Here’s Keyshia performing “Let It Go”. An exclusive video for Yahoo‘s Music channel. With Cole’s sophomore CD, “Just Like You,” only a few weeks from release, she’s been on the road. Recently at the House of Blues…
“Cole opened with “(I Just Want It) to Be Over,” and it was obvious right away that she was in a typically feisty mood: While her six-piece band transformed her album’s plush R&B productions into hard-angled soul-rock rave-ups, Cole emphasized the grain in her voice, pushing it to raw emotional extremes that sometimes required a sacrifice in pitch. One back-up singer sported a faux-hawk, and the haircut seemed appropriate given the music’s unvarnished punkiness.
Cole didn’t slow down for a breather until “You’ve Changed,” which she sang while sitting on a stool. Well, half-sitting: Cole kept standing to punctuate lyrics with bits of body language.”