Close your eyes and think of honey.

Smooth, sweet and rich. That's exactly how I would describe Tuesday night's performance of Sweet Honey In The Rockat the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium.

For many years, I'd heard many great things about this a cappella group, but to see and hear these ladies harmonise is to believe. I cannot put it in any other way. They were wonderful.

From the moment these six women (who included their sign language interpreter)graced the stage they had the audience captivated.

While their outfits were extracted straight from the rainbow, their voices were from the heavens.

During their first song, "The Woman Gather," I was so enthralled by their sound that I did not listen to the words, but by the time they performed the Senegalese Poem, I could feel the message they were relaying... learn and love through music.

The looks on their faces emanated pure enjoyment and it could easily be seen they were singing from the depths of their souls.

While I was unable to find out the title of the third song they performed, it was uplifting and catchy, so much so that one audience member chose to clap to her own beat - despite the fact that no one else joined her.

I can appreciate the woman's enthusiasm for their awesome performance, but I couldn't figure out why she didn't stop. It took away from their song, especially with her being in the front row.

Unfortunately, she finally caught on 30 seconds before the song ended. Oh well, better late than never.

Sweet Honey sang many songs which included slave spirituals, a Bob Marley remake and other original works.

But the one which left a resounding impact on me was the Blues and Folk classic "Feels like a motherless child". It must have touched the mystery clapper because she started up again for a quick moment but ceased.

I guess someone gave her a silent prodding.

"...Motherless Child" was so soul-stirring that it almost brought tears to my eyes as caused me to reflect on how my ancestors were feeling when the song was written in the 19th century.

I know it seems like I'm gushing, but to call these women anything less then amazing would do them an injustice.

While they each took turns leading a song, there were no individual performances. They all blended together as one.

How they were able to turn what would otherwise be annoying sounds into beautiful sound intrigues me.

Sweet Honey In the Rock not only gave me a history lesson, but an appreciation for non-conventional music. If you missed their performance, you should be sorry. Their sound was truly smooth, sweet and rich.