Multi-Grammy award-winning singer/songwriterย India.Arieย is excited to announce the release of her upcoming EPย SongVersation: Medicineย that will be available on all digital platformsย June 30. An extension of her 2013 releaseย SongVersation, which received rave reviews fromย Rolling Stone,ย Billboardย andย Vibeย among others, this seven song EP is Indiaโs offering during these tumultuous times. The first single featured on the EPย โI Am Lightโย (Click Here) appeared on theย Beyond The Lightsย soundtrack as well as she performedย โBreatheโย (Click Here) alongside Erykah Badu on the 2016 Soul Train Awards.ย ย โโSongVersation: Medicineโ was made to be listened to in a quiet time, prayer, meditation, Yoga,โ states Arie who continues, โMy wish is that these songs bring softness, clarity, calm, and inspiration.โ
Since her introduction to the music industry in 2001 with her debut albumย Acoustic Soul, India.Arieโs mission has always been to spread love, healing, peace, and joy through the power of words and music. Since 2011, India has been touring around the country with performance paradigm that she calls,ย SongVersation, which is an interactive experience that is part meditation, part prayer, part fellowship and part action. Fans had the opportunity to view her SongVersation nationally in 2016 when she appeared onย OWNโs Super Soul Sessionsย (Click Here) and took the attendees on a journey on how to use their life experiences toย break down,ย break through,ย break the shell,ย elevateย andย fly to being worthyย of a better life.
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India.Arie will also be making several appearances at theย 2017 ESSENCE Festivalย duringย Independence Weekendย inย New Orleans. Kicking off aย weekend-long of festivities, she will be performing on the main stage onย Friday, June 30ย at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Onย Saturday, July 1, India will be appearing at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center for an interview on the Center Stage as well as participating in the Beauty Expo. Concluding the weekend onย Sunday, July 2, India.Arie will be performing aย SongVersationย that she wrote especially for the Essence crowd, where she will bring song and storytelling to life for attendees on the Empowerment Stage for theย Moment of Powerย followed by a fan meet and greet at the Palmers booth.ย
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In addition, India.Arie will be joining Oprah, Gayle King, the O, Oprah Magazine editors and more aboard theย โShare the Adventure Cruise to Alaskaโย aboard the msย Eruodamย via Holland America Line onย July 15 to July 22. Theย SuperSoulย 100 Memberย will also be joined by Angela Davis and Glennon Doyle Melton.ย The four-time Grammy Award-winning singer will be doing a SongVersation Performance as well teaching herย SongVersation practice classย – As seen on herย Episode of BEING: India.Arieย on CENTRIC. For those not able to catch India.Arie within the upcoming weeks, she will be teaching Theย SongVersation Practiceย at Berklee College of Music in Boston this fall. ย
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