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  South Bend Tribune

  R&B star Ledisi to be featured vocalist at Emorja Roberson's ND doctoral thesis concert

  Emorja Roberson is set to become the first Black student to earn a doctorate in sacred music at the University of Notre Dame with his "BE-SPOKEN."

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  Fort Worth Star-Telegram

  Clint Black, Steve Miller, Ledisi headline first Fort Worth Art Fair in Sundance Square

  The free, four-day event in Sundance Square runs from Thursday through April 10.

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  Los Angeles Times Opinion

  Column: Finding salvation from dark places through Ledisi and Nina Simone

  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.

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  The Blade, Toledo, Ohio

  Ledisi pays tribute to her musical hero, the late Nina Simone

  Aug. 31—LEDISI SINGS NINA Ledisi. Listen Back Entertainment. Taking on the legacy of a powerful icon such as Nina Simone requires quite a bit of talent and confidence. And the New Orleans-born, Oakland-raised singer Ledisi (Ledisi Anibade Young) shows she has plenty of both with this disc that further promotes Simone's songs of self-empowerment and collective protest in today's Black Lives ...

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  TheGrio

  Ledisi wins first Grammy after multiple nominations

  New-Orleans born Ledisi has been recognized for her sultry vocals and beautiful songs for most of her almost three-decade career, but after eight studio albums and 13 Grammy nominations, Ledisi can finally say she’s a Grammy Award winner. The 48-year-old singer/songwriter won the Best Traditional R&B Performance Award for “Anything for You” on the 63rd annual Grammys handed out on Sunday night. Speaking about the lead single off her 2020 release The Wild Card, Ledisi told American Songwriter t

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  TheGrio

  Columbus Short to play Martin Luther King Jr. in Mahalia Jackson biopic

  Columbus Short will soon be back on your big or small screen. The former Scandal actor is playing Martin Luther King, Jr., in the upcoming biopic Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story. Read More: 7 inconvenient truths white people must understand about Martin Luther King Jr.

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  Deadline

  Singer Ledisi To Play Gospel Music Icon & Martin Luther King Jr. Companion Mahalia Jackson In ‘Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story’

  EXCLUSIVE: R&B recording artist Ledisi (Selma, American Soul) is set to play legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in the biopic, Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story. Columbus Short (ABC’s Scandal, Stomp the Yard) will take on the role of Martin Luther King Jr., a close friend of Jackson’s. Janet Hubert (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) […]

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  Deadline

  ‘Between The World And Me’: Mahershala Ali, Ta-Nehisi Coates Among Nine Cast In HBO Special

  Mahershala Ali, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Davis, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Mimi Jones, Ledisi, Greg Alverez Reid, Nate Smith and Olivia Washington round out the cast of Between The World And Me, HBO’s adaptation of the stage show based on Coates’ New York Times bestseller. Additionally, the premium cabler has slotted Saturday, November 15 at 8 PM […]

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  Rolling Stone

  Gregory Porter’s ‘Everything You Touch Is Gold’ Already Feels Classic

  Jazz singer channels the great Luther Vandross on new 'All Rise' cut

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  Rolling Stone

  Ledisi Regains Her Independence on ‘The Wild Card’

  Virtuosic vocalist channels Luther Vandross, Chaka Khan, and Jeff Buckley on her new full-length, due August 28

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