Shawn Allen (pictured far right in the photo above)
Shawn was the lead singer of Pure Soul. Nowadays she’s been performing solo and her voice is still just as powerful as it was when she was belting out her adlibs “Now I know, yes I know I will never let you go!” toward the end of “We Must Be In Love.” See two of her most recent performances below…
Keitha ShepardKeitha is a school teacher in Prince George’s County in Maryland. She’s also the lead vocalist of a 6 piece variety band called Essence. They perform at many different types of events. After splitting from Pure Soul, Keitha became a vocal arranger and backing vocalist for singer, Kim Jordon and Keitha is currently the vocal director of the teen performing arts troupe, Colors. Check out Keitha’s and the rest of Essence’s live performance below…
Kirsten E. Hall (pictured 2nd from left in above photo)Kirsten is a freelance makeup artist with her own makeup services company called Face It. According to her Linkedin account, Kirsten provides full face, airbrush and body makeup for proms, weddings, photo shoots and fashion shows, as well as facials and skin consultations. Kirsten graduated from Howard University with a bachelor of arts degree in Concentration Musical Theatre.
Heather Perkins (pictured 1st from left in above photo)
Heather is the only Pure Soul member who is nowhere to be found, so if anyone knows where she is, or what she’s been up nowadays, feel free to fill us in.
Overall, it’s a beautiful thing to see these ladies following their passions in life and now that we’ve covered where they’ve been, we have some questions: Why is it that we don’t have groups like them anymore? As a matter of fact, why is it that we don’t have any groups anymore? Lawd knows the music game desperately could use a group like Pure Soul right about now.
On second thought, even if there were R&B groups today, they probably wouldn’t last just like so many groups from back in the day weren’t able to stand the test of time. Record sales are at an all time low as a result of the internet, so splitting one royalty check 4 different ways would equate to 4 incredibly broke group members, unless they figure out how to capitalize off of the new wave of internet exposure artists can get these days. Another thing is that 4 different personalities will more than likely lead to 4 different personality clashes, which has been the demise of many groups like The Supremes, Dru Hill (although their back together), SWV (although they too are back together, thank goodness), The Temptations and so many more.
Since we probably won’t be seeing a Pure Soul reunion anytime soon, we’ll just sit back and reminisce to these classics…
