{"id":5401,"date":"2019-08-14T01:59:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T06:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/?p=5401"},"modified":"2025-03-20T06:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:36:58","slug":"talibah-safiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/play\/music\/talibah-safiya\/","title":{"rendered":"Talibah Safiya"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">At the festival, she was performing for a tent of people who didn&#8217;t know who she was, and she was just zeroing in on people speaking directly to them. She was witty, she was bawdy, she was frank. <cite>&#8211; Jewly Hight (NPR)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n<p>Talibah Safiya is a shape-shifting independent soul artist from <a href=\"https:\/\/wearememphis.com\/\">Memphis, TN<\/a>. 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