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Member Since: 2/28/2006
Band Website: jhelisa.com
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...My recent discoveries of old blues/folk/roots music from Son House,Black Ace, Slim Harpo,Blind Wille Johnson, Josh White, Vera Hall, Mrs. Mary Pickens, Elizabeth Cotten just to name a few has me very inspired, along with a lot of indigenous music from Navajo Elders, Muchatera, Mbuti Pygmies,Fulani, Hawaiian, and especially a Vietnamese tune I found called Lo 1 Song Nui byHoang-Vuy, its absolutely insane, you here jazz, you hear abstractions, you hear rhythm, it has inspired me to want to share this music with all who would be into experimental music, it is not for everybody mind you. Look for my posted playlists soon from my new website, where i will be featuring a lot of new music.
Some of the other artists that always offer me wonderful nourishment in their music are Anaya aka Pam my sister, Brother Darnell and Lamont, Dad on keys, Mom on vocals, Aunt Vickie Uncle Bobby and Cousin Carleen, Grandaddy on the guitar, Uncle Sam on guitar, and all the rest of my gifted tribe.
Michelle Ndegeocello, Ani Di Franco, Kelly Jo Phelps, Bright Eyes, James Singleton, Cassandra Wilson, Jill Scott, Lauren Hill, Ledisi, Amel Larrieaux, Z Star, Eska, Charlie Mingus is my constant companion and Thelonious Monk, Greg Osby, Count Basie, Duke, Stevie, Donnie Hathaway, Earth Wind & Fire, Isley Brothers, Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Tom Waits, Chocolate Genius, Jeff Buckley, Lalah Hathaway, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Pops Staples, and KoKo Taylor, Kandido, Block 16, Massive Attack, One Giant Leap, Stanton Warriors, Chuck D. , Slum Village, Jill, Erykah and India, N'Dambi, Lalah, The Five Blind Boys of Alabama,
Sounds Like: Check out:I certainly look at our humanity as primitive, Jhelisa says. I look at my developing ways as primitive, but hopefully, I am growing into advancement in my struggle to BE THERE, to arrive at an ultimate strength of faith and hope and unpenetrable endurance of spirit. Much like evolution. From my perspective, a primitive guide to being there is to me like a global gumbo, ready for consumption, in all of its varying degrees.
Record Label: INFRACom!
Type of Label: Indie