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Lizz Wright
Elizabeth LaCharla Wright (born January 22, 1980) is an American jazz and gospel singer. Life and career Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia, one of three children and the daughter of a minister and the musical director of their church. She started singing gospel music and playing piano in church as a child, and also became interested in jazz and blues. She attended Houston County High School, where she was heavily involved in choral singing, receiving the National Choral Award. She went on to Georgia State University in Atlanta to study singing. Since then she has studied at The New School in New York, and in Vancouver, BC. Wright joined the Atlanta-based vocal quartet In the Spirit in 2000, and in 2002 she signed a recording contract with Verve Records, where her musical compositions and vocal style led her to be compared to that of Norah Jones. Her first album, ''Salt'', was released in the spring of 2003 and reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Top Cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellowship (album)
''Fellowship'' is the fourth studio album by an American singer Lizz Wright, which was released on 28 September 2010 on Verve Forecast. Guest performances on the album include Meshell Ndegeocello, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Joan as Policewoman and Angélique Kidjo. The album debuted at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz Album chart, and has sold 17,000 copies in the United States as of August 2015. Track listing # "Fellowship" (Meshell Ndegeocello, arranged by Toshi Reagon) – 3:32 # "(I've Got to Use My) Imagination" (Barry Goldberg, Gerry Goffin) – 4:37 # "I Remember, I Believe" (Bernice Johnson Reagon) – 5:30 # "God Specializes" (Gloria Griffin, arr. by Toshi Reagon and Kenny Banks) – 4:29 # Gospel Medley (Traditional, arr. by Kenny Banks, Johnson Reagon, Wright) – 8:30 ##"I've Got a Feeling" ##"Power Lord" ##" Glory, Glory" ##"Up Above My Head" ##"Hold On Just a Little While Longer" # "Sweeping Through the City" (Wright, based on Matthew 5 1-12) – 1:56 # "All the Seeds" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hahira, Georgia
Hahira is a city in northwest Lowndes County, Georgia, Lowndes County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The population was 2,737 at the 2010 census, up from 1,626 at the 2000 census. Hahira has a mayor-council form of elected government. It is led by Mayor Bruce Cain and the four members of the City Council, elected from single-member districts. The city is mentioned in several songs by comedian/songwriter Ray Stevens, most notably the song "Shriner's Convention." History According to legend, the town of Hahira was named after a local cotton plantation. The planter was said to have named his estate after a West African village, Hairaairee, which was described to him by an English traveler. According to another version, the name may be derived from Pi-Hahiroth, Hahiroth, a place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Hahira in 1891. Geography Hahira is located at (30.990537, -83.371433). U.S. Route 41 passes through the center of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp. The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online. The ''Journal'' has been printed continuously since its inception on July 8, 1889, by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. The ''Journal'' is regarded as a newspaper of record, particularly in terms of business and financial news. The newspaper has won 38 Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent in 2019. ''The Wall Street Journal'' is one of the largest newspapers in the United States by circulation, with a circulation of about 2.834million copies (including nearly 1,829,000 digital sales) compared with ''USA Today''s 1.7million. The ''Journal'' publishes the luxury news and lifestyle magazine ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Orchard (Lizz Wright Album)
''The Orchard'' is an album by singer Lizz Wright that was released in 2008. Track listing # "Coming Home" # "My Heart" # "I Idolize You" (Ike Turner) # "Hey Mann" # "Another Angel" # "When I Fall" # "Leave Me Standing Alone" # "Speak Your Heart" # "This Is" # "Song for Mia" # "Thank You" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) # "Strange" ( el Tillis red Burch Personnel * Lizz Wright – vocals * Glenn Patscha – keyboards, background vocals * Patrick Warren – keyboards * Kenny Banks – piano * Larry Campbell – pedal steel guitar, mandolin * Oren Bloedow – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass * Chris Bruce – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass * Joey Burns – acoustic guitar, cello, bass, quarto, baritone guitar * Toshi Reagon – acoustic guitar, background vocals * John Convertino – drums, percussion, vibraphone * Larry Eagle – drums, percussion * Ben Perowsky Ben Perowsky (born May 12, 1966) is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, and music producer. He is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreaming Wide Awake
''Dreaming Wide Awake'' is the second album by singer and composer Lizz Wright, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music). It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Top Contemporary Jazz chart. The song 'Hit the Ground' featured in an episode of ''House MD'', season 3 episode 14 – "Insensitive". Track listing #"A Taste of Honey" (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) – 3:51 #"Stop" (Joe Henry) – 3:32 #"Hit the Ground" (Lizz Wright, Jesse Harris, Toshi Reagon) – 3:31 #"When I Close My Eyes" ( Marc Anthony Thompson, Dougie Bowne, Yuka Honda) – 3:16 #"I'm Confessin'" (Doc Daugherty, Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 2:58 #" Old Man" (Neil Young) – 3:40 #"Wake Up, Little Sparrow" (Ella Jenkins) – 3:00 #"Chasing Strange" (Marc Anthony Thompson) – 3:48 #" Get Together" (Chester Powers) – 4:42 #"Trouble" (Lizz Wright, Carlos Henderson) – 5:12 #"Dreaming Wide Awake" (Lizz Wright) – 3:44 #"Without You" (Jesse Harris) – 4:05 ;Bonus track #"Narrow Daylight" (Diana Krall, El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Contemporary Jazz
The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in ''Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The two most important charts are the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for songs and ''Billboard'' 200 for albums, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot 100 song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales. The weekly sales and streams charts are monitored on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle since July 2015; previously it was on a Monday-to-Sunday cycle. Radio airplay song charts, however, follow th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Magazine
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt (Lizz Wright Album)
''Salt'' is the first album by singer and composer Lizz Wright, released in 2003 on Verve Records. The album reached No. 2 on the '' Billboard'' Top Contemporary Jazz chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. Track listing #" Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly" ( Chick Corea, Neville Potter) – 5:07 #"Salt" (Lizz Wright) – 3:25 #"Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaria, Oscar Brown Jr.) – 5:51 #"Soon as I Get Home" (Charlie Smalls) – 4:26 #"Walk with Me, Lord" (traditional) – 4:06 #"Eternity" (Wright) – 3:35 #"Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:57 #"Vocalise/End of the Line" ( Sergey Rachmaninoff/Cynthia Medley, John Edmonson) – 4:33 #"Fire" (Wright) – 4:15 #"Blue Rose" (Kenny Banks, Wright) – 4:06 #"Lead the Way" ( Brian Blade) – 4:23 #"Silence" (Wright) – 2:42 Personnel *Lizz Wright – vocals * Jon Cowherd – piano (tracks 4, 6, 8, 9, 11), Fender Rhodes (4, 7, 10, 11), arrangement (1, 6–10), ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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