Keyshia Cole and Charlie Wilson may have been entertaining on Essence Festival’s Mainstage, but that didn’t keep hundreds from packing out the Superdome’s Coca-Cola Superlounge to witness Faith Evans sing from her enviable arsenal of hits on Saturday night. Looking super-fit and super-fly in a glittering green dress and hot pink stilettos, the 40-year-old “R&B… Continue reading Faith Evans At EssenceFest: An Exclusive MOC Concert Review
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India.Arie’s “SongVersation” CD Review, MOC Preview/Soultracks Review Link
……..The result of that self-imposed hiatus, Songversation, makes India.Arie’s fifth studio CD all that her fans will probably expect: the wisdom of womanhood, the polish of an industry vet and unbridled optimism of the re-purposed and newly-recharged. With the exception of a remake (the effective and evocative reimagining of “Strange Fruit”), practically every song was… Continue reading India.Arie’s “SongVersation” CD Review, MOC Preview/Soultracks Review Link
Her Grind, Family & Future Plans: Gotta Have Faith (Evans)
“I always put a lot of things on the stove and whatever starts to bubble…we stir it up,” says Faith Evans. The ever-multi-tasking entertainer is calling from her homebase of California, excited about the projects she has in the mix and that first-ever headlining appearance in July at the Essence Music Festival. So while other… Continue reading Her Grind, Family & Future Plans: Gotta Have Faith (Evans)
Mary Mary (2008): Their Look, Their Faith, Their “Sound”
Bold, yet classy, saved, yet sassy: Erica (the brunette) Campbell and Tina (the redhead) Campbell have made a successful career (if you count their plays and background gigs, over 10 years and counting) of mixing sanctified songs with a secular touch as a sisterly duo known as Mary Mary. The Sound, their fifth studio recording,… Continue reading Mary Mary (2008): Their Look, Their Faith, Their “Sound”
Faith Evans: New “Divas,” New Music & Headlining At Essencefest
If you’re a music fan who reminisces fondly about 1990s R&B, your recollections wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Faith Evans. Not only did the multi-faceted singer and songwriter carve out her musical legacy behind the boards for some of the biggest and brightest in the business (Mary J. Blige, SWV and Usher, to name a… Continue reading Faith Evans: New “Divas,” New Music & Headlining At Essencefest