![]() ![]() India.Arie also is scheduled to appear Saturday and Sunday at free, fan-friendly events and workshops. ![]() Whenever they call, I don’t even think about it, I say ‘yes.’” But Essence is like the world I belong in. “So when that happens, I have to spend a lot of energy to pull you into my world for three minutes. “Sometimes when I perform I have to prime the room because it’s not set up for me or for what I do,” she said. India.Arie said she believes Essence is a perfect match for her. More than 450,000 people attended the 2016 festival, which organizers said has an annual $250 million economic impact over the holiday weekend. India.Arie said her synergy with Essence is one reason she sang two songs for Thursday’s private salute to New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who was praised for helping the festival grow and keeping it in the city. “Just on the first night alone, it’s me, it’s John Legend, it’s Di-An-Nuh Ross! Who does that? I also like to see the shows, I’m able to pop in and see a little bit of this and that.” “I like the concept of the Essence Festival,” she said. India.Arie has played Essence several times. India.Arie is scheduled to appear Friday on the festival’s main concert stage inside the Superdome before Diana Ross, who is making her first festival appearance. “The songs go with the practices, which include stretching, breathing, prayer, meditation. India.Arie said she also developed companion pieces “SongVersation Performance” and “SongVersation Practice,” which she described as “the process of getting yourself in the state where the work you’re doing emerges from you instead of trying to make it work” and a journal/workbook that helps “get you to where you’re not judging yourself and shows you how to not force things.” I look at this as soul medicine for the pain.” “My whole career has been to spread love, healing, peace and joy through my words and music,” she told The Associated Press. ![]()
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