songstress Candice Anitra

Candice Anitra hates boxes. Not in a weird, pygmachophobia way. It’s the  rigidly corrugated musical categories that both perplex and perturb  her. So much so that at times, Candice likens her musical existence to  feeling like a stranger on earth. Embodying the subtle rapture of Joan  Armatrading, the robust confidence of Meshell Ndegeocello, and the  thespian gender inquisition of Cheryl Dunye, the left-of-soul  singer-songwriter has learned that it’s much easier to buck convention  than to live a futile existence of the square peg in a round hole.  Hailing from a planet called Philadelphia, the Brooklyn-based songstress  was reared in a musical family rooted in the glorious sounds of the  local church choir. However, many years passed before the impetus to  find her voice struck. Candice set sail for New York University’s  heralded Tisch School of the Arts after graduation and immersed herself  in the fertile artistic environs of New York City. Enrolled in a  self-scripting curriculum, Candice was molded into the image of a triple  threat. Relishing the liberating new experience, Candice expanded her  horizons and sharpened her talent as a writer with aplomb. In 2002, a  post-collegiate Candice stumbled upon a musical outlet by assuming lead vocal duties for a local NYC band called True Story. By 2006, Candice  had written a Dali-esque stage play centered on black women entitled The  Ripple Effect. Candice’s most recent video, for the female powered  anthem “Too Much Woman,” makes its own statement and has quickly reached  thousands of views. Candice is currently working on her Big Tree album.  Soon after the earthquake that shook Haiti on January 12, 2010, a  photograph of a mountain of dead bodies gripped Candice Anitra to  compose a song. On the second anniversary of the devastation, Candice released the track, "Today," with a video for the song, in order to  raise still-much-needed funds to improve lives in Haiti.    For more info: http://www.indiereviewcd.com https://twitter.com/IndieRevue https://www.instagram.com/indie.review https://www.facebook.com/indie.review