Reared on Motown backbeats, 70s groove bands, and gospel wails, multi-talen… Read Full Bio ↴Reared on Motown backbeats, 70s groove bands, and gospel wails, multi-talented artist Angela Johnson has a knack for creating songs that infuse the classic elements of musicβs yesteryear into a dynamic and contemporary brew distinctly her own. Her critically-acclaimed solo albums They Donβt Know (2002 Purpose) and Got To Let It Go (2005 Purpose) introduced Angela as a soothing soul singer with a stealth, gut-punching alto and a sensitive songwriter of deceptively simple melodies that moved listeners from romantic sways to back-burning sweats. Her most recent offering, A Womanβs Touch (2008 Purpose) is a single-producer project that furthers Angelaβs evolution as an erudite production talent and continues a legacy of female musician/producers not seen since the pioneering days of Patrice Rushen and Angela Winbush. Boasting the crΓ¨me de la crΓ¨me of soul and R&B, from Rahsaan Patterson and Eric Roberson to Maysa and Julie Dexter, A Womanβs Touch is more than an indie soul project, it is an industry event unseen since the timeless producer albums of Quincy Jones and Norman Conners. When considered alongside a body of work that includes two solo masterpieces and two highly-hailed group projects as the lead singer of the soul-funk band, Coolyβs Hot Box, Angelaβs fifth studio release is a revealing testament to the time and commitment Angela has spent honing her multi-faceted skills to a spit-shined perfection. To thrive for over 15 years in this bare-knuckle business of music requires talent, beauty, a strong constitution, and steely determinationβqualities Angela has possessed since day one. Her enduring career isnβt surprising to those in the know; Angelaβs talents and tenacity have made it seem destined. As a musical child prodigy who played piano by age 4 and violin by age 9, it appears Angela Johnson was born for music. She certainly was prepped for this gloriousβand occasionally brutal rideβby her upstate New York rearing in the tough industrial town of Utica, NY. There, as a teenage choir director and church organist in her Baptist church, Angela received her first critical training on how to rouse a crowd through the power of song. Refinement as a musician and performer came through a fated stint at State University of New York (SUNY) in Purchase. At SUNY, Angela studied as a violin major and met her fellow students and future Coolyβs Hot Box bandmates, including close collaborator Christian Urich of the cult favorite, Tortured Soul. Several years of singing lead and writing for Coolyβs Hot Box produced three dance hits (βWhat A Surprise,β βMake Me Happy,β and βWe Donβt Have To Be Aloneβ), a doomed label deal with Virgin Records that still produced Cooly's commendable debut Take It, and a much celebrated sophomore project (Donβt Be Afraid, Get On) under Angelaβs current label home, Purpose Records, signaled the end of the Cooly's era. After departing Coolyβs in 2002, Angela met the industry as a grown woman of esteemed talents with an experience earned doctorate in music business chicanery. The year also found a newly motivated Angela Johnson determined to show the world what she could do as an artist, alone. Since her 2002 solo debut, They Donβt Know, and its auspicious follow-up, Got To Let Go, Angela Johnson has been making the kind of honest soul music that has inspired promoters, music lovers and industry insiders everywhere to make sure that everyone knows exactly who she is. With the 2008 release of A Womanβs Touch, interest in Angelaβs music has exploded throughout the music scene, from radio to industry bloggers the word is out. Even before A Womanβs Touch, Angelaβs talents as a singer, songwriter and producer have been in high demand. With songs featured on HBOβs The Wire, UPNβs Kevin Hill, FXβs The Shield, and WBβs Roswell, and a 2005 national TV advertising campaign with Coolyβs Hot Box for SBCglobal.net (AT&T/Cingular) already under her belt, soon everyone will be whistling an Angela tune. Madison Avenue arenβt the only ones taking notice of Angelaβs talents. Artists like Conya Doss (βEmotionsβ), Seek (βJourney Into Dayβ), Laurnea (βNo Shameβ), and Reel People (βCanβt Stopβ) have all sought out Angela Johnsonβs unique sound to grace their projects. More than an artistβs musician, Angelaβs a proven hit producer and songwriter with a 2001 top ten, gold selling hit, βAngel,β for Japanese R&B superstar, Double. Itβs because of Angelaβs track record for helping talented artistsβ deliver some of their most memorable work that A Womanβs Touch track listing reads like the whoβs who of contemporary soul. On her latest project Angela expertly guides Grammy award-winning artists like Gordon Chambers (βGet Awayβ) and Claude McKnight of Take 6 (βHere I Standβ) through unexpected, tropical soundscapes, revealing different sides of these familiar talents. As the writer, producer and arranger of every track of A Womanβs Touch, Angela repeatedly illuminates recognizable artists through the different lenses of her unique musical kaleidoscope. Whether itβs pushing Frank McComb (βPlayβ), labelmate Monet (βThatβs Just The Wayβ) or Eric Roberson (βLet Me Knowβ) to move their soulful sounds to the dance floor or lifting the curtain on her solo-worthy backing singers Lisala (Walkinβ) and Tricia Angus (βNot The Oneβ) on compositions that places their ample voices firmly center stage, Angelaβs never predictable. Even when she allows trademark artists to do what they do best, like Maysa on the romantic βMore Than You Knowβ or Rahsaan Pattersonβs funky βDream Flightβ, Angela Johnson still manages to put her indelible stamp on the music. A Womanβs Touch also illustrates Angelaβs ear for arranging persuasive, radio-friendly material that would be at home on any adult contemporary, smooth jazz or progressive soul station. Catchy duets like Jazzhole front man Marlon Saunders (βWait On A Maybeβ) with newcomer Lenora Jaye, or Angelaβs own vocal collaborations with band mate Ernesto Abreu (βAmalβ) or Lisala and Tricia Angus (βCrying Over Youβ) confirm that independent soul neednβt ever be dull or esoteric to be good. Then again, thatβs Angela Johnsonβs work, to keep the music simple, yet vibrant to the ear. Itβs the music sheβs best at that is perhaps most reflective of whom Angela is as an artist, wife, mother, and as a woman: a strong, uncomplicated, uncompromising melody determined to play all the keys of life. Six years after the release of her solo debut and countless more steadily riding the music industry rollercoaster to prominence, A Womanβs Touch, parades an artist at her peak. Still in fighting form with a point to prove, Angela Johnson is an ever-evolving talent with an unquenchable desire to feed her listeners that good, soul-nurturing music their hungry for.
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Better It's so much better, better, better Better, better, better..…
I Still Care No, it wasnt long ago When we were lovers too But now…
Love My friends are few and far in between And there's no…
Money Don't Grow On Trees Okay, Coconut man, Moon Head and Pea You ready? Seems like e…
More Than You Know More than you know More than you know It hurts so bad…
Rescue Me Set the world aflame You light it up, are you ready? Life…
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