Tessanne Chin to perform in New York City on Memorial Monday

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Tri-state area music fans will get to see Jamaican songbird Tessanne Chin perform live on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, when The Voice Season 5 winner headlines the inaugural Oracabessa Festival at the Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, New York. Other performers at the festival include Beenie Man, Konshens and Assassin.

“We are thrilled to have Tessanne perform live in New York for the very first time since she won The Voice,” said event organiser Bobby Clarke, CEO of Irie Jam radio. “Her performance is expected to attract large support from her Jamaican/Caribbean fan base as well as garner mainstream attention.”

Tessanne’s march to victory on The Voice included an emotional rendition of Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, which earned her the #1 spot on iTunes USA Top 100 charts, and a mesmerizing rendition of Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song’. She also topped the iTunes singles chart with Whitney Houston’s ‘I Have Nothing’ and cracked the top ten singles chart in a duet with Adam Levine — The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’.

Since appearing on the Voice, the ‘Hideaway’ singer has been a regular fixture on American television. She was interviewed by Matt Lauer of NBC’s Today Show; appeared on the Kathie Lee & Hoda show; Live with Kelly & Michael; Access Hollywood, and New York Live.

Last week she returned to the NBC Voice stage, delivering a spirited rendition of her debut single ‘Everything Reminds Me of You’, from her soon to be released album.

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