![]() ![]() ![]() “I struggled to write this album in a way that I never had to before. The title of the album comes from Tillie Olsen’s Silences, which deals with the myriad ways that the stories of oppressed people’s stories have been silenced over the years, even though they continued to create despite being ignored. Reading and literature helped her find her way back in. Having to deal with myself once again on an intimate level.” “I found when I went back home that the thing that disturbed me the most was the lack of activity. After a season of dealing with others trying to define, claim, and name her art and artistry, Victoria went inward. Second full-length studio album, Silences. Victoria returned to her roots with the EP Baby Blues, a trio of classic blues covers that first inspired her.Ī mere two years after Beyond the Bloodhounds, Adia Victoria returns with her How It Feels is a French-language short album that reimagines French pop classics with a blueswoman’s edge. Instead, Victoria released two short albums that show the immense wingspan of her talent and curiosity. In the wake of Beyond the Bloodhounds, touring, press and enormous expectations a lesser artist would have just rested on her laurels. Had I not found this outlet of expression. “I don’t know if I would be alive if I had not found that. It was the first time in my life that I felt capable of learning and progressing at something.” According to Victoria, this practice was a lifesaver. “I fell in love with the practice, the discipline of learning. It was when a friend gave Victoria an acoustic guitar that things began to click. Victoria is a polymath who studied ballet, acting, wrote poetry, before finding a home in the blues. At 18 she went to Paris and then spent time in Brooklyn, Atlanta, and now is based in Nashville. #Aida victoria seriesShe dropped out of school and worked a series of odd jobs. Instead of following the model of the folks that she saw around her who had been worn down by white supremacy, poverty, and oppression in the rural South Carolina town she grew up in, Victoria set off to shape a life of her own making. Just as Jacobs sought to get beyond the reach of her master’s bloodhounds, Victoria is always reaching beyond the facile notions of what a Black woman artist should look like and sound like. The album takes its title from a line in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. ![]() After a self-released single that drew the attention of Rolling Stone and others, Victoria continued to dazzle and confound with her first studio album, Beyond the Bloodhounds. Victoria leaned into the microphone with a correction, “Adia Victoria does not sing Americana, Adia Victoria sings the blues.” From there, the artist let her guitar and powerful lyrics speak for her. The drawers are lined with paper laminate for a beautifully stylish look.Ī wide wooden frame surrounds the mirror.At a recent performance, the host made the mistake of introducing Adia Victoria as an Americana artist. Sparkling, rectangular pewter pull handles line the front of the drawers. Paper Laminate Sustainable and resistant to wear, the paper laminate finish provides a beautifully stylish touch. Strong chemical cleaners are not suggested, as they may damage the wood's finish.Īttach this mirror to the matching Aida dresser (AIDAC6DR), sold separately.Įngineered Wood Engineered wood products are manufactured to maximize the natural strength and stamina of wood.
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