Anthems: Behind the Scenes with Kerry Ellis and Brian May

Kerry Ellis and Brian May discuss her debut album, Anthems.
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[@Shorthairandcrazy]

I HAVE TO GET THIS CD AS SOON AS IT COMES OUT!! Kerry's voice just goes right through me. I will never forget the first time that I heard her in wicked (for that matter, I'll never forget her final performance). It was just pure magic.

[@theonlyredspecial]

Kerry is such a wonderful singer and it is great to hear such an epic production from Brian - this sounds really quite fantastic. He is still such a great guitarist - amazing feeling.

[@rkidonline]

Love it! I want to hear it all (and i want to hear it all now!)

[@sammbamm27]

i wish i could be in her place! she's so talented and is working with one of the most legendary musicians out there

[@xxTotallyGawjusxx]

Oh my god! I love Kerry so much! What a talented woman! Amazing voice! Love love love!!

[@remoods]

Wonderful voice and Brian`s guitar - perfect !!! We love it !!! REMOODS

[@RMONTERDEV]

Una combinacion explosiva, la gran voz de Kerry y la Guitarra de May. QUizas este sea el comienzo de una serie de discos que van a dar mucho que hablar. Gracias May por conservar la magia de Queen y continuar disfrutando de tu estilo. Saludos desde Sevilla - España

[@Blonde4881]

Erm beyond excited now....that is all sounds fab and thanks so much for the taster. Hope this means we haven't got long to wait now till it's released.

[@trumsolon]

I can not get over just how awesome Brian May's solo on The Anthem is... WOW!!!!

[@tomko61]

Kerry is wonderfull! I love her - and Brian since nearly 40 years....

[@becalou]

Saw Oliver last night met Kerry after :) Sooooooooo lovely :) Her voice is stunning she gave 110% as always :) Loooove her! xx

[@ladycampbell]

So exciting!!! Gosh I love it - September can't come soon enough!

[@flamgirla35]

OMG i love her SO MUCH!!!! cant wait for the album!!!

[@ilovefiyero]

oh man iam soooooooooooooooooo beyond excited about this now cant wait september is too long away

[@Mirana_R]

I love Kerry so much ! I was at her very last performance in Wicked which was phenomenal but I had a crush on her voice the very first time I heard her sing "Defying Gravity" 2 years before ! She gave me goosebumps and I told myself "Ok, you live in France, but you have to see that woman in flesh and bones !" I am happy I met her, she is so kind and has a real real gift. I would miss her album for nothing !

[@d3fyinggravity]

okay this sounds amazing, as soon as she opens her mouth to sing its so hard not to fall completely in love with her voice! :D

[@isbramv]

I love the song intro and finale of this.... its a riff that I have in my mind... its epic!!

[@Lolabunny488]

oh my gosh, sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!!

[@333Phoenix333]

Got it yesterday. Its fucking amazing, she's unbelievable, I'm in love with her voice its incredible. Seriously, epic album. Especially Anthem, You Have To Be There and my favourite ever song No-One But You.

[@kafysuperstarx]

OMG I am dying of excitement right now!! Ahhhh!! I see her in Oliver in 10 days too!! It's been too long since there's been some Kerry in my life!!

[@crushedblackrose]

Oh my goodness. This is going to be simply incredible. Already this sounds amazing, waiting til September to hear the finished project is going to be unbearable. And it's just so lovely to see Kerry looking so radiant and happy - keep up the good work, Ms Ellis, your "army of fans" is right behind you :) xxx

[@shortandstylish]

What a voice! can't wait for the album, should be amazing. I'd love to hear Kerry do a Queen covers album!

[@killoa2002]

AMAZING.....CANNOT WAIT

[@dickyhart]

sounds great, look forward to release

[@RMONTERDEV]

Una gran noticia... Un nuevo album de Brian May. Y la voz de Kerry es preciosa. Va a ser una combinación que puede dar mucho de si. Ya tengo ganas de escuchar este disco... Solo unos meses

[@wormyeyes]

julie atherton's new album - NO SPACE FOR AIR - Will be available on 06.06.10 Only a few spaces left for her launch concert at the Delfont Room, Prince of Wales Theatre - 7pm - 6th June 2010.

