COKO ANNOUNCES NEW GOSPEL PROJECT: Next CD release is slated for this June

Grammy-nominated recording artist Coko Clemons is back in the studio recording her second Gospel album, slated for release on June 9, 2009.

     The untitled release is the follow up to her debut album, “Grateful,” released in 2006 and “A Coko Christmas” which came out during the 2008 holiday season.

     In addition to her recording schedule, Coko is staying busy as the wife of Mike Clemons, drummer for Israel Houghton, mom, to sons Master Jazz and Sir Jalen, and as an entrepreneur, with her own candle line, Candles by Coko. 

     From 1990 to 1998, Coko sang with the platinum recording group, Sisters With Voices (SWV). Altogether the group released six albums. After their 1998 Christmas album SWV disbanded. Two compilation albums were released after the disbanding; “Greatest Hits” (1999) and the “Best of SWV” (2001).

     After SWV disbanded, Coko went on to release her first solo album under RCA, titled “Hot Coko,” released August 1999. The first single, "Sunshine," which was dedicated to her son Jazz, reached the top 40 position in the R&B charts that summer.

     Coko was working on a second solo album titled “Music Doll” in early 2001, but RCA closed the black music division and the project was shelved. Since then, she has concentrated more on her family and married Gospel producer and drummer for Israel and New Breed, Mike "Big Mike" Clemmons, the father of her second son, Jalen.

     In 2001, Coko and her Mother Lady "Clyde" Tibba Gamble did a remake of the song "Tears in Heaven" (originally recorded by Eric Clapton) on the album “Rhythm and Spirit: Love Can Build a Bridge." The album featured other artists such as Jennifer Holliday, Patti Labelle, and Tramaine Hawkins.

     Most recently, Coko was reported to have joined an all-black touring cast performing the critically-acclaimed play The Vagina Monologues, along with Sherri Shepherd, Star Jones, Vanessa L. Williams, and others.

     In June 2008, Coko performed in Japan for the Billboard Live Tour. She sang some of her solo hits "Sunshine", "Clap Your Hands", and a SWV hit "Right Here/Human Nature". She also did her version of Patti Labelle's "If Only You Knew" here is the clip of Coko singing it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLG5vhwBI3Q

     To get more updates about Coko and her latest project visit www.cokosplace.com.