my temecula boys, deon mario hairston and milton, with my silverlake boys, guitarist goffrey moore and bassist steve aka thundercat
Influences
GOD, my mom and amazing family, anything bill withers ever breathed on! if he blew his nose in a napkin, i'd find some beauty in it... nina simone, marlena shaw, wowzers!!!! omar, nona hendrix, minnie ripperton, EW & F, karen carpenter, the carpenters, sweet honey in the rock, quincy jones, gill scott herring, aretha (early stuff, sorry rere), debbie allen, n'dea davenport, jackson 5, gypsies, roy ayers, alvin ailey, the eagles (not the football team, sorry philly), garth fagan, judith jamieson, will.i. am, stevie wonder, npr radio, broadway(de du du du de du du, "i won't stop till i'm a star"), forgiveness, a tribe called quest, even Q-tips solo shit...prince, cameo, sade, grace jones, the scent of a man... fleetwood mack, diana ross, ike and tina, stevie, rufus and chaka, the doobie brothers, pain, the clark sisters, slum village, revolutionaries, jezebel, solomon, ecclesiastes, my brother on drums and cousin on bass pretending to be deep purple and jimi hendrix, mahalia jackson, proverbs, isaiah 54:17, rosetta tharpe, the color purple, a sale at barney's, switch, the pretenders, stevie nicks, pharoah sanders, switch, innerpol, skunk anansie or anything with skin and the brand new heavies.
Sounds Like
grace jones and bill withers had a kid...I am embracing "real R & B" again with broken beat collabs from some of the UK's finest like bugz in the attic, 4hero and spacek. state side partners Dj Dummy(common's dj) for them cats, sa-ra, and thayod (tha alcoholics and early exibit) round out the body of this defining work. I even get on the drum machine on "Nutshell" and engineered the majority of the record.
Who is Pharaoh's Daughter? in 2000, I was in Amsterdam with the Peas on one of our many tours. Once the show was over a young North African kid approached me and asked me what ethnicity I was. I knelt down and told him I was "a black girl from upstate NY", a very simple response from a very simple girl at the time. He insisted I, possesed this regal quality and was a modern day Pharaoh's Daughter. That my character would be challenged in a way that would define my path. The whole "many are called few are chosen" thing. This test would be humbling and borderline debilitating, but I would really get to the core of who I was. Without this lesson, I'd just be getting by. I know, I thought the same thing, tight game young man, but you’re putting a lil too much on it. I'd been given prophecies my whole life. Yes yes ya'll, the Black Pentacostal church and a month in India, folks will have something said. My response was that could apply to anyone, but he insisted it was mine and I would have to wait it out. He dropped that in my lap and walked away. I looked for him so he could elaborate plus quietly, i was moded, but he was no where to be found. I was like, this guy! The rest of that tour I couldn't get it out of my head. I got back to the states and I did t-shirts and press for a minute with that tag, Pharaohs Daughter. Billboard magazine did a piece on it and I was on Garth Trinidad's Chocolate City, it was all very cute. Then it faded, I quit the peas, started writing diss records and I just didn't want the responsibility of this "daughter" girl. I mean, she saved Moses and I’m cussing like Della Reese in Harlem Nights. In the next 5 years I was like a Tasmanian devil (well a fly one with Stella McCartney pumps and better hair) taking liberties with press and really defining me outside of the minstrel show I helped create. At the top of 2005, I really needed to make sense of some inevitable changes that really had me demanding some answers from GOD. I found an old t-shirt w/ Pharaoh's Daughter on it and went to the book of Exodus to see what this connection was. To see what this kid who I’ll probably never see again felt so impressed to share with me. After being blown away and floored at how at that very moment, my life was parallel to this story, I understood why I wasn't so simple after all. No, there were no babies floating down a river in South Central whose lives I spared, but symbolically, this was what I was living. I was certain this is what he was talking about more than 5 years ago. I felt like as a story teller, someone wrote this story for me. Several people can thank that young man and that woman for the wealth of that story. Basically, mofos really could have been dead and I could be on myspace from prison. What I know now is that your real purpose will be manifested, even when you are your own roadblock. This is the most honest work I’ve ever presented and by far the most important way I've used my voice. A voice that was faint at best for the past 2 years, which is what happens when you forget who the *&*! you are. Now that I have gotten back all the pieces of myself that were out on loan, I’m ready to jump and know the net will just, appear. On this record I tell on myself knowing the same bar I raise will be my hurdle next time around. "Pharaoh's Daughter" is other, period. My life is about the risks, pie on my face and all. It will hit Japan in feb. 07' and will follow stateside in late spring. Look for "Right Now", the video for the first single directed by the down for the cause, way before her time darling Nzingha Stewart round about spring 07'. Did I mention all of this will go down on my label, One bRave inDian records?
Hey Kim,
Just wanted to stop by your page to show you some luv!!! Glad to see we are still friendz and that you are still doing your thing. We haven’t talk in a while. So what have you been up to?? Come check your boy out and hope we can talk soon. But stay safe this Easter weekend!!!
HS
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The long-awaited full length album Behn & Tara Nova presents TOMORROW is now available for download on i-Tunes, Amazon, and Napster!
TOMORROW is the brainchild of the astounding songstress Tara Nova and producer extraordinaire Behn. The project is an uplifting, wondrous musical experience filled with hope and optimism. Tara Nova and Behn remain true to their innovative and eclectic style of music. Written entirely by the dynamic duo, the project explores a variety of topics providing enlightened commentary on an array of personal life experiences. More importantly, it is infused with the hope of a better TOMORROW individually and collectively as a people.
