BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130523T113832CEST-3228w3tZZW@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20130523T090532Z DESCRIPTION:\n \;As one of the pre-eminent soul singers of her generati on\, Leela James has thrilled audiences around the world with her high-ene rgy performances\, which deliver her highly personal take on classic soul music. Few of Leela&rsquo\;s fans know that her last name is not really &q uot\;James"\; and many have thought that she was the granddaughter of Etta James. The fact is that she adopted that performing name as a new art ist because\, since the time she was little\, older folks have told her th at she sounded like Etta James. Leela&rsquo\;s sound\, along with her wild \, passionate and let-it-all-hang-performances on stage have further spark ed comparisons to Etta&rsquo\;s over-the-top style. Unlike many of the cur rent R&\;B singers on the scene\, Leela is one of a small handful with an original sound and vocal style. Even when singing on a hip-hop-inflecte d track\, she sounds like an "\;old soul."\; And\, like Etta\, Lee la's sensibility spills over from R&\;B\, blues\, and hip-hop (She&rsqu o\;s collaborated with everyone from Kanye West to Pete Rock) to rock (as her gospelized version of Foreigner's "\;I Want To Know What Love Is&q uot\; demonstrated)\, gospel\, jazz (as with her duet recording with Ray C harles on "\;Compared To What"\;) and even electronica (her guest vocal on Moby's Wait For Me album in 2009). \; In short\, Leela James is this generation's embodiment of Etta James.  \;So it makes perfect sense that when the legendary Etta James passed away in February of this y ear\, Leela would be the one to celebrate and perpetuate her legacy by rec ording Loving You More&hellip\;In The Spirit of Etta James (Shanachie/2012 )\, a powerful recording featuring Leela's often quite contemporary take o f nine songs associated with Etta and two new songs in the spirit of Etta.  \; Produced in Nashville by GRAMMY-winning producers Shannon Sanders and Drew Ramsey (India.Arie\, Jonny Lang\, John Legend)\, the album is an organic mix of classic soul sounds and current production techniques that captures and extends the spirit of one of the great vocalists of the past 60 years.\nLeela James' website DTSTART:20130201T200000 DTEND:20130202T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:LEELA JAMES: In The Spirit of Etta END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR