WFPK Song of the Day: Lady Blackbird "Reborn"

Under the name Lady Blackbird , Los Angeles-based jazz and soul vocalist Marley Munroe has announced news of their forthcoming album, Slang Spirituals , and shared the rousing new anthem, “ Reborn .” Listen below.

Munroe grew up in the small town of Farmington, New Mexico, and raised in a religious Christian household. She began singing at a very early age. “Once I entered my teenage years, I started to realize that religion was something that was put on me and it never felt right ,” she says. “ As I also began to develop my own identity as a queer woman, I felt judged as an outcast and labelled as a sinner. It was burying who I really was and I needed to find a way out .”

“I had to dig my way out of a grave to be able to finally breathe and sing about who I really am ,” Lady Blackbird shared. “ This is me, full of freedom, acceptance and without hypocrisy. It’s also something I think a lot of people can relate to – that human quest to find yourself and take back your power, to get to the place of radiating who you are without apology .”

“ This is my journey of becoming. It’s me rewriting the book to show the world who I truly am. From being labelled a sinner to finding my acceptance .”

Slang Spirituals will be released September 13th on BMG .

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