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the latest news • 21st Oct, 2025 • 0 Comments

Presave "Blackbirding" -- Release Date: February 2, 2026


Click here to presave Blackbirding now to your favorite digital music platform --
and click here to listen to the single Hold Steady. Blackbirding is more than…

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the latest news • 18th Sep, 2025 • 0 Comments

Presave "Hold Steady"

The first single from Queen Esther’s forthcoming album Blackbirding is more than a song — it’s a spiritual stance. Hold Steady is an anthem of endurance for those who are…

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the latest news • 4th Sep, 2025 • 0 Comments

EL Recordings + Symphonic Distribution

EL Recordings Partners with Symphonic Distribution to Amplify Black Americana Legacy New York, NY — September 2025 EL Recordings, the independent record label founded by genre-defying Black Americana artist Queen…

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the latest news • 11th Jun, 2025 • 0 Comments

The Jazz Age Lawn Party - June and August!

Jazz Age Lawn Party, now celebrating its 20th anniversary in New York City, is the world’s original and most authentic Prohibition-era-inspired gathering. It started in 2005 as a small gathering…

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the latest news • 15th Oct, 2024 • 0 Comments

PAD X Returns to WOMEX - Manchester, England October 23 - 27

The PAD X England Delegation The 2024 PADX delegates are going to WOMEX – Worldwide Music Expo in Manchester, United Kingdom from October 23 - October 27. This year we…

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the latest news • 2nd Oct, 2024 • 0 Comments

FYC: Things Are Looking Up

FOR YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION: Things Are Looking Up
Voting opens on Friday, October 4th!

"If you're sensitive to this form of authenticity, this album…

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the latest news • 13th Jun, 2024 • 0 Comments

Recipient, 2024 New Music USA Creator Fund

Queen Esther is the recipient of the 2024 New Music USA Creator Fund: New York City for her new idea -- All Cats Are Beautiful. This project takes Queen Esther's…

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the latest news • 1st Apr, 2024 • 0 Comments

An Off Broadway Staged Reading for Blackbirding

Blackbirding -- a solo show
written and performed by Queen Esther
directed by Lorna Ventura
produced by Alverneq Lindsay Accompanied by guitarist/banjoist Ayodele Maatheru (Paradise Square, Lackawanna…

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the latest news • 10th Sep, 2023 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther is a member of Keychange US Talent and Development Program

Keychange U.S., a charitable non-profit organization working to foster and champion greater gender equity and inclusion within the music industry, has announced the inaugural cohort of its U.S. Talent Development…

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the latest news • 3rd Aug, 2023 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther is a member of Joe's Pub Working Group 2023 - 2024

From broadwayworld.com: Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, announces the artist selections for the 2023-2024 Joe’s Pub Working Group (JPWG). The working group aims to enrich the sustainability…

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the latest news • 3rd Jul, 2023 • 0 Comments

Western Arts Alliance's PAD X at WOMEX 23

Queen Esther has been selected to be a member of Western Arts Alliance's PAD X Delegation to WOMEX 23 in A Coruña Gallacia Spain. This is the first time that…

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the latest news • 30th May, 2023 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther is a 2023 Writer-in-Residence with The Orchard Project

The Orchard Project is honored to host its first cohort of writers-in-residence as part of the Performance Lab in Saratoga Springs. The 2023 Writers-in-Residence include: Queen Esther (Blackbirding), Deepa Purohit…

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