RANDOM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AALIYAH!

Today the R&B songstress Aaliyah Dana Haughton would have been 33. Keshia's always sighted Aaliyah as a personal inspiration on of hers musically, and so, thus that being said... In honor of Aaliyah's Birthday on today, watch our girl Keshia cover an Aaliyah Haughton classic, "One In A Million" from the album of the same name. Happy Birthday Aaliyah!

KC QUICK NEWS: KC TO HAVE "FEATURED GARDEN" AT 2012 CANADA BLOOMS

Hey #Ryders! The 2012 Juno Awards Nominations aren't for another two weeks, but here's some pre-Juno Award news to tide you over till then. Keshia will be one of four Juno Award Winners and Nominees to have their own personally designed garden at this years 2012 Canada Blooms which also partners with the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in celebration of this years Juno Awards from March 26 to April 1st, the day of the of the 2012 Juno Awards. You can read on below for more information and also click the "Source" links. For tickets go here.

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will partner with Canada Blooms to present the “Juno Rocks” Gardens.  4 Gardens Inspired by JUNO Award Nominees and Winners (Keshia Chanté, Jann Arden, Feist, Sarah Slean & Royal Wood) reflecting each artist’s particular style and genre. The JUNO Awards Celebrate their 41st Anniversary from Ottawa, March 26 to April 1st, 2012 culminating with the live CTV Broadcast on Sunday, April 1st from the Scotiabank Place  -- Source: Canada Blooms Newsletter  

Additional Sources:  ICanGarden.com &  CanadaBlooms.net

WATCH: FASHION TV INTERVIEWS KESHIA CHANTE, FASHION ICON

Hey #KCRyders! Hopefully your Sunday is off to a great start! Remember the "Night & Day" Madness promo video that Keshia's label posted on last year? Well, one of the stops she made during that promo tour was to Fashion Television where she filmed a segment called Fashion ICONS. In Canada, Keshia is well-known for her eclectic, and classy sense of style and you can find out just who she likes and what her style is like by following the link below by clicking the link. Enjoy!

WATCH: Keshia Chante - Fashion ICON

KC QUICK NEWS: NEW SINGLE + HONORABLE MENTION + NEW TWITPICS

Hey #KCRyders! All has been remotely quiet in KC-Land however we do have bits and pieces of information to share. So read below to see just what we found:


 New Twitpics
To help tide us over somewhat while we wait for news on Keshia's next single, we've got twitpics.
Keshia posted a couple of twitpics over the last few days from her Night + Day promo tour on last year via her Facebook + Twitter pages.

 Fellow Chicago Blackhawks lady, makeup artist + hairstylist, Elina Casell (@ElinaCasell) and boyfriend to one of the players tweeted a pic of her and our girl KC supporting their hockey playing boyfriends on last night at one of the latest games, which you can view below.

KC tweeted two pics of herself from last years "Night + Day" promo trail across Canada. The first is from Fashion TV and she tweeted that she was wearing  Lucian Matis. The second one is from ETalkTV.

Honorable Mention

Keshia's team twitted a new article in which Keshia ranked at #14 for Bleacher Report's Hottest Hockey Wives + Girlfriends of 2011. You can view the article by clicking here.

KC's New Single

Apparently KC's labels have done the right thing like Spike Lee, and scrapped the previous single "Edit, Cut, + Delete U" and are now replacing it with a VicPark single!

One half of the production team, Levi, tweeted this yesterday:

@levisingit levi

@KeshiaChante Keeshy its almost go time!!! #Akrivos

Now for those of you who've gotten the album already, you know that VicPark & Keshia have six songs together on the "Night + Day" album. I actually believe that "Jersey" and "If U Say" are Keshia's next singles. As much as we as #KCRyders hit her and her label up about them on her social networking sites, it'd be a shame not to listen because we're telling them in black and white what we'll support.  Thus, this leads to my discovery. About  a month or so ago, I discovered via #KCRyder  Malcom aka (@malblue5) tweeted to me & a few other LKC members that the blog for R+B musicians, Singersroom.com uploaded two of Keshia's newest songs from her album, that being "Hang My Jersey Up ft. PReign" and "If U Say". Singersroom said, and I quote,

"Keshia Chante's new single "Hang My Jersey Up" is about "Guys always say I'm a player, but I met one that made me want to stop the games, retire my jersey!" The record is featured on her new album 'Night & Day.'

Note: [If you haven't gotten it yet, "Night & Day" is available worldwide online at these outlets: Itunes.com, Itunes.ca, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.mp3 and KeshiaChante.com. It's also currently available for purchase in stores across Canada.]

