She is considered by many to be the new soul diva. Released in September 2021, her debut album was critically acclaimed. In full European tour, the American singer Lady Blackbird made a remarkable stopover in Nice.
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There is a bit of Tina Turner, Billie Holiday or even Nina Simone at home, Lady Blackbird and her slightly scratchy voice has been conquering the soul planet since the release of her first album. Black Acid Soul last September.
But it was in 2020 that Marley Munroe, his real name, stood out with his first single, a very personal cover of Blackbird by Nina Simone, a 1966 song about racism and the condition of black people in America. Friday evening, the one that some already call the new diva of soul, offered an intimate concert to the public of the Nice Jazz Festival.
Lady Blackbird was born in Farmington, New Mexico and from an early age she was immersed in music, especially soul and gospel. I come from a small town in America, that’s where I grew up. And it was easy for me to sing, in churches, weddings, fairs. After signing at the age of 12 with a Christian music label, recording for other groups or Christian rock singers but never for herself, she turned away from religious music, tried her luck, without much success with the Epic label, before turning to jazz and black soul of the 60s.
His first album Black Acid Soul includes thirteen tracks, original songs and covers. Very personal covers where the singer rightly imposes her signature: “There were so many songs I wanted to cover. And in the end, everything is done by feeling, I need to feel deep inside myself that I can bring something to the song, put my paw on it“.
Black Acid Soul by Lady Blackbird (Foundation /BMG)