As far as I’m concerned, the best thing about yesterday’s Lions-Packers game was the halftime show.
Motown Records celebrated its 5oth anniversary with a tribute show at Ford Field. Up-and-coming artists signed to the modern incarnation of the label, Universal-Motown, performed a medley of classic hits released in the brand’s heyday (the 1960s).
The first performer on stage captivated me so much that I literally tuned out the rest of the show. Performing the 1963 Martha Reeves and the Vandellas hit “Heat Wave,” 15 year-old Vita Chambers made my jaw drop with her beauty and her voice. A native of Barbados, Chambers seems to be virtually unknown at this point (she doesn’t even have her own Wikipedia entry yet); in my quest to learn more about her, all I could find were links to MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.
I’ve definitely got to check Chambers’ music out. Being signed to Motown, I would expect it to be of some quality, rather than in the vein of Rihanna and a few other contemporary bubblegum pop artists whose songs have little (if any) substance.
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