Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2018 | Page 699
Tenor Blue
The heart of an artist is intimate with
heartbreak, vulnerability, compassion
and pain. The mind of an artist is
meandering, introspective and willing
to explore painful truths that most find
difficult and uncomfortable. The soul
of an artist is cavernous, the depths of
which take a lifetime to explore through
his or her works. Albeit poetry, painting,
music or photography, it translates
through it all.
Meet Tenor Blue, a certified soul man
that possesses an unbelievably soulful
sound that comes from his gut and isn’t
contrived. Raised in the concrete streets
of San Francisco and now residing in
the tropical sands of South Florida, the
blue-eyed singer is able to channel the
rich emotionality and vocal agility of
the R&B-based style with the warmth
and sweetness of his tone that invest
soulfulness into the singer’s delivery.
But it’s his discovery of Bob Marley and
a Black Uhuru album that changed his
musical journey. Reggae tapped into
his psyche and his education began by
absorbing the legacy of Third World,
Steel Pulse, Dennis Brown, Sugar Minott,
Peter Tosh and Gregory Isaacs that
changed his musical trajectory. Tenor
Blue thereafter honed his craft from
signing to a label under RCA Records,
to sharing the stage with many reggae
legends including Gregory Isaacs,
Frankie Paul, Barrington Levy, John Holt,
Etana and others. This path led to an
opportunity of a lifetime by Tenor Blue's
first full length album being produced by
Grammy award-winning producer J-Vibe,
and the rest as they say is HIStory.
His latest released single "Bless Me"
does just that, sings to the object of his
affection "Bless me with your smile.. Bless me
with that look of love I’m seeing in your eyes".
The lovers rock ballad echoes a familiar
sentiment and is a must have for your
music collection. Produced by Jamaican
producer Vinni Hamilton, "Bless Me"
is now available on all streaming and
digital outlets via IDC at http://smarturl.
it/tb-blessme
"I'm about lyrics and melody and feel I'm
bringing something unique to the table that
has depth and really pulls a listener in. I'm
not a cookie cutter type of artist that you can
listen to and say that sounds like most of the
other stuff out there today. When you listen
to Tenor Blue you're gonna get a different
vibe. But most importantly, whether it's a love
song, a culture or conscious tune or a song
about life, I try to bring something authentic
and real to the table lyrically and melodically.
I want people to relate to what I'm singing on
a deep human level. And when I write that
starts with me being able to relate and really
feel what it is I'm writing. If that's not there, it's
not gonna get recorded.”
~ Tenor Blue