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| Narada Michael Walden and Carlos Santana in the studio collaborating on Jennifer Saran's new single "Wake Up" - an inspiring new world peace anthem |
Alt-pop/adult contemporary singer-songwriter Jennifer Saran has teamed up with
South African Grammy-winning male choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo and
Grammy and Emmy-winning producer, drummer, singer and songwriter Narada Michael
Walden (Producer/Co-writer), known for his work with Whitney Houston, Aretha
Franklin, and Mariah Carey, to create her newest single, "Wake Up."
Making a special guest appearance on the track is Grammy-winner and legend
Carlos Santana (Featured Guitarist), whose guitar licks generate inspiring
vibes. The stunning collaboration is a heartfelt appeal to the world to
recognize and address inequality and impoverishment, a cause incredibly
personal and important to all the amazing artists involved. "Wake Up"
will be featured on Saran's third album, produced and co-written by Narada
Michael Walden, which will be released in early 2017.
"Wake Up" is a rousing and uplifting anthem for
the world at large. Saran takes meaningful action through her lyrics to
encourage change - "It's time to Wake Up!" This worldly, heartfelt,
and thought-provoking singer has been dazzling listeners with her message of
positivity and encouraging them to stand up to the world's struggles and incite
change, first on her debut album Walk With Me (2016), and now on this new song.
Each of the legendary guest artists joining her on the song
believe strongly in her cause. Carlos Santana, whose searing guitar work is
featured on the track, says Saran's song is "a beautiful mission of sound
and healing." Saran adds, "'Wake Up' is the second inspirational song
that Narada and I have written. Eighteen months ago we were inspired to write
'Rise Up Time,' which came from an inspired jam session. We had put aside time
to experiment with a new idea in the wake of so much hate and violence in
America and what came from that time together was this song."
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who won a Grammy for "Best
World Music" in 2015 for their album Live: Singing For Peace Around The
World, was brought in through Walden, whose goal was "to make a new sound
for the world and inspire a new consciousness in the world - that of waking
up." It was Walden's responsibility
to create a space between these artists - passionate about the same worldly
concerns - with the intention of inspiring a global movement of like-minded
people with a single goal in mind: peace.
Proceeds from sales of the song, which is available now on
iTunes, will go directly to the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation. As
an outspoken defender of human rights and campaigner for the oppressed, Nobel
Peace Prize-winner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is one of the world's most
revered peacemakers. The mission of his US-based nonprofit is to support and
promote the creation of a culture of peace throughout the world.
Saran created an accompanying web-based video that was
released on the Archbishop's 85th birthday.
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/rWRljsgvUQY
More info can be found:
For more information about The Desmond & Leah Tutu
Legacy Foundation please visit: http://www.tutufoundationusa.org
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