One month before premiering the entire album - which was her first record besides The Songstress without Michael J. You get a stronger emotional feeling from the songs on this album.” “That’s what I’ve done on past albums but not on this one. “In the studio, you can adjust the knobs and buttons to compress the sound to get it technically perfect, but you lose some of the emotion,” she said.
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One thing that was an upgrade for Baker on Rhythm of Love was the modification to technical pitch. “There are some contemporary pop things on it, but it’s mainly ballads with an R&B, jazz, and gospel feel to them.” “It’s not as jazz-oriented or melancholy as ,” she described to LA Times.
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Mo Pop will continue Sunday with a full day of music, including a fest-closing performance from Big Sean, as the rapper plays his first hometown concert in more than five years.Rather than evoke a risk-taking spirit and incorporate the edgier new ideas of R&B on Rhythm of Love, Baker chose to reflect on her past works and present a sophisticated record for her longtime followers to receive with open arms.įor Rhythm of Love, Baker kept a duplicate love scheme from her previous albums, noting to Los Angeles Times in 1994 that she “wasn’t going for anything different.” Being in the concrete heart of downtown Detroit deepened Mo Pop’s urban feel, and it was nice to lose the audio slapback that afflicted West Riverfront, where sound bounced off the big postal facility nearby.īut it also brought some congestion issues, particularly at the Eastown stage. In some ways, Hart Plaza made for a more compact, manageable experience. The warning was justified, though her ragged vocals didn’t detract entirely from the band’s sunshine-coated brooding, including the viral hit "Prom Queen."Įxhorting the crowd to bounce, she said she's observed that "the post-pandemic crowd is a little tense, and we've got to change that."ĭayglow, the project helmed by Texas artist Sloan Struble, was bright and earnest in his embrace of old-school pop sounds, serving up his homemade hits ("Can I Call You Tonight?"), mashing up "Medicine" with Lipps Inc.'s "Funkytown" and sealing the '80s immersion with a cover of Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." Beach Bunny’s Lili Trifilio apologized in advance for the state of her voice - she’d done a lot of “screaming and singing” in recent days, she told the crowd. Many of the day’s visiting artists were hitting Detroit in the heart of the touring season. With his colorful keyboards, stomping beats and sing-songy lines, the Detroit newcomer at times came off like a hip-hop Andrew W.K. Singer-rapper Whu Else, who emerged during the pandemic, made his stage debut, delivering a head-turning set that amounted to a musical collage. Mo Pop has made a name through the years introducing big Detroit crowds to rising acts, and there were plenty of them on Saturday’s bill, including several - Wet Leg, Horsegirl, Dayglow - who were making their Motor City premieres.Ī whiff of ‘90s nostalgia was in the air early in the afternoon, thanks to the aloof alt-rock of young Chicago trio Horsegirl or the Breeders-saturated sound of England’s Wet Leg, who took the stage to a “Lord of the Rings” theme.Ī pair of Detroit acts kicked off the day: Charity, playing the first festival of her career, delighted the arriving crowd with a warm neo-soul and an off-the-beaten-path Stevie Wonder cover (“Jesus Children of America”). Many of the fest's long-running side attractions made the journey to Hart Plaza: the food trucks, the arcade with retro video games and pinball machines, even the big "MO POP" sign along the riverfront end. The Grande, the bigger of the two, was situated on the main plaza adjacent to the main bowl, with the Eastown positioned along the park’s concourse parallel to Jefferson Avenue. On a gorgeous summer day where chill vibes reigned across the site, the fest featured two stages named for classic Detroit rock theaters - the Grande and Eastown - and a staggered schedule so there were no overlapping sets. More: Anita Baker's long-awaited Detroit show was classy affair with moments of magic More: The Weeknd is big, bleak and polished at Detroit's Ford Field in After Hours Til Dawn stop
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