I hope this message reaches you well. I wrote this piece a week ago, but saved it to post later. Well, later is now and I gotta get this shoutout in before I travel in a few hours!
What can I say? I am a Hathaway family devotee. Perhaps its because my father loved Donny Hathaway so I developed an appetite for him early in life. Or perhaps, it's because I always heard that the Hathaways lived around the corner from us in Chicago. (As a kid, none of that really registered for me. I was too busy runnin' up and down the street clownin', eatin' Popsicles and tryin' to keep up with the older kids.) Or perhaps I'm just hooked on the Hathaways because Donny and Lalah's music ministered to my fiance and I during my cross country moves to Los Angeles...and back to Illinois...and then to Florida. Their music kept us cool and sane, laughing, sharing, and in love during those LONG cross-country excursions.
Well, I am happy to report that Lalah's new offering entitled "Self Portrait" is just completely off the chain...so wonderful, so relaxing, so thoughtful, so healing. And I know, there have been some shaky moments in Ms. Lalah's career---odd choices, missteps, crazy dissonances, but I was still devoted because even her misses were bumping up against a hit if you just kept on list'nen.
However, Ms. Girl went somewhere and got quiet and let the Lord minister to her...because "Self Portrait" is cool, coherent, grounded, mellow, luscious and just makes good sense all the way through. This project is the soundtrack for sunset dinners with beloved friends, intimate moments, healing breakthroughs, personal retreats, daily moments of renewal, affirmation for new beginnings and transformations.
Lalah's voice is medicine to MY soul...and I say that about NO ONE ELSE. I enjoy lots of folks' music, but nobody MINISTERS to me like she does...like her dad did. With Self Portrait 2008, she's found her groove and just lays back in the cut and teaches, ministers, shed light, heals.
I first opened the CD up after returning from a hectic (but blessed) visit to Illinois at the end of July...and it just made me feel better...I could feel knots in my back and shoulders loosening up and my pressure droppin'...it was like an audio massage (smile)...helped me get grounded...relax...take a breath...slow down for a moment...get reconnected with what I really needed to be doing and leaving the rest for another time or place.
So, GET THIS CD, support this sister and enjoy it. Then, buy a stack to give to folks.
And let the healing begin!
Love y'all all!
---Nicole
***Also, check out Lalah's Official Website at: www.lalahhathaway.com
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