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Imani Uzuri

Imani Uzuri grew up dreaming of travel, reading adventure novels and poetry under the pecan trees of her idyllic early years in rural North Carolina. Visions of other lands and other worlds entwined with the musical roots that formed the foundation of Uzuri’s intensely focused approach to evoking places and moments with her powerful yet subtle voice. The old Spirituals, the gospel music she heard in her small country church and from her extended family, in particular from her formidable grandmother, sunk in deep. “I feel like my granny’s sensibility shaped me. She had an off-key joyful voice, and every morning she would wake up and start the day singing,” Uzuri remembers fondly

The Gypsy Diaries

By Imani Uzuri

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: Beautiful; Whisperings (We Are Whole); Winter Song; O' Woman; I Sing the Blues; Lament; Gathering; Meet Me at the Station; Raga for My Lovers; You Know You Love Me; Soul Still Sings; Dream Child; I'm Ready/She Came Traveling.

Dream Child

Featuring the music of Imani Uzuri
Duration: 4:20
November 18, 2012

Imani Uzuri: The Gypsy Diaries

by James Nadal
May 19, 2012

Steeped in the spirituals and gospel of her native North Carolina, vocalist Imani Uzuri traveled the world on a fascinating journey, absorbing local culture and music to produce The Gypsy Diaries. The record stands as musical documentation of the distance an artist will go seeking mystical connections with other genres, all the while maintaining a firm ...