Linda Tillery
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Biography
Linda "Tui" Tillery (born September 2, 1948) is an American singer, percussionist, producer, songwriter, and music arranger. She began her professional singing career at age 19 with the Bay Area rock band The Loading Zone. She is recognized as a pioneer in Women's music, with her second solo album titled Linda Tillery released on Olivia Records in 1977. In addition to performing, she was the producer on three of Olivia's first eight albums. Within the women's music genre, she has collaborated with June Millington, Deidre McCalla, Barbara Higbie, Holly Near, Margie Adam, and others. Tillery was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Musical Album for Children.
Tillery has been a professional musician for her entire adult life and has had a long career as a backing or supporting vocalist for mainstream artists as diverse as Santana, Bobby McFerrin, Huey Lewis and the News and the Turtle Island String Quartet. In the early 1990s, she began exploring the roots music of enslaved Africans and the African diaspora, forming the group The Cultural Heritage Choir.
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- Mary's Dancing Lamb
- Spirituals Medley featuring Linda Tillery
- Wayfaring Stranger featuring Linda Tillery
- The Middle Passage featuring Linda Tillery
- I'm Angry featuring Linda Tillery
- Follow The Drinking Gourd featuring Taj Mahal
- Tree Of Life featuring Linda Tillery
- Don't You Ever Let Nobody Drag Yo's Spirit Down featuring Linda Tillery
- Moj E Mira Neper Therra featuring Linda Tillery
- Po Polu featuring Linda Tillery
- Jaime Moreno's Jam featuring Linda Tillery
- Stand Tall And Be Happy featuring Linda Tillery
- Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing featuring Linda Tillery
- Taste of Music featuring Linda Tillery
- Ballin' The Jack featuring Linda Tillery
- Little Johnny Brown featuring Linda Tillery
- All The Pretty Little Horses featuring Linda Tillery
- Ain't No Mo' Cane On Dis Brazos featuring Linda Tillery
- Willie & The Hand Jive by Linda Tillery
- I'll Fly Away featuring Linda Tillery
- Beans And Cornbread by Linda Tillery
- Follow The Drinking Gourd featuring Linda Tillery
