I began working on the album “Will I Fly?” back in 2012. Yup that’s 10 years ago. It was before Jarvis was born, in fact I wasn’t even pregnant yet. I finished tracking by 2013 then I got pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby. In the haze of early motherhood, I somehow managed to mix the album, then I lost all the steams. It was just hard enough to keep myself afloat as an artist, album release or tour was just out of question. Around 2019, I regained my equilibrium and start working on releasing the album. Then the pandemic happened. In the end, I just released the album into the world without any proper send off that I would normally would do. But then again nothing was normal back in 2020.
Here we are in 2022, we began performing again. Things are not normal but normal things were start happening again. I remembered that I wanted to celebrate this album. If anything, this album is resilient. So many time, I could’ve walked away and forget about it. Maybe even start something new. But I LOVE this album! There were a lot of collaboration that went into this album. And all the artists who contributed, did so with love. It is filled with so much love and it makes me smile every time I listen to it.
I want to celebrate this album, the patient and resilient album which waited it's moment. I felt kindred spirit with the album after living through the last few years. I know I’m a lucky one but even lucky ones had hard time getting through the early days of pandemic.
Also I turn 50 this year. I never celebrated any of my milestone birthdays because I was too busy hiding my age. None of that for me now. I’m proud to be 50 years old and I could careless if anybody knows it.
To celebrate the occasion, I asked some of the performers that played important role for me to grow as a musician. These are my core community without which, I woudn’t be who I am today. I can’t wait to share their music with you.
Please come! Let’s celebrate! We’ve come along a long way and that’s magical!
Friday, June 24th, 2022
Littlefield, Gowanus, BK