Ali­cia Knights is a T&T-born vo­cal­ist, writer and per­former with roots in po­et­ry, act­ing and live mu­sic.

Her artistry is ground­ed in sto­ry­telling, spir­i­tu­al grit and son­ic free­dom shaped by years of lived ex­pe­ri­ence and cre­ative ex­plo­ration.

A. Knight to Re­mem­ber marks her so­lo de­but on home soil: a re­turn to self, stage, and sound.

The show takes place on June 22 at Kafe Blue and will fea­ture a blend of mu­si­cal gen­res rang­ing from R&B, gospel, soul, funk, and jazz. It will ex­plore themes of heal­ing, iden­ti­ty, wom­an­hood, and cre­ative re­birth.

Knights has lived and worked in Brook­lyn for over 25 years. Dur­ing her ca­reer she au­di­tioned for the Broad­way pro­duc­tion of The Col­or Pur­ple in 2010.

“I made it through sev­er­al call­backs and got very close to be­ing cast but I stepped away when my moth­er’s can­cer re­turned ag­gres­sive­ly and I need­ed to be ful­ly present for her.”

An­oth­er pow­er­ful mo­ment came just three months af­ter her moth­er passed in Sep­tem­ber 2010. Knights pro­duced and per­formed a one-woman show at the Igua­na jazz lounge in NYC.

“I hon­est­ly don’t know where the courage came from, but the in­ti­ma­cy of that space brought out a lev­el of vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty I’d nev­er tapped in­to be­fore. It was both heal­ing and trans­for­ma­tive.”

The im­por­tance of fam­i­ly and strength­en­ing bonds con­tin­ues now that she has come back to set­tle in T&T.

“This show wouldn’t ex­ist with­out the sup­port of my fam­i­ly. Their vil­lage em­braced my yearn­ing to per­form again and took ac­tion in mak­ing the right con­nec­tions. Com­ing back to Trinidad was a big, bold move and my fam­i­ly’s en­cour­age­ment gave me the strength to fol­low through. Whether it’s help­ing with my son, pick­ing an out­fit, or just show­ing up—I feel the love.”

Her in­spi­ra­tions come from leg­ends such as Prince, Rachelle Fer­rell, Jill Scott, El­la Fitzger­ald and Leon­tyne Price who she says, “em­body truth when they per­form.”

Knights wants her au­di­ence to feel seen, to walk away re­mem­ber­ing a part of them­selves they may have for­got­ten or buried.

“I hope they laugh, maybe tear up, and leave feel­ing lighter and more con­nect­ed—to the mu­sic, to each oth­er, and to their own sto­ries. It’s a night to re­mem­ber—for all of us.”

Her sup­port­ing cast in­cludes Misty-Ann Knights Bal­bosa, Den­nis Smith, and Dean Williams.

Misty-Ann ma­jored in clas­si­cal and op­er­at­ic voice and trained un­der the coun­try’s top vo­cal coach­es. She’s starred in Bri­an Mac­Far­lane’s Broad­way-themed pro­duc­tions in 2023 and 2024 and fea­tured in Spec­tac­u­lar Christ­mas Joy in 2022 and 2023.

Den­nis Smith is a sea­soned pan­nist, arranger, com­pos­er, pro­duc­er, and ed­u­ca­tor. In 1993, he was crowned the first Soloist Win­ner of the pres­ti­gious Pan Ra­ma­jay Com­pe­ti­tion.

For over fif­teen years, Den­nis has toured in­ter­na­tion­al­ly as a pan mu­si­cian and vo­cal­ist with the Roy­al Caribbean and Princess Cruise Lines.

Dur­ing his ca­reer, Dean Williams was a lead gui­tarist and pro­duc­er for acts such as Machel Mon­tano and Xtatik, 3Canal, and De­stra Gar­cia. He has per­formed at sev­er­al jazz fes­ti­vals in­clud­ing those in St Lu­cia, To­ba­go and St Kitts.

The globe trot­ting gui­tarist is al­so a com­pos­er, and ed­u­ca­tor who spe­cial­izes in teach­ing jazz and clas­si­cal gui­tar.

Tick­ets for the show are avail­able at Kafe Blue, Wright­son Road, Port-of-Spain and Mar­i­an’s Busi­ness Doc­u­ments, Cap­i­tal Plaza, Fred­er­ick Street, Port-of-Spain.

For more in­fo call 372-3458 or 485-6483.