Nice footage of Tanika doing her thing at CMW this year! I’ll let Mark Valino tell it:

I captured this little gem on March 11 2011 at a CMW show. This was shot with my new AG100. The song is very significant to me and I’ll tell you why. About 4 years ago around this time I was on a shoot (It was a Zaki Ibrahim Show) and I heard this song for the first time. Although at the time it was performed over an instrumental of an MF DOOM song. It immediately caught my attention because I am a pretty big MF DOOM fan. Anyway to hear Tanika on the track breathed new life to that song. To hear such a soulful take of the song with such beautiful bittersweet lyrics melted my heart and I’ve been a fan of Tanika Charles ever since. This eventually led to me seeking her out to work with her on various projects including the “Silly Happy Wild Sessions” that lead to her EP release May of 2010.

additional footage:
Char Loro for LoveHard

download the music @
tanikacharles.bandcamp.com

For all artist info please visit:
myspace.com/​tanikacharles

Original performance from Manifesto 08:
vimeo.com/ ​5328494

Silly Happy Wild Sessions:
vimeo.com/ ​album/​213048