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Featured Image: from @butterflyjms on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Review By: Janel Spiegel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Musikfest 2022 BOYZ II MEN<\/p>\n

August 4, 2022<\/p>\n

Wind Creek Steel Stage<\/p>\n

711 E. First Street<\/p>\n

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Boyz II Men \u2013 It\u2019s all in that Cooleyhighharmony<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a moment to talk about music\u2026 It\u2019s Musikfest time again, it feels like yesterday. All the music, the food, drinks, friends, family, laughter, love, and fun. That\u2019s Musikfest, I hope everyone gets to experience it at least once. It was hot but people were in good spirits. It\u2019s still summer and summer deserves love too. The weekend is coming, and people want to want to forget the worries, the madness, craziness and so on. Boyz II Men opened Musikfest and they are indeed \u201cconnoisseurs of music.\u201d They have quite a musical background, you can read about it on Boyz II Men\u2019s official website. Before I went into the Wind Creek Steel Stage, I headed up to the Media Center. Thank you Musikfest, Steel Stacks, and Arts Quest for setting that up. Thank you to all the staff that is always so helpful.<\/p>\n

If you follow Musikfest on social media, you saw the rising of the Wind Creek sign over the Wind Creek Steel Stage, a sure sign that Musikfest is ready to go. But let\u2019s talk about music for a moment, and some of the influences, and artists that Boyz II Men sang, and paid homage to. Sam Cooke\u2019s \u201cA Change Is Gonna Come\u201d, Bruno Mars\u2019 \u201cLocked Out Of Heaven\u201d, Lenny Kravitz\u2019s \u201cAre You Gonna Go My Way\u201d and \u201cAmerican Woman.\u201d If you caught it, they even threw in Big Daddy Kane\u2019s \u201cAin\u2019t No Half-Steppin\u2019\u201d, \u201cCome Together\u201d by The Beatles, \u201cOpen Arms\u201d by Journey and Mariah Carey also did a cover of \u201cOpen Arms.\u201d That will mean something in a bit.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to describe Musikfest in one word. When you arrive you can feel it, you feel the excitement of what\u2019s to come. \u00a0Mother Nature was staying in the background with some dark clouds, and a possibility of rain but the Music Gods had other plans. I also think Mother Nature fell in love all over again after hearing, \u201cOn Bended Knee.\u201d<\/p>\n

DJ Jamal Knight<\/a> and Tshila<\/a> opened for Boyz II Men. Both AMAZING. The crowd was fun, the people sitting around us were fun. My friend Marian went along, and she had a blast too. \u00a0Also, thanks to Sue who I met in line at Island Noodles<\/a>, she will be working at The Spot Drive-In in Nazareth so go check that out. Island Noodles will be at Musikfest until August 14th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Boyz II Men is made up of the incredibly talented Grammy award winning R&B group\/band, Wanya Morris, Nathan Morris, and Shawn Stockman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shawn Stockman showed lots of love to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Boyz II Men came out onstage and started with \u201cMotown Philly\u201d and they even sang acapella with all of us. As soon as they walked onto the stage, the crowd was up. I never thought my kid self would hear \u201cMotown Philly\u201d, \u201cEnd of The Road\u201d, \u201cOn Bended Knee\u201d and \u201cOne Sweet Day\u201d, well I\u2019ve heard that live but by the incomparable Mariah Carey and the amazing Trey Lorenz.<\/p>\n

To hear Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, and Wanya Morris sing and they made it rain, they made it rain. Mother Nature said, it\u2019s too much. The song deserves rain, give them the rain. Shawn Stockman thanked God for the \u201cproduction.\u201d It was amazing timing, and an amazing show. Musikfest never fails to deliver. I remember videos like, \u201cWater Runs Dry\u201d which they also sang, and had the crowd help with the introduction of the song.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we go back to the days our love was strong.\u201d It\u2019s just\u2026 sigh, it brings back so many good memories and the spinning umbrellas in the rain. It\u2019s such a good song. Wanya Morris also shared a story about Nathan and Shawn learning to play instruments. (The spinning umbrellas were in the \u201cOn Bended Knee\u201d video with them singing their whole hearts and souls out.) Shawn learned to play guitar and Nathan learned to play the bass. Boyz II Men handed out roses to the ladies in the crowd during their performance of, \u201cI\u2019ll Make Love To You.\u201d<\/p>\n

You could be anywhere in the world or it could be anytime of day, and you might hear a lyric or a beat that reminds you of a song. Boyz II Men, K-Ci & JoJo, Babyface, The Supremes, Lionel Ritchie, Nelly, Mariah Carey, Wu-Tang Clan, Kendrick Lamar, Aretha Franklin, Buddy Guy, Sarah Vaughan, Kelis, Aaliyah, Whitney Houston, Journey, David Bowie, Queen, Bell Biv DeVoe, TLC, Tevin Campbell, Blackstreet, Groove Theory, Mona Lisa, Jade with \u201cDon\u2019t Walk Away\u201d, CeCe Peniston, Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5, Etta James, Maxwell, D\u2019Angelo, Erykah Badu. I could go on and on.<\/p>\n

Music is universal. Whether it\u2019s a stadium, a caf\u00e9, a restaurant, a street corner, no matter where you are when you are together with the people you love, and the music starts. You just forget. It was amazing as always to hear an entire audience singing along to songs that many of us grew up listening to or started listening to. During \u201cOne Sweet Day\u201d, they asked the ladies to try and do their best with the Mariah notes\u2026 We tried; we really did but only Mariah can do them. Boyz II Men opened Musikfest and it was preview night, and what a preview that was. There have been some amazing acts that came through Bethlehem, Pennsylvania but the energy tonight. The energy could have lit all of Bethlehem up.<\/p>\n

\u201cMotownphilly\u2019s back again. Doin\u2019 a little East Coast swing. Boyz II Men going off. Not too hard, not too soft. It\u2019s long overdue but now Philly is slammin\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n

Skip ahead to \u201cBack in school we used to dream about this everyday\u201d and now thirty plus years, and they are still \u201cDoin\u2019 a little East Coast swing\u201d for new generations, our generations, and more. That\u2019s music, that\u2019s Musikfest, that\u2019s the heart and soul of what\u2019s it about. The love for people, the love for music, the happiness to see your friends, your family. You hear a song and it takes you back. It may not always be a great memory but there will always be meaning. I hope Boyz II Men visits Bethlehem again soon.<\/p>\n

Musikfest continues until August 14, 2022 with incredible guests like Willie Nelson & Family, Poison, Ja Rule & Ashanti, Counting Crows, Ziggy Marley, Disturbed, Olga Tanon, Alabama, and so many more. You can also check out shows all over Bethlehem including Space Kamp.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/lineup\/ticketed\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.musikfest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/musikfest\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.steelstacks.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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