THEY CALL CANDICE IVORY THE QUEEN OF AVANT SOUL.TO BE MORE SPECIFIC,
CANDICE IS THE VOICE OF CONTEMPORARY SOUL, A GENRE THAT, BACK IN THE 1960S, OPENED A NEW WINDOW TO REVOLUTIONIZE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC WITH ONE-OF-A-KIND ARTISTS AND A GROUNDBREAKING STYLE. LABELS LIKE MOTOWN, STAX, AND ATLANTIC GAVE THE WORLD A SOUND THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF BLACK MUSIC HISTORY FOREVER. SAM COOKE, ARETHA FRANKLIN, JAMES BROWN, MARVIN GAYE, OTIS REDDING, RAY CHARLES AND WILSON PICKETT LIT THE SPARK THAT, EVEN TODAY, AFTER GOING THROUGH COUNTLESS FERTILE AND INNOVATIVE EVOLUTIONS, CONTINUES TO KEEP THE FIRE ALIVE, SIXTY YEARS LATER. BORN IN THE BLUES-RICH CITY OF MEMPHIS, CANDICE IVORY ESTABLISHED HERSELF AS A SINGULAR VOICE ACROSS HER FIRST THREE ALBUMS, EACH FILLED WITH BOLDNESS AND CREATIVE RISK. IN HER FOURTH ALBUM, SHE INVITED AUDIENCES TO PAY ATTENTION TO MEMPHIS MINNIE, AN ESSENTIAL BLUES SINGER FROM THE 1920S AND 1930S. HER LATEST ALBUM, "NEW SOUTHERN VINTAGE", CONFIRMS THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THIS ARTIST HAS ACHIEVED. THE SOUL AND BLUES OF CANDICE IVORY ARE ONE OF THE TRUEST REFLECTIONS OF ROOTS MUSIC IN THE 21ST CENTURY. THESE FOURTEEN SONGS EXPRESS MODERNITY AND CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT, WITH TALENT AND PASSION, AN ARTIST CAN EVOKE NEW SENSATIONS THROUGH MUSICAL GENRES AS POWERFUL AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN. WITH THIS WOMAN, WE HAVE A TRULY PRICELESS TREASURE. WELCOME TO HI-HOP-BLUES !