Karen Bernod – Life @ 360 Degrees
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‘Life @ 360 Degrees’ is a stunning second solo album from one of New York’s finest singers Karen Bernod. Currently recording and touring the world with Mary J Blige – and having previously performed that role with D’Angelo and Erykah Badu – she gets a chance to step centre stage with this confident, self-composed set.
Prior to that, she sang on numerous dance tracks, was writer and vocalist on the Cooltempo club anthem ‘Motherland’, sang on Barbara Tucker’s ‘Beautiful People’, sang background vocals on albums by Whitney, Luther, Stephanie Mills, Paul Simon, the Pet Shop Boys. She was also a lead in the off Broadway production of ‘Mama I Want To Sing’.
Karen’s jazzy inflections, her inherent soulfulness, her humour, shine through – cuts like ‘Comfort Zone’, ‘Subway Love Game’, ‘Truth Iz’ and ‘Love Is’ are outstanding confirmation that soul music is alive and well in New York City. Karen also goes up-tempo on the final cut for a house remix of ‘Spirit’, a song originally featured on her debut set.
Audio Samples >
Love Is
Subway Love Game
Comfort Zone
Track Listing >
1.Love Is
2.Hair I am
3.Subway Love Game
4.Comfort Zone
5.You
6.Ma, Renee & Me (interlude)
7.African Chant (Roots Of Nature)
8.Tell ‘Em Let ‘Em Know
9.Truth Iz
10.Dreamer
11.Family
12.Spirit (Deeper Remix)
