By Aria Brent, AFRO Workers Author, abrent@afro.com
Native singer and vocal powerhouse, Gabby Samone is getting ready to hit the stage in a private tribute to legendary vocalist, Whitney Houston. Earlier than her massive efficiency on Aug. 30 at Keystone Korner Gabby Samone spoke with the AFRO about what followers can anticipate from the present and what this chance means to her.
AFRO: What made you wish to do a tribute present to Whitney Houston ?
GS: I grew up listening to her and watching her. I’ve all the time been impressed by how highly effective her voice was, and the way entertaining she was. She didn’t simply sing, she spoke to us. Her stage presence was superb and she or he touched individuals’s hearts, that’s what impressed me to wish to do this.
AFRO: Are you able to talk about how she’s influenced your profession as an entertainer ?
GS: I grew up within the church, and I grew up as this shy woman who didn’t actually know her voice used to sing tremendous gentle and I didn’t know that my voice was highly effective till I began to get just a little older. I began watching Whitney extra and she or he impressed me to sing out. I began to develop my voice extra andI realized how highly effective my voice was simply from watching her. She impressed me to the touch individuals as an alternative of simply singing.
AFRO: What can visitors anticipate from the present
GS: They’ll anticipate to be entertained, and to really feel Whitney. I’m not making an attempt to be Whitney however I actually wish to give them a present and provides tribute to one of many biggest artists ever. There’s going to be a whole lot of expertise there that night time. Company needs to be able to have a very good time.
AFRO: What made you wish to collaborate with the opposite corporations and companies concerned on this present ?
GS: Keystone [Korner] is iconic, there’s all the time some superb expertise there. It’s no higher place to be to have a good time any person like Whitney.
AFRO: What’s the largest factor you wish to proceed to uphold concerning Whitney Houston’s legacy?
GS: I wish to proceed actual music, actual expertise and simply grace and magnificence. It’s not a whole lot of artists on the market which can be nonetheless making an attempt to carry on to the grace and magnificence of issues. I simply wish to deliver that again. The facility in individuals’s voices can contact individuals, and the message. I wish to deliver again the message in music as properly.
AFRO: What songs are going to be sung on Aug. 30 at Keystone Nook?
GS: The setlist has a whole lot of her hits. ‘You Give Good Love’, ‘I Will All the time Love You’ –after all you possibly can’t do a tribute with out that track. I’ll be singing ‘I Have Nothing’,‘The Biggest Love of All.’ I’ll even be singing a couple of of her upbeat songs.
AFRO: What does this chance imply to you
GS: This chance means the world to me. I’ve all the time needed to sing her songs to individuals and contact individuals so this chance means quite a bit to me.
