Your Music Saved My Life: Ledisi Talks With Lara Downes
3 years, 3 months ago

Your Music Saved My Life: Ledisi Talks With Lara Downes

NPR  

Your Music Saved My Life: Ledisi Talks With Lara Downes Nina Simone introduced me to Ledisi. I've been working on a project devoted to Ms. Simone's music, and from the very beginning my producer has been telling me about Ledisi's tribute album to Simone. It sounded interesting — a powerhouse R&B and jazz singer paying homage to an artist whose music provided her a lifeline in a time of crisis. More than anything, her struggle made way for her musical descendants, for a lineage of artists like Ledisi who are impossible to define, to predict or contain.

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Column: Finding salvation from dark places through Ledisi and Nina Simone
2 years, 11 months ago

Column: Finding salvation from dark places through Ledisi and Nina Simone

LA Times  

Back in July, while performing at the Hollywood Bowl, the Grammy-winning artist Ledisi shared a story about the day in 2003 when Nina Simone saved her life. And while Ledisi has paid homage to Nina Simone many times over since that day in Oakland, it’s hard to imagine a more perfect tribute to the “High Priestess of Soul” than her …

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