Singer Alicia Olatuja has tackled the songs of female composers for her latest album, which was produced by Kamau Kenyatta, responsible for successful records by Gregory Porter and Kathy Kosins lately. I have written about Alicia several times here, having seen her showcasing during APAP in early 2016 and also reviewing her last album “Timeless”…
While the city is now saying goodbye to all the conference and APAP folks, it is more or less getting down to normal for this week. But what is normal in New York? I have a week of exciting meetings and interviews and performances up ahead and last night, I went to the Yamaha Piano Salon…
At first I thought oh no not another version of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” and “Amazing Grace”. But then after I listened to the first few bars of the opener “Truth In Blue”, she already had me convinced. Alicia Olatuja’s strong, robust and yet crystal clear voice had changed my mind. Her debut album “Timeless”…