Toshi Reagon, 55
{Yaa Asantewaa writes “Toshi knows the power of song to focus unite and mobilize people. If you’ve been lucky enough to be in Toshi’s presence you know you can’t walk away from her without feeling better about yourself as a human being. She aims for nothing less.”|Toshi has been the recipient of a NYFA award for Music Composition The Black Lily Music and Film Festival Award for Outstanding Performance. She is a National Women’s History Month Honoree and is the 2010 recipient of OutMusic’s Heritage Award.|While her expansive career has landed her comfortably in residence at Carnegie Hall the Paris Opera House and Madison Square Garden you can just as easily find Toshi turning out a music festival intimate venue or local club. Toshi finds home on any musical stage. Toshi has had the pleasure of working with Lenny Kravitz Lizz Wright Ani DiFranco Carl Hancock Rux Nona Hendryx Pete Seeger Chocolate Genius and many other amazing artists including her favorite collaborator her mom Bernice
