{"id":22302,"date":"2023-10-04T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/?p=22302"},"modified":"2024-07-31T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T16:06:17","slug":"with-new-ep-black-magic-talibah-safiya-explores-love-through-the-rich-history-of-southern-black-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/play\/music\/with-new-ep-black-magic-talibah-safiya-explores-love-through-the-rich-history-of-southern-black-music\/","title":{"rendered":"With New EP &#8220;Black Magic,&#8221; Talibah Safiya Explores Love Through the Rich History of Southern Black Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Story by Katie Kelly; Photo by Anthony Lorenzo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m in a rush when I go to meet Talibah Safiya. I was at work later than I expected, putting me about 10 minutes behind schedule. As I park, I start stressing about making someone else wait so I channel my inner New Yorker and powerwalk to our meeting place. I arrive semi out of breath (embarrassing), hair messy (embarrassing), and probably sweating (very embarrassing). Normally I\u2019d be supremely in my head about all the above, but the minute I actually meet Talibah, it magically all melts away. Her spirit is calming, tranquil, and begs you slow down and be present.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This effect she has should really come as no surprise. When you listen to her music, that same energy permeates throughout. Her songs are a stunning collection of healing, growth, self-forgiveness, and most of all, self-love. She explores these concepts with a grace and patience that feels both therapeutic to her and her listeners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"you said...\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OcGaSpNeuZc?list=OLAK5uy_kAAww5oPyE-IoF2_s0nJwVg0_TAuvPWoM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the gentle way she approaches life in her music, Safiya is fiercely ambitious. After graduating high school, she moved to Washington, DC, to attend Howard University, where she studied theater. However, after a few semesters, Safiya grew unfulfilled. \u201cIt didn&#8217;t work out. I just felt like that type of education wasn&#8217;t for me, so I started to really dig into studying the art of music and the art of songwriting.\u201d Safiya is an avid reader and deeply talented writer. She started studying the songwriting of people like Amy Winehouse and Nina Simone, creating her own form of education and school along the way.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Imagine That Visual\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_VP_rGM1dJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This led her to New York City, where she found a new home and artistic community to work with. \u201cI started to kind of hang out with the music school kids of New York, like the Berkeley dropouts and graduates. They really helped me to kind of feel more confident in myself as a musician, having not necessarily been a trained instrumentalist. They just really poured life into me and gave me a musical community for the first time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York City is invigorating and inspiring, but it can be exhausting. After 6 years there, Safiya felt the urge to return home to Memphis. At the time, her now-husband was running a local club called Dizzy Bird which she describes as \u201can epic little moment in Memphis music, for those of us who know.\u201d He started hosting local music nights featuring up and coming talent in Memphis. Safiya flew out twice to perform and quickly noticed a shift in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere was something bubbling in the city. I could feel the difference. I could feel that there were people that were my age that were excited. They were not only trying to help advance and rebirth our original music scene, but also the fashion started to become more exciting. The visual artists are coming out, photographers are around, it really felt like the start of a thriving community of artists. I\u2019m like, well if I can work with artists figuring out their niches in New York, I could do that at home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22304 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC01132-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC01132-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC01132-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC01132-480x600.jpg 480w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC01132.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0Photo: Anthony Lorenzo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that\u2019s just what she did. In the time since she\u2019s been back, she\u2019s recorded and released countless original songs, filmed incredible visual accompaniments, collaborated with big names like KAMAUU, and had her songs featured in national outlets. Oh, AND she (along with her husband) created a sustainable living company called Mama\u2019s Sundry. See, I told you her drive and determination is different.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI&#8217;m in a place where I really, really believe in what I&#8217;m doing. And if you really believe in what you&#8217;re doing, it comes with an urgency, because you know that you&#8217;re connected to a certain type of energy and that energy might have an expiration date. So, for me, it&#8217;s not about being in a certain mood or something. It&#8217;s about the fact that we&#8217;ve set a goal, and we\u2019re going to get it done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Animal Kingdom | Story\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RPrTftvqqEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next on her list is her upcoming EP titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Magic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The 5 song project will take listeners on a journey of Black music in America from its inception. \u201cIt\u2019s such a short project, but it\u2019s very cohesive. I kind of broke it down where it&#8217;s like environmental love, relationship love and self\/God love,\u201d Safiya tells me. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of influences for this because it tells the story of Black music in Memphis and the Delta. That means you&#8217;ll hear anything from some field music to blues music to soul and rock.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safiya can seamlessly inhabit these different sounds and styles because, regardless of genre, there\u2019s one unifying element at the core of all her music: peace. To know Safiya\u2019s music is to know peace. She exudes it in every note and every word. It\u2019s not performative or sporadically sprinkled in. It\u2019s genuine and unapologetic. You deeply feel whatever emotion or story she\u2019s conveying with her songs and you, beautifully, understand yourself better after hearing them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22306 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0.jpg 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo: Kai Ross\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s redemption music,\u201d she elaborates when we talk about this. \u201cLike, I\u2019ve been through this thing, I made this mistake, I had this experience, but I KNOW who I am because of it and I&#8217;m gonna keep celebrating myself and my story.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s an empowering message because Safiya herself is inheritably empowering. Towards the end of our time together, I ask her where she sees herself as an artist over the next few years. She tells me that making music and creating is something that she knows she\u2019ll be doing for the rest of her life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She pauses and then says adamantly, \u201cI can do this for the rest of my life because I\u2019m not burning myself out. I don\u2019t burn myself out. I take breaks. I\u2019m gonna rest. I love myself. I LOVE myself. I don\u2019t just associate my love for myself with my work. I love myself. I love my family. I love the way I make home and the food I cook. I fucking love sleep. So ain\u2019t nobody gonna burn me out. I can do this for the rest of my life.\u201d Thank God for that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>**The first single from &#8220;Black Magic&#8221; will be released on Halloween day. 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