Music Style Urban R&B

Similar Artists Janet Jackson, Brandy, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Faith Evans

Artist History Angel Sessions has known she wanted to be a professional singer ever since she hit the stage at a talent show in her native Louisville, Kentucky, and proceeded to bring the house down with a rendition of the Natalie Cole hit "Our Love." Angel was six at the time. Although she credits Cole and Aretha Franklin as early influences, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Yolanda Adams, Celine Dion, and Faith Evans are some of her current favorites. Angel's "true inspiration," she says, has been her mother, Pastor Carolyn Murphy. "I remember when I was four years old," Angel recalls. "I was in my room singing, and she came into the room and said, 'You sing so beautiful.' From then on, every time she would have company, she would call me to the living room to have me sing and entertain her friends. She would always brag about me. That would inspire me to sing more. She was just trying to bring it out of me and help me not to be shy. The more I sang, the more I liked it." After relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area, Angel’s debut album, Introducing Angel, was released in 1998 on the Pittmobile label and distributed by Ichiban Records. The disc's single titled "She Was Never Her," received extensive airplay in California and throughout the Southern states, as did the video. For a follow-up, Angel became the first artist to appear on the newly reactivated Volt label, historic home of such legends as Otis Redding, the Bar-Kays, the Emotions, and the Dramatics. Angel's 1999 release, Love Ride, became the rejuvenated label's initial release because of her awe-inspiring talent and dedication, a belief shared by Volt's parent company, Fantasy, Inc., of Berkeley, California. Love Ride not only featured Angel's radiant vocals but also five of her original contemporary R&B compositions, including the hip-hop flavored ballad "Get It Right" in which she demands respect from her man. Produced by and co-written with Atlanta's Marcello 9, whose credits include work with TLC and other LaFace artists, "Get It Right," the album's first single, was accompanied by the video which features football star-turned-actor Fred "The Hammer" Williamson in the role of Angel's father. Also serving as producers on Love Ride were producers Preston Glass, Claytoven, Larry Batiste, Tony Camillo, and Andre Rivers. Here I Go Again is the third installment from Ms. Sessions and simply put, “this CD is off the hook.” Angel’s growth and diversity are apparent when listening to the tracks which incorporate elements of hip hop, Latin guitar riffs, booming bass kicks and good old fashioned R&B. O.G. Pierce (Ruff Endz, Anastacia, Montell Jordan) and Ivan Johnson (Quincy Jones Productions) provided a majority of the production work. The CD was released in February 2002 on the Internet in a joint venture with producer/manager, Herb Partlow. Here I Go Again has garnered a great deal of attention and accolades from listeners around the world. 10,000,000 listeners visit MP3.com’s website on a monthly basis and seven songs from the CD have been in the Top 40 contemporary urban charts on MP3.com, the premier digital music site on the internet, which also includes major artists such as Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Craig David, Missy Elliot, Tweet and Brandy just to name a few. Angel has started working on new material with Bay Area producers Freddie White and Herb Partlow. Three tracks have been written thus far, and by all accounts Angel continues to raise the bar and deliver the goods! "I love sharing my gift," she adds. "I just want people to hear my music and let it do the talking. The material speaks for itself.” The songs, the arrangements, and the vocal ability are all there. And when they do hear the music, they'll know who Angel Sessions is.

Albums Introducing Angel - Pittmobile/Ichiban 1998, Love Ride - Volt 1999

Location El Cerrito, California - USA

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