Name Toshi Reagon Parents Cordell Reagon | Movies The Watermelon Woman | |
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Role Musician ยท toshireagon.com Albums The Righteous Ones, Toshi, Have You Heard, Kindness Similar People Bernice Johnson Reagon, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lizz Wright, Ruthie Foster, Dar Williams | ||
Record label Righteous Babe Records | ||
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Toshi Reagon (born January 27, 1964) is an American musician of folk, blues, gospel, rock and funk.
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- Toshi reagon bernice johnson reagon sacred music josette newsam marchak
- That s what she said 2014 01 toshi reagon
- Early life
- Career
- Awards and recognition
- Personal life
- References
That s what she said 2014 01 toshi reagon
Early life
Born January 27, 1964 in Atlanta, Georgia, Reagon grew up in Washington, D.C. She was raised by musician parents active in the civil rights movement.
Career
Reagon began performing at age 17. Soon afterward, Lenny Kravitz invited her to open for him on his first world tour. She has since shared the stage with performers including Ani DiFranco, Elvis Costello and Meshell Ndegeocello.
Her band, BIGLovely, has been performing since September 1996. The name BIGLovely comes from a term Reagon's girlfriend used to address her in a letter. The band includes Judith Casselberry on acoustic guitar and vocals, Robert "Chicken" Burke on drums, Fred Cass, Jr. on bass, Adam Widoff on electric guitar, and Catherine Russell on mandolin and vocals. The line-up also includes Jen Leigh, Ann Klein, Debbie Robinson, Allison Miller, Kismet Lyles and Stephanie McKay as replacements.
Awards and recognition
Personal life
Reagon is the daughter of musicians and activists Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon and Cordell Hull Reagon. Her mother founded Sweet Honey in the Rock, and her father was a leader of the civil rights movement in Albany and member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Her parents were also part of the civil rights musical group The Freedom Singers.
Reagon is also the goddaughter of folk singer, Pete Seeger and named after his wife, Toshi Seeger.
Reagon, a lesbian, lives in Brooklyn, New York with her partner and their adopted daughter.