The Museum of Light was granted exclusive access to interviews with the acts on Motown’s label at a July showcase held at Capitol Records in Los Angeles. The acts who are defined as The New Definition of Soul talked to The Museum of Light about their journey as artists and shared their reflections on alchemy.

In this special series Alchemy in Motown Mila J, Sebaastian Kole, and Kevin Ross will share their thoughts on becoming a star, not in the sense of “fame” but in the sense of alchemy.

Alchemy in Motown will be debuting online with The Museum of Light and Respect Magazine this summer!

You can also find this story and others from The Museum of Light at RESPECT Magazine.

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The Museum of Light is curated by: 
Billy Johnson Jr., Joslyn Rose Lyons, Adell Henderson, Rafael Casal, Matt Smith, Malik Buie.

Photo credit above: Chris Contreras, Danez World

 

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Berry Gordy’s got to be proud of how the Motown brand continues to curate the best of the best. Torchbears Sebastian Kole, La’Porsha Renae, and Kevin Ross delivered incredible sets Tuesday night at Capitol Studios in Hollywood during The New Definition of Soul event hosted by their talented labelmate Mila J.

The Museum of Light was blessed to host exclusive pre-show interviews with the acts on Motown’s Facebook page. The artists discussed carrying on the label’s legacy, gave updates on their new projects, and even talked alchemy.

On the stage, they got down to business. Sebastian, who collaborated with Alessia Cara on “Here,” took us to his hometown Birmingham with his foot-stomping energy, hilarious sense of humor, plus rhythm and blues vocals, especially on “Love Doctor.” It was also a nice surprise to hear his cover of Smokey Robinson’s Motown favorite “Cruisin.”

Fresh off a successful run on the final season of American Idol, first runner up La’Porsha Renae killed it with her brand new song “Good Woman,” a guttural final plea for her cheating man to change his ways.

Kevin Ross opened at the piano with “Be Great” and brought even more inspiration with “Dream” and segued into Phil Collin’s “In the Air.”

The trio closed the show with something really cool — a rendition of Stevie Wonder’s timeless Motown classic, “Love’s In Need of Love Today.”

Motown let it’s Light shine last night. We were glad to be in the house.

The Museum of Light is curated by: 
Billy Johnson Jr., Joslyn Rose Lyons, Adell Henderson, Rafael Casal, Matt Smith, Malik Buie.

For more info on The Light visit:

http://www.themuseumoflight.com/
https://instagram.com/museumoflight/
https://twitter.com/museumoflight

Photo credit: Chris Contreras, Danez World

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