If you want to catch this legendary singer and songwriter, live at a venue near you, then you'll need to score your tickets right away. As she approached her piano, a bit surprised at the amount of people in the room, she smiled and remarked over her shoulder, Gee, the Tiny Desk is tiny. And now you can hear her performing it alongside her all-time classic hits, including "No One," "If I Ain't Got You," and "Girl on Fire!"Ĭheck out the Alicia Keys Tour schedule below to find out when she'll be in your town - but don't wait. In February, before the pandemic lockdown, Alicia Keys recorded a Tiny Desk Concert and NPR released the video earlier this week. I think the composer was trying to convey a message of the importance of work ethic and striving for your dreams, and doing it in a way that is pleasing to the audience.Fifteen-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys is launching her first major new tour in nine years, a tour she's bringing to venues all across the US and Canada in the coming months - and this website can help you find the best tickets for her upcoming performance near you! Featuring the lead single "Show Me Love," which recently became her record-extending 11th consecutive #1 hit on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart, ALICIA is the singer's best album yet, a smooth blend of soul and pop that confirms her status as one of her generation's greatest artists. This song speaks about New York City specifically, saying If I could make it here/ I could make it anywhere.
The song is about working hard to make it to your desired place. Alicia Keys performs 'So Done' featuring Khalid from her new album ALICIA, continuing her week-long drive-in concert series in Television Citys parking lot. It features a beautiful contrast of an aggressive background beat with the delicacy of Keys’ vocals. The piece is a pop ballad about New York City and is a sort of sequel to Empire State of Mind. Keys’ piano skill also provided an exceptional performance quality, as the piano music is difficult and was played in conjunction with her vocals.įinally, a piece performed by Keys that can be related to an idea in life is Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down. The harmonies between the background vocals and Keys’ vocals were exquisite. I would rate the artistic quality of the music and performers a 10/10. This performance was as good as expected, considering Alicia Keys’ musical talent and performance ability. Keys’ piano playing provided a proper accompaniment to her singing that both accentuated her vocals and highlighted her talent to make a pleasing experience for the audience.
In my opinion, this was a technically great performance as far as musicianship and artistry. Likewise, Keys embellishes her song as she performs it with spontaneous runs and other ornamentation. In Revenge, the singer decorates the melody with added notes, getting more elaborate as the piece continues. If I Ain’t Got You also shows homophony because Alicia Keys has backup singers who harmonize with her as she performs to enhance the texture of the song. In addition, Strozzi’s Revenge exhibits homophony, a musical texture in which a melody is performed with supporting accompaniment. Strozzi’s Revenge features a slow downward contour that is followed by a straight upward motion.
In the chorus of If I Ain’t Got You, Keys moves higher with a gradual upward contour and then moves down sharply, and the pattern continues. This creates a flow and dimension that interests the listener. Similar to the melody of Strozzi’s Revenge, If I Ain’t Got You features long notes followed by short, staccato notes. Noted: Alicia Keys The Untold Stories premieres Sept 30th on YouTube. Now YouTube is looking to repeat that success, with an Alicia Keys concert being live streamed on December 1st at 8pm ET. Revenge is a Baroque era piece composed in 1651 that expresses a jilted lover’s thirst for revenge. In October, YouTube hosted one of the biggest live streaming events ever held: a U2 concert generating more than 10 million streams across 7 continents. This song was inspired by things happening around this time such as 9/11. If I Ain’t Got You is an R&B/neo-soul piece released in 2003 about the irrelevance of material things. The piece I chose to compare to a piece we covered in class was If I Ain’t Got You, which I will be comparing to Barbara Strozzi’s Revenge. Posted by AllTheBest at 7:44 PM 0 comments. Watch the rebroadcast of Alicia Keys performance from NYCs Nokia Theatre on World AIDS Day 12.01.09.
Some of her more popular songs are Fallin’, If I Ain’t Got You, and No One. Alicia Keys Live on YouTube - Full Concert. Alicia Keys is a singer-songwriter and musician, who is also a classically trained pianist.
The concert I chose for this review was a 2017 Alicia Keys concert from YouTube.