Critically-Acclaimed R&B Soul Songstress, Wayna, to be featured as "The Best Live Show" in Essence Magazine

The DC-based Ethiopia-born siren has got the DJs, Indie and underground music bloggers all abuzz and is the It" girl opener for chart toppers on the DC leg of their respective tours.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 24, 2005 -- Essence magazine will proclaim Waynas live shows as the Best Live Show" in its upcoming August issue in an expose on the hottest summer and recent releases. The multi-ethnic international readership of the magazine will be introduced to the soul phenom whom with raw emotions and passion is able to command attention and capture her audience in a way true lovers of a live" music will appreciate. Wayna will share the stage with India.Arie and Lauryn Hill this June 25th at the African American Heritage Festival in Baltimore, Maryland.

Followers of the independent underground market who have a niche for predicting emerging artists on the brink of mainstream attention have been buzzing about the DC-based singer-songwriter and proclaiming her as one to watch. Waynas November 30, 2004-released debut CD, Moments of Clarity: Book 1" has been garnering attention from fans and industry insiders who appreciate fusion of soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, and hip hop. Her voice reminds me of Syreetas" Stevie Wonder said. Shes incredible." Her loyal fan base stretch as far as Australia, Africa, the UK, and Japan.

Recently, the former Bill Clinton speech writer who has been compared to Billie Holiday, Erykah Badu and Joss Stone has opened for national recording acts such as Common, Amerie, Fantasia and Bobby Valentino. Moments of Clarity: Book 1, released under Waynas Indie imprint, Quiet Power Productions, can be purchased at Karibu Books, Tower Records, Select Borders Bookstores, CDBaby.com or on her website www.wayna.net.

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