More exciting single news from Stax!
On her recent UK tour, Angie made a detour to the studio to rework Free, one of the outstanding cuts from new album Unexpected, and brought in Young Nate to ice the cake…
The results are pretty outstanding, and we hear that Free is now earmarked for a UK single release late June, with Angie jetting in for promo support!
Brilliant, right?
Stay tuned, as we’ll be posting more on Free very soon…
Check out this great review from ex-Vibe scribe Miles Marshall Lewis reviewing Angie’s recent Paris show for Generation Soul.
Writes Miles: “Commanding a seven-piece band decked out in Angie Stone tour T-shirts, the songstress whose artistry is timeless, began her hour-long set with “Play with It” (off 2007’s The Art of Love & War). And when she belted out the “you don’t wanna mess with me” refrain, truer words were never spoken. The 48-year-old singer began her career in the late ’70s as a third of pioneering female rap crew The Sequence. So when she exhorted the French to “wave your hands in the air like you just don’t care” and ran her “somebody, anybody, everybody scream!” routine, there was no pretense. Stone has more hiphop cred than the microwave pop stars half her age.”
Read the review in full here:
http://www.soulsummer.com/generation-soul-angie-stone-live-in-paris/
Clip from the Paris show here:
Our girl Angie continues to rock audiences across Europe on her Unexpected tour!
Check out this brilliant clip of Miss Stone performing fan-favourite I Wish I Didn’t Miss You Anymore onstage in Warsaw last night!
Watch here:
It doesn’t get fresher than that!
The buzz from Angie’s European tour to support new album Unexpected continues!
Have a look at this brilliant fan-shot clip of our girl rocking the Paris stage last week!
Enjoy.
During her whistle-stop tour of the UK last week, Angie sat with Ronnie Herel from 1Xtra to talk about the live shows and new album for Stax Records, Unexpected.
As ever, Angie speaks with candour and humour about her work … making this a must-listen!
Check it out here:
Check out this great fan-shot clip of Angie Stone KILLING IT on stage in Birmingham last Thursday.
Legend!
The buzz from the UK shows last week has been nothing short of amazing … and rightfully so, we say!
We hope you come back soon Angie!
As we mentioned yesterday, Angie Stone is in the UK for a 4-date tour to support the new album Unexpected, taking in Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, and London.
This freshly-uploaded fan clip from the Edinburgh show is KILLER, and shows you just what to expect if you’re still to catch the last two dates in Birmingham (tonight) and London (tomorrow)!
Watch here:
Brilliant! Angie still has it, right?!!!
Quick reminder that Miss Angie Stone is the UK this week for 3 live shows as part of her Unexpected world tour!
She plays Manchester Academy tonight (3/3), followed by Birmingham’s O2 Academy tomorrow (4/3), and London’s Hammersmith Apollo Friday (5/3).
We know the girl’s got pipes, so these dates promise to be pretty exceptional!
If you haven’t got tickets – why not???! – it might be worth checking Ticketmaster for any remaining seats…
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&q=angie+stone
And to get you in the mood, here’s a classic live clip of Angie playing in Amsterdam. Heaven!
See you at the shows!
The new issue of Blues & Soul has arrived, and it features a great interview with Angie in conversation with Pete Lewis.
It’s an incredibly insightful read, with Pete, as ever, getting the best from the artists he interviews.
Says Angie: “Well, I’ve been in the business for a very long time. I’ve been in groups, I’ve worked as a songwriter/producer for other people… But, at the same time, as a solo artist I think people have kinda got used to just hearing one style of Angie Stone. So I felt they needed to know that I am a diversified artist, and that I have been a part of the montage of changes in music over quite a few decades now. So, being as I’ve delivered four or five decent albums already, I felt it was safe to switch up and do something different this time. And musically overall I just wanted to have FUN! I wanted to do something that embodied a jam kinda feel, so that we could have some fun in concert and show people everything doesn’t always have to be so serious.”
Juicy!
Read the interview in full here:
http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/500/angie_stone_hard_act_to_follow/
Check out this great interview with Angie Stone in conversation with Black Sheep magazine.
Here’s some choice extracts:
“I’ve had my character portrayed as D’Angelo’s woman, Miss Brown Sugar and Miss Daisy Mama,” laments Stone. “I’ve had to endure ridicule over the Internet based on the choices that I have made in life in terms of the men I date. It’s got me to a place where I realise that no matter how good or bad you are people are going to talk; they’re going to point their fingers no matter what you do.”
‘Unexpected,”‘ Says Stone: “… stands for a place where I’ve been for the last 12 years but now I just don’t care anymore what they think or say because I know who I am and I know who I belong to. I belong to God: I’m a child of God. So they can say what they want.”
Wow – full and frank! The lady is speaking her mind!
Read the interview in full here:
http://www.blacksheepmag.com/features/interviews/item/1609-sticks-and-stones
Angie’s album Unexpected is out now.
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