A blues singer who has performed under Lady A for the past 20 years is speaking out against Lady Antebellum over the country trio's recent name change
From left: Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum photographed on Oct. 18, 2019 at the Fairlane Hotel in Nashville.
A Seattle blues singer who has performed under the name Lady A for the past 20 years is speaking out against Lady Antebellum over the country trio's recentAnita White, a 61-year-old black woman who plays under Lady A, says she was blindsided last week after learning that Lady Antebellum had officially shortened its name without reaching out to her first.
"I feel that it's not right that they can come and decide that they want to use this name and take it from me, because now it feels like another knee on my neck, as Reverend Al Sharpton said," WhiteWhite, whose day job is working with Seattle Public Utilities, has released multiple albums under Lady A over the past two decades. She's currently gearing up for the July 18 release of her new album,“This is my life.
In a lengthy note to fans on social media last week, Lady Antebellum -- who first broke through in the late 2000s with hits like"Love Don't Live Here,""I Run To You" and"Need You Now" -- explained the reasoning behind the name change. “We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused,” the group's Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood wrote on. “We’ve watched and listened more than ever these last few weeks, and our hearts have been stirred with conviction, our eyes opened wide to the injustices, inequality and biases black women and men have always faced and continue to face every day. Now, blind spots we didn’t even know existed have been revealed.
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