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Chrisette Michele Live in DC

16 Thursday Apr 2009

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Last night I was invited to attend an industry event where Chrisette Michele was performing in support of her sophomore effort, Epiphany.

I was anticipating this event in part because as you know, I totally adore her and love seeing her perform. I have been looking forward to a strong comeback after what I consider to be a five star debut. I must admit after listening to the sampler recently, I wasn’t blown away None of the songs grabbed me on first listen so I needed her to sell me by killing it live.

She didn’t disappoint.

The mini-set only consisted of three songs, which wasn’t enough for me to evaluate what we’ll see on May 5th. I really wish they would have played the album in the background before she hit the stage. However, I can say that for me, her performance just cemented what I’ve always felt: that I am ride-or-die for CM. As long as she doesn’t do a track with T-(esticular) Pain, I will support anything she does. Or adhere to the “if you can’t say nothing nice” rule of thumb. I will always support artists that study and hone their God-given talent.

I also must say that I take back what I said about them photoshopping the album cover to death. Although I’m still not in love with it, as you can see from the picture above, she has been hitting the gym hard and looks great. That’s always a good thing. With a full schedule ahead in support of the album, she needs to be in the best shape possible I would imagine.

Here are the videos I captured of “Epiphany,” “What You Do,” and “Blame It On Me.” These are far from my best work but pretend it is and enjoy anyway!

“What You Do” doesn’t need Neyo. It’s a much prettier song with just her and the keys.

What do you think?

“Blame It On Me” is the perfect example of a song that didn’t grab me when listening to the sampler. However, now I’m playing video on repeat so I can hear the whole thing. I also loved how she connects directly with the audience. And you know how excited I get when an artist sangggs to my camera. It feels loved.

Thanks go out to DJ YZO for keeping this cool kid in the loop.

Remember folks, Epiphany drops May 5th. Support the music.

For day-to-day updates, follow CM on Twitter @epiphanygirl. She’s quite the entertaining tweeter. She talks to us like we’re her peeps. Gotta love that. She also has a You Tube channel as well. Subscribe!

Been Gone For A Minute

26 Friday Sep 2008

Posted by in Feeding The Music Jones

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NOTE: I FOUND OUT THE OLD SCHOOL FRIDAY THEME TOO LATE FOR A POST. I’LL DEFINITELY BE BACK NEXT WEEK.

Party people! I had to drop in and let you know I’m still very much alive and kicking. This has been a crazy week for me – starting off on Monday night when I attended an intimate show and interview with none other than Phontigallo (of Little Brotherand “Zo and Tigallo Love The 80s”) and DJ Stylus.

I SO wish I had video evidence for you but I was banned from freelancing. Boo hiss! However, Stylus, a man of many  talents, has recaptured the moment for us as only he can. Check it out. I’m also going to need you not to sleep on that new Foreign Exchange Leave It All Behind album in stores October 18th. Download the sampler while you’re there. I know you’re already listening to the Gordon Gartrell Radio podcasts so there’s no need for me to repeat myself. Do you know the music I’ve discovered there? I’m sure you do because you’ve been listening.

After that, the week went full speed ahead. I’m attending the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference this week. So time has not been on my side. As I’m writing this, it’s about 2am and I just got in from a party/concert where Ledisi, Mike Phillips, Chrisette Michele and Raheem Devaughn performed. You know I held you down on the recording tip so look out for that soon.

I have so much I need to blog about and I’m just going to have to make the time to sit down and get it out. I’ve been listening to a lot of music this week: albums by Raphael Saadiq, Eric Benet, Kenny Lattimore, Jazmine Sullivan, Maiysha, Little Dragon, and Little Jackie to name a few.  So look for a review post coming very soon. I promise!

I have some other news to share with you very soon. I’m about to sign on the dotted line for a new venture that should be very good for me as a writer and for Songs In The Key of Life. More on that later.

I’ve been invited to an exclusive listening party where Qtip will spin some tracks from Renaissance. You already know how much I’m anticipating this album. Of course I’ll report back on the hotness you can expect on November 4th. Highly unlikely that I’ll have video evidence so you’ll probably have to take my word for it.

I’ll end this rambling with a little treat to make up for me abandoning my loyal readers for so long. At the performance tonight, Chrisette Michele promised DC that a new album is on the way. Since she loves us so much, she gave us a sneak preview of what we can expect.

I haven’t been able to find mention of this song anywhere. So I guess I should consider this an exclusive? It’s called “War Cry.” Very appro pro, yes?