Queen Majeeda's latest album, "Tongues of Fire" is a blend of spoken word poetry, music, and dramatic sound effects peppered with some Jamaican patois. "Tongues of Fire" is now streaming worldwide on all platforms.
Based in Central Florida
LOCATION: Central Florida
GENRE: Spoken Word Poetry
BIO
Majeeda typically does not repeatedly listen to her own recorded works but the seven-track album has been serving as a source of comfort to her. Majeeda recently lost her mom and she finds solace in listening to "Bye-Bye Grief", a poem that describes grief as feeling "like a punch in the stomach with all your insides being snatched by the wind." The poet shares sentiments of feeling like being left by the wayside from a "derailed train ride." After calling out grief and death for everyone's unhappiness, she finds joy and comfort in the Word. Majeeda changes her tune and starts echoing Scripture verses that offer solace and support. After receiving strength from Scripture, she is reassured that grief and death will soon be no more so she ends the poem with a punch and tells death "bye-bye" in Jamaican patois.
"Latter Rain Prayer," the inspiration for the title track is a celebration of Pentecost 2025, an initiative to bring revival among true Bible believers. She invokes the Messiah and asks him to "fill this house we're sitting in with a mighty rushing wind." The piece is a powerful litany and speaks of prophecy rolling "from the tongues of many and filling the ears of any who will listen as the seventh trumpet sounds." It is the invocation of a God whom the poet is clearly confident will hear. "Latter Rain Prayer" is also recorded as an acapella version.
Majeeda admits that this album took on a life of its own as she had a different vision for the recording initially. Grief definitely played a role in how the album turned out even though that experience is only expressed on one track. "It's a difficult process to experience and it ended up driving the direction of the album in that other planned tracks I just could not record at this time," said Majeeda. "I am still however pleased with the way it turned out and listening to 'Bye-Bye Grief' is healing." I listen to that poem and it just hits home. I think those who have ever experienced grief will be able to relate and will also find comfort and hope.
Other noteworthy tracks include "Ascension Rock," which tells the story of a prophetic revelation in 1844, "The Ladder," based on a dream Majeeda received from God, and "Esther," a retelling of the Biblical story. Majeeda seasons the story with a refrain in her Jamaican patois, telling us "Esther, she nah jester!"
"Tongues of Fire" is long-listed for a Grammy and is the second consecutive album to make the list in the Spoken Word Poetry category. Her last album, “Wedding Invitation” was long-listed in 2024.
Majeeda resides in Central Florida and hails from the island of Jamaica. She tours the United States, performing on college campuses, schools, libraries, and cafes, and has performed at various venues on her native island.
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 of the City University of New York.
Majeeda is available for interviews, recitals, workshops, and speaking engagements.