Chaka Khan

When i went to this concert with a friend of mine, - Chaka (who had personally invited me), saw me in the audience and said in the middle of the concert in front of thousands of people..."IS THAT YOU JHELISA???!!!" I just melted, and said i love you, and she said "i love you too", and she carried on with her concert, blowing us all away with her incredible legacy of music. What a moment that i happened to shoot a few pix, although blurry they are pure Chaka art in essence. Enjoy! I have a witness to this incredible event perhaps i will get her to blog about it, because its unbelieveable, that chaka loves me!!!!! Check out Chaka's version of "Death of A Soul Diva" in the player, as of yet unreleased. ...and a vintage Rufus clip:

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Video of the Week - Reggie Watts "The Beginning is near"

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What Angel said about working with Jhelisa:

"Nothing beats working with someone whose talent is so remarkable, so pervasive that you can feel it from light years away… Jhelisa is such an incredible spirit, not only a phenomenal vocalist, arranger, writer, producer… She’s a fireball of energy, a catalyst of intensity and a creative being like no one I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. We go way back… In fact, Jhelisa and I were both living in London when I produced and recorded my very first album for Delicious Vinyl; the ill fated, never released, “A Message From The Angel…”, but that’s another story. I was singing back in those days, but never happily… The voice that I heard in my head, as I wrote and produced those songs, was way more soulful than I could ever manage and knowing my own limitations, I was keen to bring in guests to fulfill the potential that I felt I couldn’t reach on my own. When Jhelisa agreed to sing on a bunch of the songs I was in seventh heaven… So that was then, and you’ll probably never get to hear any of that material for a million different reasons, however, earlier this year Jhelisa and I teamed up in LA and the first of two very different tracks are about to be released, “Ultra Light” by The Angel feat Jhelisa on September 22nd and “Words Like Daggers” as 60 Channels… But the icing on the cake is additional Jhelisa flavour on my upcoming instrumental album, “Xtra Sensory Goodness”"

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Spin Magazine Article

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Video of the week - Ike & Tina "Proud Mary" (Live 1971)

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