I’ve never heard of
Fertile Ground, but DJ Michael Ealey is playing them on Streetwise
Radio. While writing this blog I discovered that, the six members of
Fertile Ground are a very awesome and creative group. I like them
because they have an amazing depth of music that touches on the
jazzy, funky soul sound. They mix everything I love.
Fertile Ground started off
as a three piece group in 1998, in Baltimore Maryland. The founder
was James Collins on key boards, vocalist Navasha Daya and Drummer
Marcus Asante. In 1999 the group added Ekendra Das on percussion,
Freddie Dunn on trumpet and Craig D. Alston on woodwind. They resided in
Atlanta, Georgia until they parted ways in the 2010 to pursue their
solo projects. It is a shame because they made some great music.
While they were together
they put out several albums. Their first two albums were a compilation
called Perception. Seasons Change was their third album. Their last
album was called Black Is. With this album they toured from 2004
through 2009 in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., LA, Paris, Tokyo and
London. All of Fertile Ground’s albums, happen to combine all my
favorite genres soul funk jazz and even hip hop. Fertile Ground is a
mix of everything I love. I’m a fan now, if they ever get back
together for a reunion tour I hope they come to the West Coast.
Anywhere near Northern California, I sure would like to see them
live.
Here are some songs that
are going on my playlist, “Black Is", “A Blues for me”,
“Take me higher”, “Yellow Daisies” “Broken Branches”,
“Simple Timeless”, “You”, “Star People” and “Another
Day”. There are many more but the list would be too long. So I gave
you a little sample of their gift. If you’re not familiar with
Fertile Ground, Streetwise Radio is play their songs. You can also
listen to Streetwise Radio on iTunes, Pandora, MyGen365, Live365 and
Athena365.
LM
