sugar water festival
Jill Scott can set the soul on fire! The Sugar Water Fesitval is a colletive of women's voices that can bring any house down. I could have watched all four hours of Jill Scott, but we got a taste of Floetry too, who only had a short run - they didn't even get a chance to do the songs I wanted to hear from them. Queen Latifah was up next, engaging the crowd. Although I don't listen to the Queen, she can interact with the crowd and rile them up. She's got the voice and if she wants to, can really sing the blues, mama! Then Jill Scott came on, ah, the voice is unreal. Yet there we were, listening to her live and it is better than what you hear on a recorded CD. Erykah Badu closed out the show, channeling Billie Holiday. I was glad to hear more songs from Baduizm rather than the later albums. All they needed was Angie Stone, and when we spotted a dead ringer in the audience, we wanted to tell her to bring it up on the stage. I wish I'd brought my proper camera because the cell phone could barely capture Jill and Erykah there even though I was only 3 rows back from the stage, elbowing with other snappers. I'd see them again next year if Angie Stone tours with them. Oooooweeee, what a show, what a show!
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