[@gallandrea]

I like it! l will buy it! grat voice and great Brian May!!

[@nickrippon]

I can't stop watching. Period. This is going to be... HUGE!

[@Berriecl]

Thank you very much for Anthem and I LOVE it, that's all I gotta say!

[@johnhansen2007]

she is so god whit ,mr brian May,my god, what a voice,l look for this album.thanks.jh denmark

[@girona25]

Excellent music from Kerry and the wise old Queen master!

[@Foh9UK]

Love Brian, Love Kerry. I can't wait for the album to be available :)

[@NotKennyEverett]

Wow - wonderful!!! I saw Kerry in Wicked last year and knew she'd be a star. A great collaboration this. Must get the album. Got my front row ticket for Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Can't wait!

[@GrandiaKnight]

Going to see her in Oliver this summer. Going to be awesome!

[@ysabellatrix]

Cannot wait!!!

[@elizacitron]

Waaaaaaaaaah!!! So excited! I can't waaaaaaaait!

[@QueenWillSurvive]

Yes it is, absolutly amazing!

[@trumsolon]

How epic does that sound? Brian's guitar solo for that Chess song is sublime!

[@MoAnnx]

I will explode if I don't get this album soon! I can't wait until September!! Meeting her was one of the best days of my life!! xx :D

[@UrsulaRulez]

OMFG!! YAY!!!! I LOVE KERRY!!!!!!!!

[@jopicca]

What a voice!!!!!

[@xoxoJennaLouiseoxox]

Ooooh. I REALLY want to hear the whole of Anthem now xD I love it :D Just gotta pursuade someone to buy it for me seeing as it's released near my birthday :D hehe.

[@singinciaran]

She's amazing!

[@luucy29]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek :D! i love love love kerry ellis! cannot wait for her album!

[@IamFreddie]

i have fallen in love:) love her voice:)

[@AdiHughesGuitar]

I am getting this album - WOW!!!!!!!! Its gonna be huge! :)

[@melaniefudge]

An amazing talent. Looking forward to the album! :)

[@Fre-yah]

wow this is amazing lovely voice and then theres brian may! wow i definitely will be getting album :-P x

[@Steffi96]

Sounds AMAZING!! Go Kerry! :)

[@leocharlotte]

aah kerry's AMAAZING! i think her and mazz should do a duet on the album!

[@07061990scrapbook]

cant wait...

[@ReeLuvsWicked]

dont you think weve waited long enough kerry :P ? haha i cant wait for september, sounds fab, i like theres a mix of styles :) the clip of anthem sounds epic, specialy with brians mad guitar skills!

[@elzmay95]

Ohhhhhhhhh...this is gonna be EPIC ! I want to hear it now ! :P

[@LufflesMrMercury]

Brian has converted me to Kerry, haha. Well, more like introduced. Beyond amazing voice ^.^ Can't wait!

[@bb007700bb]

wow!!! :-) i love Brian, and she is awesome!!!

[@1nkheart1]

@RobbieDipende Brian isn't talking about vocal ability, though. He's comparing them in terms of song-writing medium. Which is a very different thing. Much more down to personality. Furthermore, there's a subtle transition in between the words 'notably Freddie' and the words 'it's wonderful' (just after 5:54). So the meaning of what he was saying may have been altered or adjusted.

[@brightonrock74]

I've never heard Kerry Ellis prior to listening to this, and her voice is pretty nice. And, of course, the guitar parts are fantastic. Does the opening remind anyone else of "Avatar"? :)

[@d3fyinggravity]

currently 15 on the itunes album chart! can't believe it! but my god does she deserve it! :P x

[@annasumner]

WOW amazing!!

[@omega255]

good to know Brian's still writing songs. still hope for another queen album and those people who are saying she's rubbish clearly don't have ears

[@lastheroe]

OMG!!Muy buen trabajo!

[@1nkheart1]

Thanks for posting! Sounds absolutely incredible! But what excites me most is the fact that it reads 'Part one' at the start. Is there more to watch out for??

[@gennarodepaola745]

0:45 I can't be your friend (this can be over) 2:14 Anthem 4:12 Love it when you call 6:22 I'm not that girl

[@QUEENAbsoluGREATEST]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!

