Kevon Edmonds’ “Who Knew” Moves Up Charts | Upcoming Tour Appearances in Europe & US

Kevon Edmonds’ New CD – WHO KNEW

Continues to Move Up The National Music Charts With Upcoming Tour
Appearances in Europe and US!

Photo of Kevon Edmonds by LaSalle Barnes

Kevon To Appear and
Perform Hit Single “Oh” on

The Mo’Nique Show,
Friday December 11, 2009

Hit Single, “OH” Moves
Up the National Music Charts With Upcoming Tour Appearances in Europe & US

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – December 4, 2009 (PSI North-South Partners, Inc) — Singer Kevon
Edmonds, among the most romance driven vocalists in soul-pop – is making a
dramatic return to recording after nearly a decade of absence with the dreamy “OH,” the 1st single (now available via
iTunes) that is quickly moving up
the charts towards Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Adult R & B Airplay
Chart and on Hot R&B/Hip Hop
Singles Chart from his Make Entertainment
CD, Who Knew (distributed by EMI). Produced by Greg Curtis, the song
beautifully showcases Edmonds’ yearning high tenor in a manner that will have
ladies swooning all over again. Kevon
is set to appear and perform the hit single on The Mo’Nique Show, Friday,
December 11, 2009 and is currently preparing a very sexy stage show for his
upcoming European and US Tour that will be announced very soon an.

“OH” speaks to relationships,” Edmonds shares, “It’s about reconnecting with that person that
you’re involved with and moving forward in a positive way. People today aren’t
as grounded as they used to be… They don’t go into the union of marriage
cognizant of what is truly required. Too often we allow little things to put a
wedge between us. I’ve lived long enough to see people I’ve known who divorced
then look back with regret realizing they didn’t stick together long enough to
make things work. This speaks to people about fighting for a good thing through
the rough patch. If you’re fortunate enough to have love in your life, you’ve
got to recognize it and work to hold on to it.” As with most songs Edmonds
sings, he took into careful consideration the impact that the song would have
when he performed it before an audience. “There’s an intro I do live that
speaks to the importance of how I just described the song,” he continues. “I
was thinking about the way Rick James opened ‘Fire and Desire,’ but my way.
When I get through, you’re ready for somebody to drop some serious love music
on you.”

Kevon
has been doing just that throughout his distinguished career. With two decades
of faithful, soulful service under his belt, Kevon Edmonds is among R&B/Pop
music’s most adored vocalists and songwriters. As the founder and lead singer
of vocal trio After 7, Kevon serenaded
lovers around the globe with such hits as “Ready or Not” and “Can’t Stop” (both reaching #1 on Billboard’s
Hot 100 R&B Chart and attaining Top 10 status on Billboard’s Pop singles
Chart). His voice remains a favorite among fans of movie and television thanks
to After 7’s hits “Nights Like This” (from The
Five Heartbeats movie), “Gonna Love You Right” (from Sugar Hill) and the Adult Contemporary smash “Not Enough Hours in
the Night” (from the Beverly Hills 90210
television soundtrack). With After 7, Kevon scored a multi-platinum selling
debut album, two Gold albums, three Gold singles, seven Top Ten radio singles
and three Gold soundtracks. Kevon then co-executive produced his solo debut,
24/7 alongside his brother, pop music icon Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. The
title track of the 1999 release, “24/7,” rose to #2 at R&B radio, crossed
over to Pop, and sent the 24/7 CD to Gold status.

Now living in Nashville, the Indianapolis-born vocalist completed a soulful new project with
the help of hot producers/songwriters Greg Curtis, Kadis & Sean, Kevin
Randolph, Damon Thomas and Jayshaw Champion, his talented nephews Jason Edmonds
and Dave Edmonds, along with Aaron Pettigrew and Karl Antoine. Edmonds
explains, “I wanted to create a body of work that will take listeners on a
musical journey – bridging the gap between the R&B of old and R&B of
today. I had my ear on a couple of young producers, but
I was not using them to pursue a ‘youthful’ sound. My goal is to open the ears
of today’s young R&B listeners so they can hear where
the music they listen to really comes from. I simply
want to bring back the magic of love and romance.”

To
illustrate his point, Edmonds refers to a remake of “Never Let You down” that
he recently recorded for the project Silky
Soul Music…An All-Star Tribute to Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. “I
recently performed that song at a show in Rozelle, New Jersey,” Edmonds shares.
“I spoke to the crowd about the importance of paying tribute not to just our
fallen soldiers but those still with us. Frankie Beverly is one of those. His
band Maze is the Black equivalent of the Grateful Dead in the way they bring
out faithful fans every time they do a concert – whether they have a new album
out or not! He’s impacted the fabric of our culture for a stretch of time.”

“That’s
the same career path that I am on with my new album Who Knew, Kevon concludes.
“It feels good to be back.”

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