Raye 6 Brought Her Electric Doo Wop Soul Pop To BRIC TV Studio
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Last week, Raye 6 echoed the soul of a timeless era at BRIC TV Studio for a live performance.
The songstress was wearing a bright sequin silver and black shirt and her hair out full like that of my inner diva. I’m sure many listeners felt that same way as well. Her success too reflects that sentiment as she’s collaborated with M1 of Dead Prez, Joe Buddens, Ghostface Killah and Chris Sholar (Beyonce/Kanye West) to name a few. She also headlined the OUT Music Awards in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood in 2012, toured Japan & London and has performed at major music festivals including SXSW, WMC, Art Basel Miami, CMJ, SummerStage, Target First Saturdays, and more.
Raye 6 is the ray of every woman. “I am Ray 6 and I am here as usual…I am a sister to all,” she started off the night with.
Her inspiration is rooted in her mom who wore shiny things and had a huge collection of albums. Her mom would go to work and there, she would print out the lyrics to every song on the albums and bring them home to sing through them. That musical vigor passed on to Raye 6 when in the 8th grade, she auditioned for a choir school and was accepted.
On her musical style, she says: “Early on in my career I expressed myself really sexually and it was freeing. I’m free. In America, we’re so scared to express ourselves sexually,” she continued. And now, “I’m dating a lot,” she says. (To that, I say, YAS Raye!)
Raye 6 owns the stage in person, on screen, and in life. The curator of the night asked her at one point, “How do you own what it is that is yours?” Her response: “Don’t let anyone use you because that can cause a ripple effect.”
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In many ways, Raye 6 is like Kimberly Nicole, as she’s bringing her music to the masses from one part of the world to another. She’s also like Stephanie Mills, where her voice extends and carries from the past to the future.
One of her songs, “Lifted Sand”, is an infectious musical piece that poses a few questions: “who do you love/who do you trust/is there a fire/burning me up?” The poetic chorus “lifted on a faded grain of sand” is the description of love so faded the only thing left holding it up is a grain of sand. (Thank God for that grain of sand!)
As a fun fact, the video for “Lifted Sand” was filmed on an iPhone 5 in Derby, England and it’s so cool, I include it here:
Also, don’t feel bad if you missed out on yesterday’s show because you can snag one her tickets for her next performance at Brooklyn Bowl on March 7th.
