Multi-Grammy award-winning singer/songwriterΒ India.ArieΒ is excited to announce the release of her upcoming EPΒ SongVersation: MedicineΒ that will be available on all digital platformsΒ June 30. An extension of her 2013 releaseΒ SongVersation, which received rave reviews fromΒ Rolling Stone,Β BillboardΒ andΒ VibeΒ among others, this seven song EP is Indiaβs offering during these tumultuous times. The first single featured on the EPΒ βI Am LightβΒ (Click Here) appeared on theΒ Beyond The LightsΒ soundtrack as well as she performedΒ βBreatheβΒ (Click Here) alongside Erykah Badu on the 2016 Soul Train Awards.Β Β ββSongVersation: Medicineβ was made to be listened to in a quiet time, prayer, meditation, Yoga,β states Arie who continues, βMy wish is that these songs bring softness, clarity, calm, and inspiration.β
Since her introduction to the music industry in 2001 with her debut albumΒ Acoustic Soul, India.Arieβs 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,Β 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 onΒ OWNβs Super Soul SessionsΒ (Click Here) and took the attendees on a journey on how to use their life experiences toΒ break down,Β break through,Β break the shell,Β elevateΒ andΒ fly to being worthyΒ of a better life.
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India.Arie will also be making several appearances at theΒ 2017 ESSENCE FestivalΒ duringΒ Independence WeekendΒ inΒ New Orleans. Kicking off aΒ weekend-long of festivities, she will be performing on the main stage onΒ Friday, June 30Β at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. OnΒ 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 onΒ Sunday, July 2, India.Arie will be performing aΒ SongVersationΒ that she wrote especially for the Essence crowd, where she will bring song and storytelling to life for attendees on the Empowerment Stage for theΒ Moment of PowerΒ followed by a fan meet and greet at the Palmers booth.Β
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In addition, India.Arie will be joining Oprah, Gayle King, the O, Oprah Magazine editors and more aboard theΒ βShare the Adventure Cruise to AlaskaβΒ aboard the msΒ EruodamΒ via Holland America Line onΒ July 15 to July 22. TheΒ SuperSoulΒ 100 MemberΒ will also be joined by Angela Davis and Glennon Doyle Melton.Β The four-time Grammy Award-winning singer will be doing a SongVersation Performance as well teaching herΒ SongVersation practice classΒ – As seen on herΒ Episode of BEING: India.ArieΒ on CENTRIC. For those not able to catch India.Arie within the upcoming weeks, she will be teaching TheΒ SongVersation PracticeΒ at Berklee College of Music in Boston this fall. Β
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