The Round Table

The Canal Room was rocking as the Evening of the Feeling Song Tour touched down in NYC on Tuesday night. Matt Duke, Tony Lucca, and Jay Nash provided hours of incredible music, a mini-jam session, as well as a few surprise guests including the lovely Sara Bareilles and talented Curtis Peoples. While the clear headliner appeared to be Jay Nash, it was Matt Duke’s and Tony Lucca’s sets that stole the show.

So, who is Matt Duke? Well, he’s a pint-sized (in comparison to the towering Jay Nash), singer-songwriter who has an affinity for a four letter word that rhymes with “duck.” His songs were poignant and emotional, his delivery was intense and focused. He commanded the stage he even though a rather noisy audience didn’t give him the respect he deserved on stage, which seemed to be an issue for all of the performers. Tony Lucca and Curtis Peoples confided with us post show that “the audience thinks you can’t hear or see them when you’re on stage. You can and you do. Trick is finding a way to politely say ’shut the f-ck up.”

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Forget Justin Timberlake, Keri Hilson is bringing sexy back with her latest video for “Slow Dance.” Let’s just say she’s clearly using her “assets” to promote this song — and — rightly so considering it’s sultry tone.

The video opens with Hilson joining friends waiting on her outside of her place, then flashes back to what the delay was. Enter the hotness. Hilson clad in little more than a bra and high waist panties (ugh, we hate that word), struts around her place, interspersed with clips of her driving around town with her friends, a club scene, and some one-off poses against a wall in a oh-so-tight snakeskin outfit.

If that’s not enough to make you watch, Hilson is joined by some heavy-hitters including Chris Brown, Omarion, Melody Thorton (PCDs), Polow Da Don and Monica throughout the video. See if you can spot them all. What do you think? Hot or not?