Anita White, aka Lady A, is a musician from Seattle who’s released multiple albums over the past 20 years, with her next one, Lady A: Live in New Orleans, slated for July 18. Lady Antebellum is a band (or rather, a dress-up country act) with a Confederate-era moniker, which they’ve performed under despite criticism since 2006. On Thursday, Lady Antebellum changed its name to Lady A—although the A still presumably stood for Antebellum?
, slated for July 18. Lady Antebellum is a band with a Confederate-era moniker, which they’ve performed under despite criticism since 2006. On Thursday, Lady Antebellumthat the name Lady A is very much taken by Anita White, who works for Seattle Public Utilities by day. White told the outlet on Friday that Lady Antebellum is “using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time. If it mattered, it would have mattered to them before.
In the meantime, you can watch her fantastic rendition of B.B. King’s “Never Make Your Move Too Soon” below.
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