“Love and War” does A LOT in true Tamar fashion, so I can appreciate a guy taking on the song!
Find Blair Perkin’s take on “Love and War” below.
Check out Blair’s website here.
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J Music: In Love With Another Man Cover with a Little Jazmine on the Side
For all of the horrendous Jazmine Sullivan covers I have come across, here is a glimmer of hope…
A little a cappella…
BONUS: Waiting for some new Jazmine Sullivan music! To hold us over, let’s revisit the best rendition of home by an 11-year-old:
I may or may not have watched this video 100(+) times…
J Music: Keep It Chordial, The Inspiration 2013 Spring Show
It’s that time of year again!! Yesterday I made my way to Philly for my a cappella group’s spring 2013 show, Keep It Chordial. It was a great weekend filled with laughs, love, and of course, beautiful music. So good to see my ‘89 fam!
’89, iSing!
Below are a few of the night’s great performances. Hopefully I will upload the rest this week!
Watch the Inspiration perform “Only Wanna Give It To You” (originally by Elle Varner and J. Cole) below. (I was beeming from ear to ear to see my fellow alto and little sister Aleisha killing it, confident as ever!!!)
If you are often on my blog, you know I love a good acoustic performance. Watch Wes performance an original entitled “So Much I’ve Yet to Know.”
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Perhaps not the conventional choice for a show’s closer, the final performance was BRILLIANT.
A MUST WATCH!
“Don’t Wake Me Up” originally by Lianne La Havas ✮ Enjoy the arrangement and the stellar vocals for The Inspiration Director, Samantha T.
This was a special moment. The 2013 Inspiration seniors singing their final song.
—-So proud of all of you, the continued growth (as individuals and as a group) is SO evident. ♥
J Music: MTV Jams Featured Artist Allen Stone
This song has been stuck in my head all week. His spot on MTV Jams definitely doesn’t hurt.
I’m finally checking out his debut album Allen Stone and so far I like what I hear.
Although I was excited to add another concert to my to-do list, it seems I will be in Atlantic City for Bey’s Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (!!) when he hits my area. Nonetheless find some of the dates for the New York area below and on his website. (Maybe I can make the NJ show, I would love to get a live sampling… #personalproblems)
Jul 25 ✮ Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing ✮ Philadelphia, PA
Jul 26 ✮ Toyota Oakdale Theatre ✮ Wallingford, CT
Jul 27 ✮ Bank of America Pavilion ✮ Boston, MA
Jul 28 ✮ Saratoga Performing Arts Center ✮ Saratoga Springs, NY
Aug 3 ✮ PNC Bank Arts Center ✮ Holmdel, NJ
Thoughts from an objective Beyonce stan…
Whereas “Bow Down” and “I Been On” lack a beginning, middle, and end, Whereas “Bow Down” is around 1min long, Whereas I consider them to be separate entities although they were released simultaneously | From this point on I will refer to them by their names or as interludes (that’s fair right?)
As interludes I feel like there is not much of an opinion to have…
I am not gonna’ lie, I’m a bit confused as to what direction the album will take and this release made me a bit apprehensive — Bey is clearly not concerned with my vision for the project!
Beyonce is one of (very) few artists who can get two interludes played on the radio. Multiple times.
Did anyone else picture the look on Michelle Obama’s face when she heard “Bow Down”?
Maybe she went with this slightly basic approach (lyrically) to give herself some room to breathe creatively — hopefully the album’s content will be fun, soulful, emotionally-charge, and innovative with a side of “ratchet.” Just a side. Two sides? But not the whole plate.
J Music: Brandy at the Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
This weekend, I was all over Philly, New York, and Connecticut. First stop was Philly to see one of my all-time favorites, Brandy!
Seeing as I was definitely tardy for the party, I missed Brandy’s opening act Go Go Morrow, but I arrived just in time to see Brandy open her set. Her mission for the night was to give us the whole Brandy catalog in an hour and a half set, and trust me, it was no small feat.
Brandy performed songs from her new release Two Eleven and so many more including “I Wanna Be Down,” “Sitting on Top of the World,” “Angel in Disguise,” “Boy Is Mine,” “What About Us?” “Full Moon,” “Wildest Dreams,” a Whitney Houston medley, “Without You,” “Let Me Go,” and “He Is.” When she wrapped up with “Put It Down” I was left still trying to catch up as she took us through almost 20 years of music.
Two snaps to Brandy. Yes, honey!!
Find a great montage of her performance here. (Start at the 2:00 mark)
Brandy also had Luke James comes out and do a quick set for the crowd that included “I Want You” and “I.O.U.” Even though his entrance was a bit delayed, awkward, and confusing for the crowd, that was forgotten once he launched into “I Want You.” The ladies loved him (and so did I)!
BONUS: An inspirational story that came from the show — at one point during her set Brandy took the time out to thank her “fabulous” hair and makeup team.
Tatiana Ward, or @BeatFaceHoney as she is known on Twitter and YouTube, got the chance of a lifetime when her idol contacted her via Instagram to sing her praises and ask her to do her makeup for the Philly show. All in a few days her life has changed. She is now traveling with Brandy as one of her makeup artists!! Look at God!
**Photos from Brandy’s Instagram.