Name: Kia Bennett
Start: 2018-10-25T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2018-10-25T23:00:00-04:00
Location: Sotto

Kia Bennett

A native of Richmond, Virginia and a product of Howard University, Kia made her introduction into the entertainment world while singing with former Washington D.C. group "Entyme" along with other respected soul artists Geno Young, Sy Smith, and Yahzarah. Kia is a member of the new school RAMP (Roy Ayers Music Production) whose musical contributions provided the world with samples for hits like  A Tribe Called Quest's "Bonita Applebum", Mary J. Blige's "My Life" and Erykah Badu's "Amerykah's Promise". Ms. Bennett is best noted for her background vocals which supported international recording artists D'Angelo, Ledisi, Russell Taylor, Michael Bolton, Angela Stribling, Julie Dexter, and Deborah Bond. In 2015, Kia made her debut performance at the famed Bohemian Caverns Jazz Club and the legendary Blues Alley Jazz Supper Club in Washington, D.C. These two lovely evenings were welcomed with four sold out performances. Kia performed in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia through The Richmond Jazz Society’s Guest Educator Series, where she performed two sold out shows as well. Kia has graced the stages of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Washington Monument/The National Mall, The Richmond Jazz Festival At Maymont, Drom, The Shrine, Gin Fizz, Silvana, LeftField, BB King’s, and The Bitter End in New York. Kia was nominated as 2012 Best New Artist and 2017 Song of The Year (A Beautiful Forever) for SoulTracks Readers Choice Awards. Kia has also served as a Board Member and Governor of The Washington D.C. Chapter of the Recording Academy (Grammys). She currently has en EP entitled Duet of Daffodils and cis working on her full-length album.
 
IG: https://www.instagram.com/enchantress76/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KIABENNETT FB: https://www.facebook.com/KiaBennettMusic

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