Queen Majeeda's latest album, Wedding Invitation is a blend of spoken word poetry, music, and dramatic sound effects. The album is a result of inspiration she received during quarantine. She calls it her "pandemic poetry project." It is Majeeda's fifth release. Wedding Invitation is now streaming on all platforms.
Based in Central Florida
LOCATION: Central Florida
GENRE: Spoken Word Poetry
BIO
Poems like these flow as a result of a global quarantine. While the world was under lockdown, and we were all told we were safer at home, Majeeda was churning out poems and recording them in her home studio. The outcome is her latest album, “Wedding Invitation” – a blend of spoken word poetry, music, and dramatic sound effects. The album tells a story woven into a tapestry of love, with scenes at times depicted through the eyes of the poet.
Throughout the album runs the theme of the woman, faithfulness, unfaithfulness, strength and determination, the allegory of the bride, and ode to Bridegroom. The album opens with Adam and Eve, praises Rahab’s courage, retells the story of the Woman at the Well, proclaims Babylon’s doom, expresses the anticipation of the wait, and more.
Majeeda describes “Wedding Invitation” as her “pandemic poetry project.”
“I had more time to spend with God and I was drawn to Matthew 24 and 25 during those times,” she said. “I felt compelled to write poems bearing the theme of the wedding feast to which we are all invited.”
“Wedding Invitation” is long-listed for a Grammy and is Majeeda’s fifth official release, which includes two albums, two singles, and an EP.
She resides in Central Florida and hails from the island of Jamaica. She started out recording her poems to reggae music and toured the United States, performing on college campuses, schools, libraries, and cafes, as well as various venues on her native island. Her debut album, "Conscious" was released and distributed by Heartbeat Records worldwide, and by Tuff Gong in the Caribbean. She self-distributed her EP "Our Glorious Past", and has since released two singles, "Despised and Rejected", and "Conversation at the Well".
Conversation at the Well, is the first single from her latest album, Wedding Invitation.
Her poems are included in several anthologies, including Love Letters to Our Daughters (Eden Works Publishing), Women, Poetry and Dub (Sister Vision Press), and Voices, a monthly publication by York College/CUNY. Majeeda is working on another album Tell de Truth, which will incorporate an accompanying book of poetry with the same title.
She is available for interviews, recitals, poetry workshops, and speaking engagements.