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We got some good soul music for you this Saturday! Nominated for Best International Act at the 2012 BET Awards and named by Essence as Five Unique Artists Set to Change Music in 2012, Lira is releasing her album Rise Again on June 26th. In July 2012, Lira will release her second live in-concert DVD Lira: The Captured Tour – filmed during her sold out 2011 tour in South Africa. The release is expected to be an even larger success than her 2009 telecast Lira; Live a Celebration which was tuned in by nine million South Africans, subsequently the DVD and Africa’s first Blu-Ray went on to secure 4x multi-platinum certification becoming the country’s fastest and highest selling music videodisc, supplanting international diva Celine Dion’s reign at the top: Live in Las Vegas; A New Day. Also in July, Lira makes her cinematic debut as the support lead in the Antonio Falduto directed drama, The Italian Consul, a film centered around the trafficking of girls in Europe. The film will premiere at the Isola del Cinema Festival in Rome, where Lira became only the second African vocalist to grace the Teatro Del Greco stage since Miriam Makeba. In August, Lira’s poignant track “Change it All” will appear as the theme music in Oprah’s Winfrey forthcoming documentary – OWLAG -surrounding her Leadership Academy for Girls based in South Africa which will air on her OWN Network. As part of a new cadre of African artists making waves stateside such as K’Naan, Nneka, and D’Banj, LIRA sees herself as an ambassador of the new Africa: a land where, despite a recent history filled with obstacles, a future brimming with infinite possibilities lies. LIRA feels that this pressure to thrive outside of convention has bred a unique brand of ingenuity that will propel her and her fellow artists to the world stage. “We’re proud of being African, but there’s also a desire to be a part of the world. Part of the way we can raise the consciousness back home is when people see us rise on the world stage. We don’t do it for the individual, we do it for the entire group.” Lira’s newest album drops Tuesday, June 26 and in the meantime you can pick up her latest EP HERE

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Bossip Boombox: Some Saturday Soul From Lira, Conya Doss And Brian Culbertson