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Ledisi's biological paternal grandfather, Johnny Ace, [2] was an American blues singer who was known for his single "Pledging My Love". Ledisi was raised Catholic and attended local churches in New Orleans. [8] Her mother was raised Baptist. At the age of eight, she performed publicly with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra.
It features guest appearances from Bilal, Erykah Badu, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Hiatus Kaiyote, Illa J, Laura Mvula, Ledisi, Phonte, Stevie Wonder and We Are King, as well as contributions from bassists Derrick Hodge, Braylon Lacy and Burniss Travis, guitarists Danny Leznoff, Kyle Bolden and John Scofield, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, and ...
Ledisi gave a soul-stirring and impassioned performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the pregame ceremony at the Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday. The R&B singer stood on a ...
On December 9, 2014, Ledisi announced that The Intimate Truth was available for preorder. On January 20, 2015, The Intimate Truth was released by Verve Records. [1] On February 10, 2015, the deluxe edition of the album was released exclusively to Apple Music.
Ledisi will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn originally written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in the late 1800s. This powerful anthem, set to music by his brother John ...
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” has been part of the Super Bowl’s pregame performance lineup since 2021, when Alicia Keys sang the hymn. Subsequent performers have included Mary Mary (in 2022 ...
On the same day, the song was released to digital music outlet. "I Need to Know" marks Ledisi's first single release from her own studio album in two years, since "Feeling Good" released on Ledisi Sings Nina in 2022. Rebekah Gonzalez of American mass media outlet iHeartMedia praised Ledisi's "powerhouse vocals amid a drowsy R&B beat and lush ...
In 2003, Ledisi was pulled out of a dark place by the music of Nina Simone. In a year of many dark times, her album "Ledisi Sings Nina" did the same for me.