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Watch Kelela Perform a Heart-Wrenching Cover of Sade's Like a Tattoo
Watch Kelela Perform a Heart-Wrenching Cover of Sade's Like a Tattoo
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Watch Kelela Perform a Heart-Wrenching Cover of Sade's "Like a Tattoo"

A must-see-and-hear cover of Sade's Love Deluxe gem

Fresh off the release of her debut album, Kelela has blessed the good folks at BBC Radio 1 with a pair of performances in a recent Piano Sessions installment.

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Performing the album cut "Waitin" and a cover of Sade's "Like a Tattoo," the DC electronic experimentalist dials into a sweet minimalism, accompanied by a lone key player and an echoing mic.

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Watch Kelela perform a heart-wrenching Sade cover above. Hit the link below to scoop a copy of her new album, Take Me Apart, via iTunes. Scroll on for the dates on her fall tour in support of the album.

ITUNES

Tour Dates:

10/20 – Mexico City, MX @ Sala Corona

10/29 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent

10/30 – Oakland, CA @ The New Parish

11/1 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater

11/2 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos

11/5 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

11/6 – Chicago, IL @ Promontory

11/7 – Detroit, MI @ El Club

11/9 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground

11/10 – Montreal, QC @ Belmont

11/11 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs

11/12 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

11/13 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

11/16 – Washington, D.C. @ U Street Music Hall

11/17 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall

11/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell Stage)

11/20 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa

11/21 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall Downstairs