"JOI" arrives at the APOLLO! The Apollo Music Cafe

The singer Joi arrived in Harlem from Atlanta
last weekend for two amazing late-night shows at the
NEW Apollo Music Cafe located on the Apollo Theater soundstage. One entered the cafe from a side door under the Apollo's marquee and up a flight of steps that made one feel the experience was akin to that of climbing the steps to Harlem's Cotton Club under the marquee of what was then the old Douglas Theater.



Joyously, Joi's cabaret like performance demonstrated that this diva on the rise could conjure the energy, sex appeal and full throttle vocalizing that might rival some of Harlem's divas of the past. And while speaking of divas, where else in NYC within a span of months could one see an array of contemporary black divas as diverse as Helga, Sharon Jones and Joi, but the Apollo!

Coming to the APOLLO Music Cafe:
http://www.apollotheater.org/programs/music-cafe

• Blitz the Ambassador,
  with the Embassy Ensemble and special guest J. Ivy
  Monday February 14, doors & bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.
  
  
• Future Now,
  with Tuan X, Karma Mayet, Gina Breedlove, & Shae Fiol
  Friday March 4, Tuan X & Karma Mayet
  Saturday March 5, Gina Breedlove & Shae Fiol
  Doors & bar 9 p.m./shows 10 p.m.
  
  
• Ki Ki &Tess, Power
  Monday March 7, doors & bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.
  
  
• Songs For Miriam Makeba
  with Lorraine Klaasen of South Africa & Malika Zarra of Morocco
  Friday April 1, doors& bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.
  Saturday April 2, doors & bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.
  
  
• Shades of R&B: Terrell Howard and Tai Allen
  Monday April 4, doors & bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.
  
  
• Geri Allen "Jams" with Timeline plus special guests
  A Harlem Jazz Shrines event
  Friday May 13, doors & bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.
  Saturday, May 14, doors & bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.
  
  
• The Maurice Brown Effect, with Chris Rob
  Monday May 16, doors & bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.

• Art After Dark with Tom Thorndike & Friends
  Friday, June 3, doors & bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.
  Saturday June 4, doors & bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.
  
  
• Tamar-kali, 5ive Piece
  Monday June 6, doors & bar 9 p.m./show 10 p.m.