Back in June we were honored to hand off our #DCmusic podcast to two fantastic hometown musicians of color, rapper Ardamus and soulful R&B singer Cecily for cool dialogue and song picks. Since then Cecily debuted the music video for “Clumsy” on no less than BET. The video is sensual and emotional, with director Torell Shavone beautifully showcasing Cecily and her video co-stars. “Clumsy” is the first single from Awakening Pt. 1, Cecily’s 2019 EP she describes as “the story of my awakening to Love – of learning to work on myself so I don’t unintentionally hurt my loved ones, of learning to forgive myself so I can love myself without condition, of surrendering to the beautiful flow of love in my life. These are stories of learning how to choose trust, patience, compassion, honesty, and kindness. These are stories of choosing love over fear, and I hope these songs serve as a reminder to you to do the same.”
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Podcast for June 9th, 2020 feat. Ardamus & Cecily
We turned this week’s show over to rapper Ardamus and soulful songwriter Cecily to pick the songs and reflect on life.
Tracklisting:
Cecily – Hope [Songs of Love and Freedom]
Ardamus & Height Keech – Too Close To Danger [Astro Blocks]
Fertile Ground – Black Is [Black Is….]
RNLification – Starving Artist [Build A Better Brand V1]
Cecily – Grow [Songs of Love and Freedom]
CatsEye2TheCosmos – Dirty Pool feat. Edword Asis, Night Train 357 & Prowess The Testament [Music To Marvel To Vol. 1 The Awakening]
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Podcast for July 25th, 2019
Tony hits the beach, while Paul gets meta with follow-up.
Tracklisting:
Hammered Hulls – Written Words [S/T]
Peter Mayburduk – Apart! Together [single]
Cecily – Clumsy [Awakening Pt. 1]
The 5:55 – The Edge [The Five Fifty Five]
Bumper Jacksons – I Sing the Body (Live) [Live at Wolf Trap]
The Andalusian – Dance to Flame [Kairos]
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Cecily – Pisces
Congrats to soul singer Cecily on winning Best Soul Album at the reborn Wammies this past weekend! Last year’s Songs of Love and Freedom is a gorgeous journey from start to finish, and we’re pleased today to show you the music video for its lead off track. “Pisces” is a classic ballad of healing through flowing water, and this video features plenty of it. Director Muse Dodd shot Cecily on the beach and submerged in a flower-filled tub on a recent trip to Cuba. Makes us want to book a flight there and play in the waves all day.
Podcast for March 14th, 2018
Paul finds DC music through a British writer’s email list, and Tony muses about FM radio DJs in the modern age. Also a special intro from The Caribbean’s Michael Kentoff!
Tracklisting:
Des Demonas – The South Will Never Rise Again [Des Demonas]
Time Is Fire – Ey Ajaba [Stories Untold]
The Internal Frontier – Ghost Town Underground [single]
Elizabeth II – Lonely [single]
Cecily – Pisces [single]
KidGusto – Woza Beat feat. HBDC [Woza Beat]
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Cecily – Real Love
Sweet chanteuse Cecily recently released her first music video for “Real Love”, a single from her 2015 self-titled EP. Describing the concept of the video, Cecily writes “I believe that real love, with no ego, is a revolutionary act. In today’s world, wealth and possessions are glorified and almost made holy by mainstream media. In this video, I wanted to show two people realizing that grandeur and material desires are inconsequential compared to their love of each other.” See Cecily open for touring pop soul act Lawrence at SongByrd tonight in Adams Morgan.
Cecily – Your Idea of Beautiful (NPR Tiny Desk Contest submission)
NPR Music’s judges are watching all the submissions to 2016’s Tiny Desk Contest, and soon they’ll pick a winner. We continue to show you the best submissions from DC, our shared hometown with the Tiny Desk. Cecily Bumbray, a talented and soulful singer-songwriter, gathered her jazz quartet to lay down a romantic new song called “Your Idea of Beautiful”. If this hits your spot, grab her debut self-titled EP featuring a collaboration with DC expat Tabi Bonney.
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