(EUR) – “Everyone knows me singing ballads, I wanted to show another side of me,” said Grammy Award nominated Ledisi (Young) about her latest album ‘The Truth’ released March 11. “Everything is centred around me. I confess I love to dance and let go. This is a little bit more of me.”
Let go is exactly what she does on this album of 13 outstanding selections that will have you rocking the entire time. Executive produced by herself and the legendary Rex Rideout ‘The Truth’ is released on the Verve/Universal Music imprint. Featured on the album, aside from the help of Rex, is songwriting wonder-boys Ivan Barias and Carvin Haggins, and the golden-touch songwriter Claude Kelly. “I was transforming,” she pointed out about the obvious changes in her album tempo. “I was getting all these ballads. I said I want to be up-beat…I was going to dance class.”
If you watch her perform live the first single off of ‘The Truth’, “I Blame You,” you can safely say she passed the dance class. Her last project “Pieces of Me” coincided with a book release, Better Than Alright, and when asked about another book release for this album the New Orleans native said, “I’m writing a book but kept having to put in on pause for this album…which started my career, but I’m still an author.”
The Ledisi ‘The Truth’ Tour kicks off April 16, in Florida with the Robert Glasper Experience. This is the talented singer’s seventh album. Her skills even had her performing for the First Lady Michelle Obama’s 50th birthday; in fact she has performed at the White House so many times they need to give her, her own room.
Advice she gives my young readers that are aspiring artists is, “Enjoy who you are and embrace yourself.”