[@TheatreFan4]

Hopefully we get a single of 'Anthem' soon. :D

[@mkempe21]

Absolutely great. Lot's of Queen pathos in there. I already liked "What are we made of" with Sissel, but this over the top. Can't wait to buy the CD!

[@vikkij21]

oh my god i am so excited screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@lesmizphan07]

i hope she could include Nobody's Side from Chess into her album!! Heard her rendition on Night of 1000 Voices @ royal albert hall this yr and she was AMAZING in it. Best version I've heard!! Hmmm wondering why Idina Menzel was chosen over her for the role of Florence -- thought her voice's more suited. Really hope can hear her version of nobody's side on her debut~~~~~

[@pmsmeister]

I have a signed copy of this, and OH MY GOD.

[@kafysuperstarx]

They must be her favourite earrings :P She's wearing them in the photo I've got with her at the Edinburgh Festival and I think in every picture I've seen of her since she's been wearing them :P

[@alnomesamy]

A great insight.

[@defygravity79]

First of all I'm a biiiiig Idina-fan and some versions of Wicked-songs sung by Kerry I don't especially like but I'm looking forward to this!

[@L94zZ]

Kerry= best singer alive. ever.

[@sarajaynexx]

[@Daniela_Germany]

No one can make a guitar SING like that. I'll never get fed up with that!

[@QUEENAbsoluGREATEST]

"ANTHEMS"=WOW!!!!!!!!

[@rotnroll666]

Wow, just wow! Amazing! So next please put Roger in the mix and try a Queen Project with a female vocalist and that absolut great spirit that is shown in the vid.

[@normsky1000]

What a voice!!! No replacement for Freddie but I would love to see (and hear) her fronting Queen.

[@pompa04]

Absolutly brilliant !!! I hope they relies this album in Sweden !

[@Chrochenit]

Hammer!

[@gnetophyta]

Wow, I'm stunned. =D This made my day. =D

[@Peneck]

joder, que vozarron, y encima el maestro May a las guitarras, que por cierto, suenan mas a Queen que el propio The Cosmos Rocks.

[@johnhansen2007]

she is god,cant find the right words ,but she is bring me to heaven.thanks jh denmark

[@cschanet]

nice guitar parts in there too !!

[@richshillitoe]

Kerry Rules! Brian Rules! What could go wrong?!

[@QUEENAbsoluGREATEST]

@bigben055 WELL DONE!!!! "ANTHEMS"=WOW!!!!!

[@TheTownwatch1]

fantasic, orsome, they were on the micheal ball show today

[@GerardHesen]

Great rendition of 'Anthem' from Chess! :)

[@mcmycee]

Help! I'm turning into a Queen anorak-is the big old-fashioned radio on the shelf behind Brian the one which the war-time family are listening to on the mantel-piece in Radio Gaga! How cool is that?!

[@1nkheart1]

@rondack17 I'd advise you do some basic googling before chucking insults at Sorafsfd. Freddie's style is well-known as singing rock songs in tenor (despite the fact that his voice fell naturally into baritone). And he did often switch to falsetto.(although not in live performances) Just trying to clear this up.

[@kelbo1rox2your3sox]

First song kind of killed me. And then she did it--she did Anthem from Chess and I remembered who this was. This is Kerry fucking Ellis. And she fucking rocks. Her and her...cackle. XD Love It When You Call! Damn it, her version of that at the GBS was INCREDIBLE! Topped The Feeling's--and I love The Feeling. Augh, Keeerrryyyy.

[@0COTTA0]

nice work

[@MissSandAndWater]

@bardalinokid Can't wait either -

[@luhollywood-we3sc]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@mcmycee]

Help! I'm turning into a Queen anorak! Is the radio behind Brian in the studio the actual one th ewartime family are listening to in Radio Gaga? How cool is that?!

[@NaDiArOcKnRoLl]

wich is the title of the song in 1:30?? I love this song!

[@LufflesMrMercury]

Eep! So exciting! ^___^

[@NaomiPoy]

:O why is she so perfect?

[@becalou]

Yay :) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@GioRC]

Kerry, do you want to donnate some of your talent to me? You'll still have plenty of it left for you... So, what do you say? CAN'T WAIT!!! Are we in September already? *-*