Life After Black Messiah: Kendra Foster Steps Out On Her Own
In a quiet Mexican bakery in Sunset Park called La Boulangerie Lopez, I sit with emerging soul singer Kendra Foster, who is on the cusp of releasing her self-titled album, a culmination of songs written and recorded over many years. She begins to tell me the whole story of her career. This year, Foster was featured on the track “Questions,” off Domo Genesis’s underrated new album Genesis. Last year, Foster earned accolades for working with D’Angelo on his politically laced funk masterpiece Black Messiah and touring with his band, the Vanguard. Aside from D’Angelo, Foster has also written for artists like Sunshine Anderson, Mark Ronson, and the P-Funk All Stars, with whom she’s worked extensively. She counts a wide range of artists of this ilk as inspirations for her own soulful sound, including the likes of Stevie Wonder, the Isley Brothers, Sade, Björk, and, of course, George Clinton, whom she calls her mentor.
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