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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.
American singer-songwriter Ledisi has released eleven studio albums, three live albums, one soundtrack album, one extended play, and thirty-eight singles, including four as a featured artist. In 2000, she formed her own record label LeSun Music and released her first album Soulsinger (2000), followed by Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue .
After the release of Ledisi's previous album Ledisi Sings Nina (2021), she took a brief hiatus from music to further her acting career. She starred in the lead role of portraying American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in the American biographical musical film Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (2022), reprising the role from the earlier historical film Selma (2014).
For the fifth consecutive year, a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was part of the Super Bowl pregame festivities, this time delivered by Grammy-winning R&B singer Ledisi.
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 ...
Lost & Found is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Ledisi.It was released on August 28, 2007, by Verve Records.. Following a career hiatus which reignited her creativity, Ledisi was inspired to create a record with a basis in traditional rhythm and blues that stood apart from contemporary pop.
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 ...
The song was a part of Ledisi's set list for her concert tour The Wild Card Tour in 2021 and performed halfway through the show. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ledisi was unable to tour in the latter part of 2020. On September 12, 2020, she gave on a free virtual concert titled This One's for You: A Night of Ledisi Live. [14]