Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely
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Toshi is featured musician on Lizz Wright’s The Orchard.
Pick up Lizz Wright’s The Orchard on Verve Records featuring Toshi as a musician, singer and co-composer of 6 tracks.
“Mr. Street (producer Craig Street), and Ms. Reagon return on The Orchard, and they understand and magnify Ms. Wright’s own gifts.”
—NY Times
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Toshi is a featured artist in the book I Got Thunder: Black Women Songwriters On Their Craft edited by LaShonda Katrice Barnett (Thunder's Mouth Press/Da Capo Press, New York, Oct. 2007)
This book features many of today's most important women songwriters: Abbey Lincoln, Angelique Kidjo, Brenda Russell, Chaka Khan, Dianne Reeves, Dionne Warwick, Joan Armatrading, Miriam Makeba, Narissa Bond, Nina Simone, Nona Hendryx, Odetta, Oleta Adams, Pamela Means, Patti Cathcart Andress (of Tuck & Patti), Shemekia Copeland, Shirley Caesar, Tokunbo Akinro, Toshi Reagon, and Tramaine Hawkins.
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Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice
“Astraea is a dynamic global foundation providing critically needed financial support to lesbian-led, trans, LGBTI and progressive organizations. Separated by continents, language and culture, Astraea grantees are seizing opportunities, and laying the groundwork necessary for women and LGBTI people to claim their human rights. Astraea staff, board, members and grantees all share a deep commitment to feminist principles, racial and economic justice and human rights.”
—from the Astrea Foundation website
email | www.astraeafoundation.org
Read about Toshi’s past Cool Persons… at Want something to think about?
Toshi on Tour!
- MAY
- Sat: 17 @ 9:30pm
Astraea at 30: Justice in the Making, Prince George Ballroom, 15 E. 27th St. NYC
Info: 212.529.8021 - JUNE
- Sun: 1
651 ARTS’ Mississippi Delta Heritage Project
Masonic Temple (map) 317 Clermont Ave @ Lafayette Ave.
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Tickets: $20 online - AUGUST
- Fri: 8
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival 
The L Word continued to show love for Toshi by featuring her Velvet Park Magazine cover in a recent episode.- Super Model Christy Turlington picked Toshi's cover of the Cars hit "Just What I Needed" for her best covers ever celebrity play list on iTunes. She used this playlist to bring attention to the charity joinred.com to help women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Check out Toshi on YouTube and My Space too.
Recordings
Toshi and Righteous Babe will team up for new recording (release date TBA). It will be a collection of sacred music and will feature her band BIGLovely.