Her band is spot-on, her arrangements soar, and her guests complement the proceedings without even momentarily carrying them.Īll hits are here, as well as some amazing coversĬlearly comfortable sitting at the piano or standing behind the microphone performing.
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For this 72-minute live album, neo-soul piano diva is backed by a full band including a drummer and percussionist, an electric bassist, horns, strings and backup vocalists. Yowling, piano pounding, hip-hop tics (the ubiquitous, emphatic "unh"), and even a spot of theatrical poetry all have their places here, but Keys manages them with a master's sense of what's song-appropriate. Throughout this consistent set, marked by warmth, sincerity and a powerful lack of inhibition, Keys convincesįranklin, she's a force of equal might and measure. It is a perfect venue for the singer/pianist, who is unafraid to play with the arrangements of her hits or to reimagine cover songs. MTV's Unplugged returns with the excellent soul/R&B star in a performance, which took place at New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater on July 14. Keys has won Grammys, sold millions of albums and staged major tours, but her musicianship and personal warmth are best appreciated in an intimate setting. I have about four or five songs I’ve been working with but I’m constantly writing all the time.MTV resurrects Unplugged with piano diva Alicia Keys I’ve been playing around, experimenting and vibing on different styles. I have this new direction I’m feeling I will go in for the next album. Asked if she was already working on any new material, she replies, “Oh, there’s been a lot of things springing forth from me. That one we should have the script for by the holidays and we’ll take it from there.”īy early next year, Keys says she’ll be ready to get serious on her third studio album. She is also still planning to star in a biopic about biracial child piano prodigy Philippa Schuyler, which she says is “still in development. Instead, Keys will move directly into working on her first feature film, “Smoking Aces,” which begins shooting Nov. “It was so great to perform that song there for the first time.”Īlthough she concedes she may “do a couple of spontaneous, small, ‘Unplugged’-style things” in the near future, she has no plans to tour for a while. “We set the crowd up and the vibe was just perfect, and then I walked over to my piano and I asked them if they wanted to hear something new, and they just went crazy,” Keys enthuses. On the show, Keys uses the opportunity to premiere a new song, “Unbreakable,” which was originally intended to appear on her 2003 studio album, “The Diary of Alicia Keys.” It is the top debut at No.
But it was really lovely to reach out to people I admire and for them to be so down to do it.” And with Keith, the day the show taped was the day the Stones started rehearsal for their tour. “Bruce and I were going to do ‘New York City Serenade’ but the schedule just conflicted. “I was going to cry,” Keys tells with a laugh. But the project nearly got a major lift from rock legends Bruce Springsteen and Keith Richards, who had to back out at the last minute. 11 via J) has no shortage of special guests, including Common, Mos Def, Damian Marley and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. Alicia Keys’ “ Unplugged” CD/DVD (due Oct.
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