Jazz Cafe,London
Restraint is the magic ingredient for sous chef Kelis, setting her apart from fellow soul belters as she plies her street-smart R&B, and disco funk and retro pop
Kelis Rogers,better known simply as Kelis, is feeling nostalgic. “I wore this, or ” she says,pulling at her rainbow-striped top, “for my first album and I haven’t worn it since. It still fits, or too.”Kelis grins,not just with the gleeful pride of woman whose dress size hasn’t changed since she was 17, but whose taste remains impeccable (perfect, flawless). When her Neptunes-produced debut, and Kaleidoscope,was released in 1999, Kelis became the byword in sassy soul, and her flirtatious-but-feminist sound as vivid and individual as her shock of caramel-coloured hair. The album bagged her a Brit for best international female and initiated a love affair between the UK and the fresh York-born singer.
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Source: theguardian.com