Most of us know there's very little Alicia Keys can't do well.

It's pretty clear that when it comes to vocal prowess, piano-playing ability and songwriting savvy, Keys has it all - and looks picture-perfect to boot.

So it makes sense that the 29-year-old r & b songstress, now four albums deep in her career, would seek to move beyond prescribed boundaries. Especially since her latest album, and the accompanying tour, is titled "Freedom."

Monday night at a sold-out Agganis Arena, Keys fiddled with formula and opted for a set list that was more artistic than anthemic, drawing heavily from her latest album, which has a slow-to-build appeal.

While Keys, her live band and backup singers were virtually impeccable musically, she seemed intent on holding out on her biggest hits, often introducing unexpected twists and turns into familiar songs.

When the 90-minute set began, you expected one of her pulse-pounding smashes. Instead, she opted for "Love Is Blind", a midtempo burner that found a curly-haired, spandex-wearing Keys writhing inside a cage. It was a more theatrical way to open the show, but somehow it felt anti-climactic.


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I found this interview @ BostonHerald.COM. Stunning <3

Herald: Why don’t we ever see your name next to Amy Winehouse’s or Lindsay Lohan’s doing bad things? What’s your secret to being so normal and staying grounded?

Keys: My trick to being normal and staying grounded is being normal and staying grounded. It’s the way I like my life to be. I love to have my privacy. Now I love meeting people too, so if I’m out on the street and someone spots me I greet them and thank them for saying hi. But I explain that I’m out with my family and move on without a lot of fanfare. I think it really disarms people. People go, “Wow, she’s just a regular person.” But they also become aware of my boundaries.

You seem to put a lot of effort into charity work. I know your Keep a Child Alive organization is a big part of your life. Have you always been interested in issues of global health and poverty, or is this new for you?

I’ve always been an empathic person. But I hadn’t been outside of America much until I started touring. That’s when I got to know what was going on with Africa’s AIDS pandemic. As I learned about the lack of access to medicines and orphan issues, the problems started to pull at me. So Keep a Child Alive has actually been around for almost 10 years now. We provide the medicine for children and families who have AIDS and wouldn’t be able to afford it.

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Alicia Keys is coming to Germany (Berlin). Here is an article of the upcoming event:

BERLIN, GERMANY, March 23, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Fans of R&B megastar Alicia Keys are likely to be booking Berlin hotels in anticipation of her upcoming performance in the city.

The 29-year-old singer is due to appear at the German capital's O2 World venue on Friday May 7th as part of the Freedom Tour.

People attending the event can expect to hear plenty of songs from Keys' latest album, the Element of Freedom, as well as former hits such as Fallin', If I Ain't Got You, A Woman's Worth and No One.

Having burst onto the music scene in 2001 with her debut release Songs in A Minor, the performer recently teamed up with fellow New Yorker Jay-Z on the smash hit Empire State of Mind.

Keys has also collaborated with Beyonce on the duet Put It In a Love Song, which appears on her new album.

Having made her film debut alongside Ben Affleck and Andy Garcia in the 2007 crime caper Smokin' Aces, she also appeared in 2008's The Secret Life of Bees with Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson.

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This is probably my #1 & favorite photosession of Alicia Keys! I found HQ photos of it and you can find them now in our Photogallery ♥



Link: x008 - Photoshoots > 2006 > Ellen Von Unwerth

Alicia Keys hosted the Gotham Magazine Annual Gala in New York City on March 15 . Yeah it is an old event but I got some stunning HQ photos of it now in the gallery.

I also adore her dress she wore at the event!


Link: x092 - Appearances & Events > 2010 > Hosting the 'Gotham Magazine Annual Gala' [New York] - March 15
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Alicia Keys reckons her Scots origins have helped her become the global superstar she is today.
The R& B superstar, in the charts with the brilliant Empire State Of Mind Part II, puts her success and how she has coped with it down to her mum Terri, who is part-Scottish, part Italian-Irish.
Born Alicia Augello Cook, she was raised by Terri and her African-American paternal grandmother Virgiel in the tough Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan, after her parents divorced when she was two.
And Alicia insists her mum instilled in her the work ethic that led to her becoming one of the world's most successful music stars of the past decade.
As well as the follow-up to Part I of Empire State Of Mind with Jay Z, her fourth album The Element Of Freedom is also storming the charts.
Having sold a staggering 30million records and won 12 Grammy Awards since her 2001 debut album Songs in A Minor, she says: "I have been to Scotland a couple of times.

"I like it, especially as my mother is part-Scottish. I get confused by my family background, but that much I am positive of.

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Alicia Keys performed at the Maidson Square Garden on March 17 - with Beyonce. Check those stunning photos of the live event out!

And with Beyoncé making a surprise appearance onstage, it was only fitting that her husband do the same. As Keys momentarily stopped playing piano, Swizz Beatz ran onstage and was soon followed by none other than Jay-Z. Times Square and the city skyline engulfed the arena as scenes of the city shined brightly for the sea of people. There's something especially moving about listening to the ode to New York City "Empire State of Mind" while actually in the city itself.

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Link: x024 - Performances > 2010 > Madison Square Garden - March 17

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