{"id":2485,"date":"2021-11-27T11:39:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T11:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2021-11-27T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T12:00:13","slug":"introducing-liorah-lev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=2485","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Liorah LEV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot of diversity on <strong><em>\u2018I Am LEV\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, the debut EP from American singer\/musician Liorah LEV. The six-song mini-set, which hears strains of EDM, pop and reggae, was released On November 19.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Miami to Jamaican parents, LEV is a graduate of the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston. For the past year, she crafted a self-produced project that has so far yielded three singles &#8212; <strong><em>\u2018Taking Over\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>\u2018Let\u2019s Go\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>\u2018Nerve\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. The latter is a reggae number, a nod to her Jamaican heritage. \u201cNerve is obviously a roots-reggae beat, but the bridge has elements of jazz improvisation. <strong><em>\u2018On Puppet\u2019<\/em><\/strong> (another song from <strong><em>\u2018I Am LEV\u2019<\/em><\/strong>), you&#8217;ll find\u00a0influences of\u00a0reggae and dancehall in the beats,\u201d LEV explained.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2018I Am LEV\u2019<\/em><\/strong> contains one cover, an acoustic take on <strong><em>\u2018September\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, the Earth Wind And Fire dance classic. LEV said she wanted to bring something fresh to a song that was a global hit 43 years ago. \u201cMy cover of EWF&#8217;s <strong><em>\u2018September\u2019<\/em><\/strong> is different compared to the rest of the tracks. It has an acoustic jazz vibe that showcases my alto sax skills and introduces me to audiences who might not otherwise embrace pop but have a mutual love of the music from the \u201870s. I believe, if I&#8217;m going to do a cover, I&#8217;m going to own it and make\u00a0it mine and I think I have done that successfully,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Liorah LEV is a cousin to Tessanne Chin, winner of The Voice in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot of diversity on \u2018I Am LEV\u2019, the debut EP from American singer\/musician Liorah LEV. The six-song mini-set, which hears strains of EDM, pop and reggae, was released On November 19. Born in Miami to Jamaican parents, LEV is a graduate of the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston. For the past [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2490,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485\/revisions\/2490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}