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News: Dionne is currently in the studio recording the new CD, On Top Of the World. Stay posted for the official release date.
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What The World Needs Now (Is Love Sweet Love)
A SADE and Dionne Farris tour? Could this be real? Is this true? Is this something the world needs? Is this something the world wants? What would this combination of musical talents do for you personally? We believe that a tour like this would bring love and healing to the world in these times of trials and tribulations. If you would like to see this tour, please send your request to www.clearchannel.com. Make it known to the world that you want to see this tour happen! Sometimes if you want something done, you have to do it yourself. Use your voices, speak it out loud! This tour is not yet scheduled.
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Who dominated the powerful vocals for Arrested Development's initial hit single, "Tennessee"?
Ranked #31 in Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll. Village Voice (02/20/1996)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...Dionne is a flickering flame, her sound organic, elemental and radiant....WILD SEED--WILD FLOWER crafts a soul-stirring tapestry of gospel, juke-joint blues...
Rolling Stone (01/26/1995)
...Farris stakes out a style of her own. Drawing from rock, funk and blues, she creates a hybrid as original as Sly Stone's...
Musician (01/01/1995)
...pumps new vitality into...`contemporary black music'...Sensual without the grind and hardcore without the hoodie, she lures and ensnares...she projects spiritual blues with a seductive voice...`Passion' [aims] to reclaim Rock music as a Black art form...
The Source (12/01/1994)
Who donated the powerful vocals for Arrested Development's initial hit single "Tennessee"? While some did not know her name, all became familiar with her voice, and many tried to imitate the chorus that she breathed so much life into. Dionne Farris was the woman responsible, and (a vaguely symbolic) three years after-the-fact, she comes forth with her own project, WILD SEED - WILD FLOWER.
Farris' debut seizes the feel of more than one genre, resulting in a broad-canvassed amalgam of today's popular music. "I Know" and "Find Your Way" clearly reflect this cross-genre fixation. Farris talks through some of the songs, adding even more complexity to her vocal delivery--the creative "11th Hour" being the best example. She provides "Passion" with a distinct rock 'n' roll feel, adds an R&B swing to "Don't Ever Touch Me (Again)" and gives props to the hip-hop nation by incorporating scratching effects on "Stop To Think."
Farris is a true artist, contributing production to each of the album's fifteen tracks. And rather than painting herself into a cultural corner--which, as a female, African-American artist, would have been all too easy to do--she declares herself a member of the most diverse group on the planet: the human race. It doesn't take being black or female to relate to WILD SEED - WILD FLOWER; the music possesses a hold on "Reality" that all can identify with.
