India.Arie’s “Little Things” was an ode to life’s immaterial delights. The feel of cotton, a phonecall and peace were celebrated as the true sustainers of life in Arie’s words. As the first single, “Little Things” introduced her sophomore album Voyage To India to the public. She had the same grace and timeless concerns as her 2001 Acoustic Soul debut.  Her syrupy contralto calmed heads and slayed anxiety with her unfeigned reminders of the most important things about the human experience. Voyage To India won R&B Album of the Year at the Grammys and “Little Things” won Best Urban/Alternative Performance. India.Arie’s seventh studio album Worthy was released in 2019. In 2021, she celebrated the 20th anniversary of Acoustic Soul and she appeared on the single “We Started A Song” with Melanie Polinar. 

 

Tune in tonight at 8 PM ET to meet the women of TWIST (Tuff Women In Strange Times) during a live stream. Patti Austin created the group of women artists to remind voters, especially women of the power they have to make a difference. Chaka Khan, Lisa Fischer, Lalah Hathaway,Dee Dee Bridgewater, India.Arie, Brenda Russell, Ledisi and Siedah Garrett have all made videos to share who the women are that inspired them to vote. Sheila E. and Terri Lyne Carrington provided music for the vignettes that have been airing daily. Tanika Ray will host the live stream tonight and there will be a special appearance from Angela Davis. Viewers are encouraged to use #WeAreTWIST2020 on social media. 

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Chaka Khan, Ledisi, Sheila E., Lisa Fischer, Dee Dee Bridgewater, India.Arie, Lalah Hathaway, Patti Austin, Terri Lyne Carrington, Siedah Garrett and Brenda Russell have formed TWIST(Tuff Women In Strange Times) a supergroup of women artists to rally voter participation for the 2020 election. Activist, author and professor Angela Davis will appear in a series of videos encouraging voting under the TWIST2020 banner. The campaign has started with a video of the late Maya Angelou and it can be viewed at www.twist2020.com, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. There will be a live event on October 20th titled This Is Why I Vote at 8PM ET that can be viewed on www.twist2020.com, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Viewers are encouraged to use #WeAreTWIST2020 on social media. 

TWIST2020 will feature daily portraits from each artist regarding the theme “This Is Why I Vote?” referencing the women who inspired them to take political action. Sheila E. and Terri Lyne Carrington created music for each video in the series. There will also be an all-star video version of the song “L.O.V.E.(Let One Voice Emerge)” previously composed and recorded by Austin, Garrett and others for the Voter Participation Center voter registration campaign in 2013.   

Austin, who is the brainchild behind TWIST, says the campaign is to remind voters particularly women of the historic power they have to make a difference especially in light of September 18, 2020, passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She says, “We’ve all got incredible stories about a school teacher, our mother, or her mother, or just other powerful women that influence our lives. We’ve got this election coming up. We have the power of the world in our hands, given to us by the women who came before us.”

Patti Austin, Tammy McCrary, Julie Bergman and Gwendolyn Quinn are the producers of TWIST2020. 

[youtube id=”Ae-i31wWxEo”]India.Arie’s Worthy has arrived and it comes with the lyric video for “What If.” The album has Arie’s signature earthy soul and a collection of songs that function as entertainment and affirmations. Worthy follows her 2017 album SongVersation: Medicine. The video for “What If” is black and white with photos of every notable person she sings about in succession. The neo-soul veteran has plans to hit the road and will announce Worthy tour dates soon.