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Nnenna Freelon goes Beneath the Skin with new heartfelt album

Janis Siegel and Lezlie Harrison talk to singer Nnenna Freelon about her new album full of heart-felt songs entitled Beaneath the Skin. Nnenna opens up about songwriting, joy and grief, her appearance in the PBS show Shaped By Sound and so much more.

Nnenna Freelon will be at Dizzy's NYC this weekend, March 21-23.

Lezlie Harrison is her own personal renaissance. Her constant state of evolution and growth brings with it, gifts for those those paying attention.
Over the past five decades, the voice of Janis Siegel, a nine-time Grammy winner and an eighteen-time Grammy nominee, has been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfer’s diverse musical catalog. Alongside her career as a founding member of this musical institution, Siegel has also sustained a solo career that has spawned almost a dozen finely-crafted solo albums and numerous collaborative projects, amassed a large international fan base and garnered consistently high critical praise.