Amerigo Gazaway has remixed Miles Davis’ “Rubberband Of Life” with a feature from Ledisi. Davis recorded “Rubberband Of Life” in 1985 and 1986 for Columbia Records and there were plans for Al Jarreau and Chaka Khan to be included but the project was shelved and Davis went on to recordContinue Reading
[youtube id=”fL_mb8jtirM”] [youtube id=”s4Ho8BBSkFk”]Queen Latifah hosted BET’s annual Black Girls Rock! awards this year in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey. Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Judith Jamison, Lena Waithe, Tarana Burke, M.A.D.Girls and Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden were all recipients of the night’s honors. The musical highlight of theContinue Reading
Toyota put the spotlight on emerging soul/folk artist Victory Boyd and Grammy-nominated R&B singer Ledisi with a night of acoustic performances. Students from the Harlem School Of The Arts opened the night playing a set of contemporary hip-hop and R&B songs. Boyd is a Michigan native who signedContinue Reading
[youtube id=”23kmzrsjmCU”] Ledisi’s vocal wizardry, two-man band and backup vocalist Sara Williams heated up the NPR office with a concert much bigger in sound than the room. Her four-song set includes a scat-heavy “I Blame You,” “Let Love Rule,” “Add To Me” and “High.” Ledisi’s Let Love Rule came out inContinue Reading