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2/26/2009
Superstar India.Arie Reveals Soulbird Tour!!
India.Arie kicks off her 2009 Soulbird Tour in support
of her new album Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics (Soulbird
Music/Universal Republic). A first series of west coast dates have been
announced for April, including; April 1st in Berkeley, CA, April 3rd in
Portland, OR, April 4th in Seattle, WA, April 5th in Vancouver, BC,
Canada, April 15th in Los Angeles, CA, April 18th in San Diego, CA, and
April 19th in Anaheim, CA. Tickets in most markets go on sale this
week. Additional tour dates to be posted at www.indiaarie.com.
The
Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter has been receiving massive
critical acclaim and an overwhelming response to her fourth studio
album. Testimony Vol. 2 debuted last week at the top of the music
charts hitting # 1 on the Billboard Top R&B Chart and locking down
the #3 spot on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. The New York Times says,
“one of the most determinedly virtuous songwriters in R&B or pop,
India.Arie strives to make faith, goodness and positive thinking
seductive,” while USA Today writes, “Whether dealing with heartache,
reveling in newfound love or pondering the human condition, her songs
resound with keen insight and warm passion. It gives her Testimony a
ring of truth."
The first two singles from the album are
gracing radio playlists nationwide, “Chocolate High,” featuring Musiq
Soulchild, was #1 most added song at Urban Ac radio while the pop
driven “Therapy” featuring Gramps Morgan, has become the #1 most
downloaded song from the album.
India.Arie created a buzz with
several appearances on ABC’s Good Morning America in the past few
weeks, including a live performance of her new single “Therapy” on the
show Tuesday, February 17. An earlier segment that aired February 13th
had GMA Anchor Robin Roberts discussing with Arie the making of
Testimony Vol. 2, which features a bonus track the duo wrote together –
“A Beautiful Day” - as part of ABC Good Morning America’s Ultimate Job
Match series. According to the morning anchor, when she got to thinking
about how music had gotten her through some of the most difficult
periods of her life – one name stood out: India.Arie. The two got
together and cobbled verses for the song “A Beautiful Day,” which,
according to India.Arie: ‘Helped bring the words from Robin’s soul to
life.” The Boston Herald, which praised the new album for its ‘gentle
world beat flourishes’ and evoking ‘warm memories,’ cited the new song
as a ‘hopeful’ addition to the CD.
India.Arie also
appears this month in Target’s “Dream in Color” Campaign and was the
featured artist on the fourth installment of VH1’s SoulStage,
performing songs from the new album among her other past hits.
SoulStage: India.Arie Presented by Infiniti debuted on Tuesday,
February 17 on VH1 Soul with encore broadcasts on the music network and
is being made available on VH1soul.com which will include additional
performances not seen on the original broadcast.
Recently
honored with her seventeenth Grammy nomination for her duet with
R&B up-and-comer Anthony David for the single “Words,” Arie
launched David as the first artist under her new Universal Republic
banner, Soulbird Music. Their “Words” is from his debut album Acey
Duecy.
India.Arie emerged onto the music
scene in 2001 with her double-platinum debut album Acoustic Soul and
subsequently has won a host of awards including 2 Grammys, 4 NAACP
Awards, as well as being recognized by BET, Billboard Magazine, MTV,
VH1 and Essence Magazine, among others.
With nearly eight
million albums sold, India.Arie has established herself as an artist
and humanitarian of substance. Praised by both the New York Times and
Oprah Winfrey for her steadfast refusal to succumb to female
stereotypes that have plagued other female artists, she has also worked
steadily throughout her career to champion causes close to her heart.
As a UN Ambassador for UNICEF, she has traveled to Africa numerous
times to address the AIDS crisis, and is featured in the documentary
Tracking The Monster: Ashley Judd & India.Arie confront Aids In
Africa. . Her songs have appeared in such films as Sex and the City,
The Secret Life of Bees, A Soldier’s Story, Radio, A Shark’s Tale and
Diary of a Mad Black Woman, to name a few.
India.Arie will be
one of the featured artists appearing on “In Performance at the White
House - Celebrating the Music of Stevie Wonder: The Library of Congress
Gershwin Prize.” The performance program takes place today, February
25 and will showcase an evening of celebration with President and Mrs.
Obama at the White House in honor of musician Stevie Wonder’s receipt
of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. President
Obama will confer the Gershwin Prize upon Wonder during the event. The
sixty-minute program, to be taped by WETA Washington, D.C., airs
Thursday, February 26, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide.
(Check local listings.)
In March, India.Arie and her new album
will be featured on Walmart Soundcheck as part of Women in Music Month
presented by Dove. Exclusive performance footage as well as behind-the
scenes interview will be available http://soundcheck.walmart.com/india-arie March 1 – March 15, 2009.
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God bless you! you know, it doesn't often happens nowadays that public people (singers, movie stars, sportsmen, etc.) bother to help someone even if they can... I'm really glad that you are a different kind of person. that makes me respect you and love your songs even more:) even now I remember as clear as if it was yesterday how I heard some of your songs and how happy I was when later managed to find them by mp3 search :) I wish you all the best in everything you do!
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I would like to thank you (India) because your words empower all who listen and for the personal exuberance they (your music) added to my life. I am in the military and headed to Afghanistan and I am sure your words will lift my spirits there as they so eloquently do as I am here (in the States). I will be checking your site out to see when and where I have to go to experience you in person (when I return in Nov/Dec). May peace and love follow you all the days of your life :-) Ralph