By Alexzenia Davis
It is Saturday night and North Hollywood's Perk-U-Up Café is fuller than ever. But only one voice can be heard as everyone's attention is directed towards the stage where a small lady with a huge personality shares her life through song. Her name is Shaya.
Friends and strangers alike sit shoulder to shoulder as her voice fills the tiny café. Most already know the lyrics and many have already chosen their special song. And yes, this is hard to believe since CD's are only available for purchase after her shows. So, is this Shaya really that enticing?
Well if you ask anyone who has seen her live or heard her music, then yes, she is just that good. Shaya's music is a breath of fresh air in an industry so dependant on studio processing and commercially driven lyrics. Her CD 'Sweet Letters', combines Rhythm & Blues with a Latin flavored sound. Her emotion shines through on every track which makes each tune so much more believable.
For this particular show, Shaya performed five songs from Sweet Letters, including audience favorites 'Sweet Letters', 'My Eyes They Rain For You', and 'You Saved Me'. She also sang some of her older tunes including: 'Do You Think Of Me Daddy', 'Oop Stop', 'Simply A Love Thing' and 'Yeah'. To spice things up, Shaya made sure to include many comical anecdotes and self written poetry before almost every song. This made her transitions from upbeat easy going to slow tempo extremely deep songs seem effortless and added significantly to her performance skills.
Along with her band, Smooth, consisting of guitarist (Jerome Garrett), pianist (David Linz), and congo player (Spencer Polk), in one night Shaya proved to a full house, as well as a few passersby, that she is more than ready for the big stage. With a video and single on the way, there is no slowing down for this artist. And this can only be good news for a devoted group of fans who fill the café in North Hollywood for dinner and a voice.
Highly Recommended.
Friends and strangers alike sit shoulder to shoulder as her voice fills the tiny café. Most already know the lyrics and many have already chosen their special song. And yes, this is hard to believe since CD's are only available for purchase after her shows. So, is this Shaya really that enticing?
Well if you ask anyone who has seen her live or heard her music, then yes, she is just that good. Shaya's music is a breath of fresh air in an industry so dependant on studio processing and commercially driven lyrics. Her CD 'Sweet Letters', combines Rhythm & Blues with a Latin flavored sound. Her emotion shines through on every track which makes each tune so much more believable.
For this particular show, Shaya performed five songs from Sweet Letters, including audience favorites 'Sweet Letters', 'My Eyes They Rain For You', and 'You Saved Me'. She also sang some of her older tunes including: 'Do You Think Of Me Daddy', 'Oop Stop', 'Simply A Love Thing' and 'Yeah'. To spice things up, Shaya made sure to include many comical anecdotes and self written poetry before almost every song. This made her transitions from upbeat easy going to slow tempo extremely deep songs seem effortless and added significantly to her performance skills.
Along with her band, Smooth, consisting of guitarist (Jerome Garrett), pianist (David Linz), and congo player (Spencer Polk), in one night Shaya proved to a full house, as well as a few passersby, that she is more than ready for the big stage. With a video and single on the way, there is no slowing down for this artist. And this can only be good news for a devoted group of fans who fill the café in North Hollywood for dinner and a voice.
Highly Recommended.
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