It's been a long time and I shouldn't have left you with a good post to read. Sorry that I've been gone so long but it seems the past couple of weeks have been a stalemate in terms of finding good postings to provide so I wanted to hold off. But if you're back, thank you for coming back.
Vh1 Divas Celebrate Soul was a wonderful program that I urge anyone who loves soul or pop music past or present will enjoy this program. It features people who don't need auto-tune (except maybe Travie McCoy) to sound good.
The show was centered around cities that are hubs of soul music both past and present such as Philadelphia, London, Chicago, Memphis, and Detroit. And I really enjoyed the couplings of artists. The show opened with Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Mary J. Blige doing a medley of the Supremes and their own hits in Motown style. And from there it only got better.
The only artists missing were probably Christina Aguilera who seems to be caught up with The Voice and denouncing rumors of a breakdown and Adele who is still recovering after vocal surgery. Other than that, I loved the performers there.
Some standouts were former Floetry singer Marsha Ambrosius, neo-soul breakout Ledisi, and of course icons like Chaka Khan and Mavis Staples.
I highly recommend watching or tivoing this program, you will not regret it.
