COME THRU VOCALS — Daily Vocal Discoveries from INYIM Media
Come Thru Vocals is a long-running It’s Not You It’s Me Media series spotlighting standout vocal performances, emerging artists and new songs worth adding to your rotation. Curated by the INYIM music desk, many selections later appear in the Musique Dig’s Weekly Playlist and enter rotation on INYIM Radio.
Today’s Come Thru Vocals jumps generations with Mothers Favorite Child featuring CeCe Peniston on “Purple Funk” and Pearl Bailey’s “Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye.” We go from a 2017 funk-and-dance strut to a recording released in 1953, because a good vocal rotation should never be trapped inside one decade. Friday said range.
Mothers Favorite Child ft. CeCe Peniston
Tune: Purple Funk
Mothers Favorite Child links with CeCe Peniston on “Purple Funk,” a 2017 release that puts Peniston’s unmistakable vocal presence inside a groove built for funk and dance floors. The track gives her plenty of room to command the record without losing the band’s muscular rhythmic pull. Purple, indeed.
Pearl Bailey
Tune: Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye
Pearl Bailey takes us back to 1953 with “Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye,” showing exactly why a voice with character never ages out of the conversation. Her delivery carries the song with warmth, personality and unmistakable phrasing — a sharp left turn from “Purple Funk,” and precisely why it belongs here.
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