Raised on Motown backbeat 70s groove bands and gospel wails multi-talented artist Angela Johnson has the ability to create songs that infuse the classic elements of music's past to a dynamic and modern bridge distinctively her own critically acclaimed solo album They Do not Know (2002 Purpose) and Got To Let It Go (2005 Objectives) introduced Angela as a calming soul singer with stealth gut-punching alt and a sensitive songwriter deceptively simple melodies that moved listeners from romantic to rocking back-burning sweating Her latest Offering a Woman's Touch (2008 Purpose ) is a single producer, projects to promote Angela's evolution as a scholar of production talent, and continues a legacy of female musicians / producers who have not seen since the pioneering days PAtrica Rushen and Angela Winbush boasts crème de la crème of soul and R & B from Rahsaan Patterson and Eric Roberson to Maysa and Julie Dexter A Woman's Touch is more than an indie soul project is an industry event unseen since the timeless albums by producer Quincy Jones and Norman Conners When considered together with a collection of works covering two solo masterpieces and two highly acclaimed group projects as a singer of soul-funk band cooly's Hot Box Angela's fifth studio album release is a revealing demonstration of the time and commitment Angela has spent honing Her multi-faceted skills to a spit-called perfection To be successful in over 15 years of bare-knuckle business music requires talent, beauty is a strong constitution and Steely resolve qualityether Angela has besittaed since day one, consisting Her career is not surprising that those in the know, Angela talent and perseverance has made it seem intended as a musical prodigy who played piano by age 4 and violin of 9 years seems to Angela Johnson was born for music, she was really prepped for this beautiful and sometimes brutal ride with his upstate New York breeding in harsh industrial town of Utica, NY What a teen choir director and church organist in her Baptist church, Angela had her first critical training on how to bring a crowd into force of the song as a musician and Refinement artist came through a low-fated at State University of New York (SUNY) at buy at SUNY Angela studied as a violin major and met her fellow students and framtida cooly's Hot Box band members including close associates Christian Urich of Tortured Soul cult favorite Several years of singing lead and write for cooly's Hot Box produced three Dance Hits ( "What A Surprise" "Make Me Happy" and "We Do not Have To Be Alone "), a convicted label deal with Virgin Records still in production cooly commendable debut and is a very famous sophomore project (Do not Be Afraid Get On) under Angela current label home Purpose Records signaled the end of cooly's era, after resigning cooly's 2002 Angela met industry as a grown woman of estimated talents with an experience that earned a doctorate in music business ploy year also found a newly motivated Angela Johnson is determined to show the world what she could do as an artist solo practicean hennes2002 solo debut They Do not Know, and its favorable follow-up Got To Let Go Angela Johnson has made the kind of honest soul music that inspired the initiators of music lovers and industry insiders everywhere to ensure that everyone knows exactly who she is with the 2008 release of a Woman's Touch Interest Angela's music has exploded across the music scene from the radio industry blogger word is out even before the A Woman's Touch Angela's talents as a singer songwriter and producer has been in high demand with songs featured on HBO's The Wire UPN's Kevin Hill FX The Shield and the World Bank Roswell and the 2005 national television advertising campaign with cooly's Hot Box for SBCglobalnet (AT & T / Cingular) already under his belt will soon all be whistling an angel Tune Madison Avenue is inte the only ones taking notice of Angela talent artists conya Doss ( "Emotions"), Seek ( "Journey Into Day") Laurnea ( "No Shame"), and Reel People ( "Can not Stop") all went to Angela Johnson's unique sound to compliment their projects more than one artist musicians Angela is a proven hit producer and songwriter with a 2001 top ten gold-selling hit "Angel" in Japanese R & B superstar Double It's because of Angela's track record of helping talented artists delivering some of his most memorable works as "A Woman's Touch track listing looks like who's who of contemporary soul on her latest project Angela expertly guides Grammy-winning artists like Gordon Chambers (" Get Away ") and Claude McKnight of Take 6 (" Here I Stand ") by unexpected tropical ljudlandskap showing different sides of these known talents as a writer, producer and arranger for any trace of a woman's touch Angela repeatedly turns on again artists through different lenses of her unique musical kaleidoscope Whether it's pressing Frank McComb ( "Play") label mate Monet ( " That's Just The Way ") and Eric Roberson (" Let Me Know ") to move their soulful sound on the dance floor or lift the curtain on his solo-worthy backup singers lisale (Walkin ') and Tricia Angus (" Not The One ") on the compositions which puts its rich voices down Center Stage Angela is never predictable even when she does brand artists to do what they do best like Maysa on romantic "More Than You Know" Or Rahsaan Patterson's funky 'Dream Flight' Setadded Johnson still managed to put his indelible stamp on the music A Woman's Touch also shows Angela's ear for arranging persuasive radio-friendly material that would be at home on any adult contemporary smooth jazz and progressive soul station catchy duets that Jazz Hole frontman Marlon Saunders ( "Wait On A Maybe ") with newcomer Lenora Jaye, or Angela's own vocal collaborations with band mate Ernesto Abreu (" Amal ") or lisale and Tricia Angus (" Crying Over You ") confirm that independent spirit need never be boring or esoteric to be good Then again that's Angela Johnson's work to keep the music simple but vibrant to the ear, it is the music she does best is perhaps the most illuminating of which Angela is sleeping artist wife, mother and woman: a strong Okomecomplex uncompromising melody determined to play all the keys of life six years after the release of her solo debut, and countless steadily riding the music industry roller coaster prominent A Woman's Touch parades an artist at her peak is still struggling to form a point to prove Angela Johnson is a constantly evolving talent with a unquenchable desire to feed her listeners that good soul music, take care of their hungry