WATCH: KC @ XBOX CENTRAL CANADA'S GAME WITH FAME

Hey #KCRyders! Keshia's label Universal Music Canada tweeted an update concerning Keshia's Game With Fame appearance back in November 2011. The Xbox Canada website finally uploaded a 1:30 minute clip of the video footage from the event which you can watch by clicking here or clicking the video capture on the website. Check out KC's new album "Night & Day" which is available worldwide online at these outlets: Itunes.com, Itunes.ca, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.mp3 and KeshiaChante.com. It's also currently available for purchase in stores across Canada.

JUST IN: KC ON MUCH'S HOTTEST GUYS & GIRLS OF 2011 TONIGHT + MORE

Here's some quick news for #KCRydersCanada or if you're able to watch Much Music. This was the stat posted on Keshia's official Facebook & Twitter page today. Be sure to tune in tonight & tomorrow to Much Music for both:

Catch Keshia Chante hosting the 100 Best Videos of the Decade on MuchMusic tomorrow (Saturday, Jan 7th) at 6PM! She will be counting you down from #20 to #11!

Also, check out Keshia discussing her picks for Hottest Girls & Guys of 2011 tonight (January 6th) at 4pm & 4:30pm on "Hottest Guys of 2011" and "Hottest Girls of 2011" also on MUCH!

ALBUM REVIEW: 4 CORNERS OF PROSPECTIVE: LKC & #KCRYDERS REVIEW - NIGHT & DAY PT.4

To round our "Night + Day" album review series, I decided to save what I had to say for last.  ( Follow us #TeamLKC at: @luvkcfansite and me, on my personal twitter: @cassiedash)


To view the first album review by #LKCTeamMember Cat click here.

To view the second album review by #LKCStreetTeam & KCStreetTeamMember Jane click here.

To view the third album review by #LKCTeamMember Albert click here.

ALBUM REVIEW: 4 CORNERS OF PROSPECTIVE: LKC & #KCRYDERS REVIEW - NIGHT & DAY PT.3

Continuing our "Night + Day" album review series, here's words from the mighty comical and ever practical  #LKCTeamMember - Albert! ( Follow him on twitter @koolkidincash93)
To view the first album review by #LKCTeamMember Cat click here. To view the second album review by #KCRyder #LKCStreetTeam & KCStreetTeamMember Jane click here.

View Albert's "Night &Day" review after the cut

ALBUM REVIEW: 4 CORNERS OF PROSPECTIVE: LKC & #KCRYDERS REVIEW - NIGHT & DAY PT.2

Continuing our "Night + Day" album review series, here's words from our hard working and dedicated #KCRyder and #KCStreetTeamMember + #LKCStreetTeamMember - Jane! ( Follow her on twitter @MusicAddictJane and check out her official blog: http://musicadictjanesworld.blogspot.com)
To view the first album review by #LKCTeamMember Cat click here.

Jane Reviews Keshia Chante's 3rd Album Night & Day

Note: Her album review starts around 4:00. :) 

WATCH: KC PERFORMS LIVE! AT ET CANADA'S NYE BASH 2011

We told you once the footage was available we'd post and thanks to our amazing team member and LKC Media Guru - Linda (@miuseem) we have it here for you! So enjoy as Keshia and her full band and dancers take you on a trip back down memory lane of her career performing her biggest hits like, Table Dancer, 2U,  and of course the crossover hits Been Gone and Bad Boy.

Photo Credit: JJ Thompson, The Compendium Daily


KC Performs at ET Canada NYE Part I



KC Performs at ET Canada NYE Part 2




My verdict:

It had me hooked from the first little intro which was cute! To those of you who, like I have never seen KC live, this will be a teaser for her upcoming tour. The production itself is massive! Keshia clearly amps up her overall performance and pulled out some stops this go round.
The great things about this performance:

1.  Ambiance + set up. Four background dancers and a full band? Dancing while singing? I mean, really dancing like she used to dance in the era of her first album "Keshia Chante" type dancing. This was exactly what we were hoping for and that's exactly what we get!
2. Keshia is being herself. She's not trying to be like any of her industry contemporaries which also deserves another plus. 
3. Then there is the fact that even though she could have performed more songs from her new album Night + Day and didn't, Keshia still manages to stay in control of her voice as she dances which is another plus and not to mention she sang her tiny little butt off!

So of course this performance was pretty much perfection to me. By now you should know that I don't say what I don't mean! lol Great job KC, band and dancers!