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25 Jun

Posted at 09:30h in Music, Reviews
Four time Grammy Award-nominated singer, songwriter and producer Ledisi returns with her highly anticipated fifth studio album Pieces of Me and we’ve not been able to put it down for the week or so that we’ve had it in our possession. It’s certainly not her previous LP Turn Me Loose, and why would it be? It doesn’t need to be because she’s already done that and fans that were expecting another record in that same vein will be disappointed but only for a short while as Pieces of Me proves to stand on it’s own as a definitive body of work showing progression, growth and certainly a more mature outlook than it’s predecessors.

27 May

Posted at 13:00h in Interviews, Music
The voice at the other end of the phone is Ledisi, unmistakably melodic even in her natural speaking tones. Speaking hours before her sold-out show at London's Jazz Cafe [last month], I'm all flu'ed up and disappointed that I can't attend. To console myself, I've been watching the New Orleans native's stunning live performance of "Endless Love" at UNCF's An Evening Of Stars tribute to Lionel Richie, broadcast at the top of the year. She possess vocal chops that I suggest may intimidate other vocalists about sharing the stage with her. Now the disappointment is Ledisi's as she exclaims, “There’s still singers that won’t perform with me because of that reason! I’m hurt by it...”