Review of soul in the city 07:11:00
MARGARET
OLOROGUN (GEM) who sings with the LOVE & JOY GOSPEL CHOIR here in LIVERPOOL,
performed her first solo spot at SOUL IN THE CITY. Only one word can describe
GEM'S voice and that is Perfect with a capitol 'P'. This young woman is
an angel in disguise, who drew the audience to her halo like a huge magnet,
after singing a few verses of acappella, except for her angelic voice you
could have heard a pin drop. She was like a pastor performing her sermon
to the masses, as soon as she sang her last note of acappella the building
erupted into wild applause only to be silenced by GEM herself singing "ANGEL
OF MINE" which also received huge applause. This woman is gospel and until
someone notices her and records her voice then R&B is missing a real GEM
of an ANGEL.
GENIENE
MONOHAN (right)GENIENE is a young woman full of ambition who not only danced on the evening as part of MBRYO, she also sang. She has a lovely voice and given the fact that she only decided to do a new song to her, "YOU'RE THE ONE I WANT", the day before the show and had only one day to learn it, she done extremely well. She wasn't too sure about the song before she went on stage and was very nervous about forgetting the words, but in true professional style she soldiered on and executed the song in such a way that even though you could tell she was nervous she covered it up well. GENIENE has all the aspects of a performer, the looks, the voice and the ambition to go and make something of herself, we wish her all the luck in the world.
When MICHAEL came on stage he looked kind of like a young LUTHER VANDROSS type of performer and to everybody's amazement he sang MACIE GRAY'S "I TRY" exactly like the woman herself. He sang this song brilliantly but you couldn't help but to hear the real MICHAEL coming through in the chorus lines and this sounded even better. He has a wonderful souly voice which he should use more often. He has the ability to become a good R&B performer and he should take this opportunity now while he's young to further his career.
O.I.C
I repeat O.I.C. These guys were the real deal, if you like rap & beat box
stuff then look no further, the boys are here. I know personally that there
were people in the audience that were not too fussy on rap, until the three
wise men attacked the stage and truly converted their thoughts. If you are
looking for a rap act then book them now while you still have the chance,
these boys are electric. I personally thank them for the SOUL IN THE CITY
rap song they sang upon entering the stage (total respect). These guys had
the audience rocking in the aisles, I for one would put all my money on
them becoming a huge success. If you want to have a sneak preview of them
then go along to KIRKLANDS, Hanover Street, LIVERPOOL of a Thursday, and
watch them perform at the playground. Well done boys, I look forward to
seeing you's at the top. 
Although JUDY is not an amateur, she came along to our amateur night to perform alongside some of the acts she'd been teaching vocals to. JUDY has that gruff souly R&B voice that you'd die for, she definitely knows her stuff, and it showed when she had all of the men in the audience eating out of the palm of her hand. She has the looks and charm to entertain any audience and in my view should be performing for a living, there is definitely a space for JUDY in the music scene and the sooner she fills that space the better.
This young woman proved to us once again what singing talent exists in Wales. She waltzed on stage and opened up with "HOW COULD AN ANGEL BREAK MY HEART", a song which she once sang for her father after he had been seriously ill. You could sense the meaning and feelings in the words she sang. After the interval LISA returned to sing ROBERTA FLACK'S "KILLING ME SOFTLY" and only ROBERTA herself could have sang it better, the audience acknowledged this and applauded her wildly, for a singer who lacks personal confidence she had us all fooled.
This
young lady had never sang live or even sang at all until the SOUL IN THE
CITY concert. ALEX was part of MBRYO'S dancers and one day at rehearsals
approached me and asked if she could sing on the night. I told her that
we had enough acts already, which was the truth. A couple of weeks later
she asked again if she could sing, I told her (just to pacify her) that
I hadn't heard her and with that she sang for me on the spot. I immediately
told ALEX that she had better go and get her music, she has a very different
voice which is very distinctive to only one person. At one point she felt
she couldn't go on stage and perform in front of four hundred plus people,
but she did and she was brilliant. Once the music started she was rockin'
from side to side and pacing the stage to KEITH SWEAT'S "TWISTED". Out of
all of the voices heard that night, ALEX'S always rings the loudest. A unique
voice is an advantage in the music world and if she uses that advantage
ALEX will definitely go far.
UNIQUELYNDSEY, PHILLIPA & KIMBERLEY, three young girls who have been practising vocals together for a couple of years and until rehearsals had not actually used microphones. So they didn't really know what they sounded like until now, and they sounded pretty good to me and the rest of the audience who started stomping their feet and clapping when they opened up with a few verses of acappella and then sang "NO SCRUBS" accompanied by three male dancers. These three young girls stole the hearts of the audience who loved every minute of their performance. In parts of their act it was obvious that they had little mike experience but that was minor compared to their overall performance, practice makes perfect and they need little practice.
NATHAN,
a young rapper with loads of potential. This young man rapped like a rapper
should, quick and audible. He knew his stuff and he knows it. NATHAN, although
a bit stage shy came across well, his performance would have improved 100%
if he had added a bit more movement to his act. This is something he should
work on, but let's not let that take anything away from his rapping, NATHAN
is a rapper and he proved that on the night.
MBRYO'S SOUL IN THE CITY RETURNS TO THE STAGE ON 20:03:01 AT THE NEPTUNE THEATRE LIVERPOOL WITH A TRIBUTE TO MOTOWN & THE MOTOWN ERA, A SHOW NOT TO BE MISSED BY ANY MOTOWN FAN, THEN LATER ON IN THE YEAR WITH ANOTHER SOUL IN THE CITY AMATEUR EVENING FEATURING MORE UP & COMING LOCAL ACTS.
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