VH1 Storytellers (Blu-ray), RCA, Music & Performance

14 time Grammy Award winning singer,songwriter,producer, actress, New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur and humanitarian, Alicia Keys captivated audiences eleven years ago when she performed Fallin off her debut album, SONGS IN a MINOR on THE Oprah WINFREY SHOW. Her growth as an artist has also been highlighted by numerous collaborations including Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Bono, Jack White and Jay-Z. VH1 STORYTELLERS captures her intimate performance from November 2012 where she shares the back story of some of her biggest hits.

First aired ten days prior to the release of Girl on Fire, Alicia Keys' VH1 Storytellers program featured six songs. While this set expands the set to 11 songs, it does not present the full performance. Heavy editing was involved; certain portions of Keys' dialogue re hacked up, crowd noise is unnaturally lowered and raised in volume, and there is little evident effort to make the songs flow. Keys' first words here, the lead-in to "No One," are "We were at the end of the album, and it was finished, and" -- so it provokes the feeling of walking into the venue as the gig is in progress. Furthermore, much of her intro to the following "Brand New Me" was cut. For all its choppiness, VH1 Storytellers is enjoyably off-the-cuff, with Keys' anecdotes (including an extended tale about the making of "You Don't Know My Name") and remarks ("I love an acoustic guitar!") often delivered as she and her band are playing. The five songs that didn't air are relevant, including a hot "Fallin'" that could have easily been overcooked, and an "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)" that packs a heavier rhythmic punch than the studio version. Ironically, this is less showy than 2005's Unplugged, and it's better for it. [A Blu-Ray version was also released.] ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi

Performer	Alicia Keys
Music genre	Live Concerts
Media format	Blu-ray
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	VH1 Storytellers
Awards won	14 time Grammy Award
Track listing	No One,Brand New Me,You Don't Know My Name,Not Even The King,Fallin',If I Ain't Got You,Girl On Fire,New Day,Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready),Empire State Of Mind (Pt. II) Broken Down,Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart,Menu
Record label	RCA
Songwriter	Alicia Keys
Track name	Fallin
Duration	0 min
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N