INDIA ARIE

• October 3, 1975 India. Arie, singer, songwriter and record producer, was born India Arie Simpson in Denver, Colorado. Arie’s mother moved the family to Atlanta, Georgia when she was 13. She attended Savannah College of Arts and Design to study jewelry making and while there gained an interest in the guitar. Arie eventually formed an independent record label, Groovement/Earthseed, and released a compilation album of songs by several artists, including one of her own. Arie released her debut album, “Acoustic Soul” in 2001 and within months it had sold more than three million copies worldwide. This was followed the next year by “Voyage to India” which sold more than 1.4 million copies and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album and contained the single “Little Things” which won the Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. Arie’s most recent albums are “Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationships” (2006) and “Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics” (2009), both of which were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, and “Songversation” (2013).

>via: http://thewright.org/explore/blog/entry/today-in-black-history-1032014

India Arie live at the Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2014, Sunday March 2nd – D2 Hall JIExpo Kemayoran Jakarta Indonesia.