{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 58 Tahira Clayton, singer\/songwriter, music teacher","description":" My guest today is Tahira Clayton. Tahira is a soulful singer, songwriter, music teacher and conductor. Tahira\u2019s name translates as purity of light and that she is! I see, hear and feel light when I am in Tahira\u2019s presence - she is tuned in, gracious, open and compassionate - radiating light both on and off stage!  Growing up in Texas, Tahira explained that her family was one of 3 black families that lived in an otherwise white neighborhood. Tahira didn\u2019t want to stick out, she didn\u2019t want anything that was going to make her seem more different than she already was. She acknowledges the irony that she figured out who she was while denying the biggest part of her. Tahira remembers when that self consciousness of her race dissipated and she finally felt proud to be black, she began to&amp;nbsp; confidently express herself as a strong black woman.  We recorded this conversation with Tahira in the fall of 2018, intentionally waiting to release this podcast so we could promote her album release show. However, in addition to waiting for the album release date, her beloved partner,&amp;nbsp; Addison Frei (featured in Episode #43) pulled off a spectacular, romantic&amp;nbsp; surprise marriage proposal (with her whole family sworn to secrecy) over Thanksgiving 2018. Blessings Tahira and Addison!!  In early December, Tahira came as my guest to see The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform at City Center (NYC), her first time seeing the company! We were both blown away, not only&amp;nbsp; by the company\u2019s signature dance \u201cRevelations&quot;, but by the world premiere of Rennie Harris\u2019 &quot;Lazarus I and II&quot;, this piece is a MUST SEE!!  Please join me on Thursday February 28th, 2019 at 8pm to celebrate Tahira\u2019s album release show at Nublu, 151 Ave C, New York City.   Check out the links below for the latest events in Tahira\u2019s life, as well as her website where you can hear her music and find out about all her exciting projects. For our UK listeners, Tahira will be traveling to London on March 9th, 2019 to be part of a panel on systemic exclusion of women in jazz at the International Women in Music Leadership Conference. Enjoy the podcast!  Links:  tahiraclayton.com   FB: TahiraClaytonMusic   IG: @tee.clay   Twitter: T_ClaytonMusic     \u201cWait Till Now\u201d album release show: Thursday February 28th, 2019 at 8pm at Nublu, 151 Ave C, New York City ","author_name":"Enlighten: Uplift &amp; Inspire","author_url":"http:\/\/www.enlighten.nyc","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8586683\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/a3b04f\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/33887681"}