Home » New Releases

India Arie Gets Personal with Testimony

10 April 2006 No Comment

One of music’s most honest and inspirational singer/songwriters, 12-time Grammy nominated India.Arie will release her new album, Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship, on June 27. Her third studio album, and her first since 2002’s acclaimed Voyage To India, which reached #6 on the Billboard Top Albums chart, the new disc was produced by longtime collaborators Shannon Sanders and Mark Batson (Seal, Beyonce), among others. The album’s first single, “I Am Not My Hair,” featuring searing remix collaborations with Akon, Swizz Beatz, and Jazze Pha, marks the first time India.Arie has agreed to let other artists remix her work…

Known for her soulful pursuit of unvarnished musical perfection, the new album is a more personal expression containing more intimate songscapes from the artist, duly recognized through the years for her keen insights about the world at large. India.Arie embarks this month on a heavy promotional schedule for the new disc, including a performance at the National Black Mayors Conference in Memphis, TN on April 29. She will also be doing an extensive promotional tour in May, with a trek to Europe after Memorial Day to perform select songs from the much anticipated album. 

The video for “I Am Not My Hair,” helmed by noted director Barnaby Roper (Moby, Razorlight), recently premiered on Yahoo.com, and has been embraced by other major video outlets including BET and MTV.

India.Arie emerged onto the music scene in 2001 with her platinum plus debut Acoustic Soul. A masterful meditation on self-acceptance and womanhood, she was dubbed the new “neo-soulstress” by no less than Newsweek Magazine, praising her as “one of the freshest talents to come out of 2001,” the emotive singer went on to be nominated for seven Grammys for her debut album, and subsequently has won a host of awards including two Grammys, three NAACP Awards, as well as being recognized by BET, Billboard Magazine, MTV, VH1 and Essence Magazine, among others. 

2002’s Voyage To India cemented her rep as a seminal singer/songwriter, netting her four Grammy nominations and two statues. With more than six million albums sold, she most recently was nominated for her 12th Grammy in the “Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals” category for her collaboration with Stevie Wonder on the title song of his most recent album, A Time To Love. 

India.Arie is also a U.S. ambassador for UNICEF and universally recognized as a tireless champion of social and humanitarian causes around the world. She recently returned from a trip to South Africa where she observed and assisted humanitarian efforts taking place in the epicenter of the global AIDS crisis. 

INDIA.ARIE shares personal Testimony # 1:

“My 3rd album is coming soon! I’ve been hard at work on this album for 3 years. One year learning my lessons and the next two years writing about them. I wanted to tell the truth without being bitter….and lemme tell you something, it took a lot of work to get there…LOL! I can laugh at myself now but I was really in a lot of pain – but that is the beautiful thing about life. Things get heavy and then they lighten up and good times come in an even more colorful variety of packages. I truly feel the beauty of a simple friendship more than ever because I’ve lost friends and have had my heart broken. I’ve learned that I can let life beat me down or I can accept my lessons and move on. With the death of my naiveté surrounding love, I have truly been introduced to my strength. I am a stubborn woman who has to learn things for herself. I now know for myself what my sister Rachelle Ferrell, my MOM and many people have taught through their mere presence…and that is, no matter what you go through, never stop believing in love. I now KNOW without a shadow of a doubt, that life is a series of lessons and I pray to absorb mine and move on.”

Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship in stores JUNE 27, 2006

Please go to www.indiaarie.com or www.myspace.com/indiaarie to read more personal testimonies from INDIA.ARIE

OR

Feel free to post your own testimonies, MOX (mobile expressions) or thoughts on www.myspace.com/indiaarie

Submitted by: