop Album by iTunes in 2009, kicked off the unique tour in Seattle on Feb. 4 and goes cross-country, hitting New York and Boston, among others, before wrapping up in Los Angeles Feb. 20. The singer is performing each night at 6:30 and the best part of each show for fans is it's free and open to both Renaissance guests and the general public. "I love being able to serenade people in their 'temporary home' (Renaissance Hotels), being able to move people by music anywhere to me, is moving further in life, not just in music," Taylor tells Popeater.

But the most exciting news might be for musicians, who in 2010 continue to look for new ways to get their music out there. Bon Jovi did an artist in residence program for NBC when 'The Circle' came out. At the time Jon Bon Jovi told Spinner, "It comes down to, 'How do I get the message out there? How do I know that people are really hearing it and really seeing it and really would care enough to come and buy a ticket to see it? You have to come up with these crazy ideas.'"

Renaissance, for its part, loves the partnership. "'Renaissance Hotels is so excited to present this exclusive coast-to-coast Angel Taylor tour," Tina Edmundson, senior vice president of lifestyle brands and Renaissance operations, tells PopEater. "Music is a real passion point for Renaissance guests and we are looking at many opportunities to partner with emerging artists so we can share these incredible discoveries with our guests."

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