ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL: SOLANGE KNOWLES [PERFORMANCES].....

The performances from last weekend's Essence Music Festival are now available to watch. Here's Solange Knowles performing her second single 'Sandcastle Disco' from her forthcoming album Sol-Angel & The Hadley Street Dreams (out on August 26th):

She sang live and sounded great! She sure is coming into her own as a fluently placid performer. I soooo loved it. That performance really impressed me. And who cares if she's ripping off Amy Winehouse. At least she can perform her ass off and does her best to put on a show. She really does have a strong incentive for her art, which is something that isn't seen in many artists, because all they care about is making money. As well as Sandcastle Disco, Solange also performed 6 o' Clock Blues and current hit single I Decided. Both performances are after the cut. In other Solange news, Kelly Rowland joined 1Xtra for a whole week to present the Breakfast Show with Trevor Nelson. She interviewed Solange and they exclusively played a brand new Solange track called Wanna Go Back. The song features rapper Q-Tip and Marsha from Floetry and will feature on her new album. You can check out the streamed audio over at George's site http://solange-k.net/

I'll post Rihanna and Chris Brown performances in a sec. But I thought Solange was deserving of her own post.

Solange performs 6 o' Clock Blues