Born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, Kendra Foster has been studying, performing and melding music with unstoppable passion. Her style defies classification but contains elements of R&B, Jazz, Funk, Rock, Gospel, Hip-Hop, Classical, Electronica, and World. Having performed with many bands during collegiate life including Smoke, a band that specialized in covering the work of Parliament/Funkadelic, Kendra came full circle when funk mastermind George Clinton invited her on tour with P-Funk. She studied Jazz and Commercial Music at Florida A&M University before her stint with Parliament/Funkadelic. Kendra presently also performs with some fellow P-Funk members as Children of Production as well as many other groups around the nation. The works that will combine into being her solo debut album feature the musical brilliance of P-Funk alumni Bernie Worrell, Blackbyrd McKnight, and Belita Woods, and showcase her conscious, street-wise, and hopeful spirit. Her influences include Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson, Billy Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Belita Woods, Brides of Funkenstein, Chaka Khan, Sade, Kim Burrell, Mavis Staples, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Parliament/Funkadelic, Bjork, Donny Hathaway, Bob Marley, Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, and Meshell N'degeocello. Her endless devotion to music, combined with her radiating spirit and soul-powered vocals, make Kendra a truly unique voice in American music.
It's own reward is all rewardin'... They been promisin promises and pullin' prognasticators.. as always proper preparation prevents piss poor performance - paint the white house black!
PEACE UNCLE G ..I KNOW ITS A P-FUNK TOUR N ALL..BUT DONT LET SA'D TAKE HIS SHOES OFF ON DA BUS..(MIGHT CUT THE TOUR SHORTER THAN HIS PINKY NAIL)..LOL J/K ROCKDAFDUK OUTTA DEM SHOWS..STAY UP,,,SALUTE.. "FUNK IZ ITS OWN REWARD" - JERU R.I.P. 2/27/08 BOOM SKWADRON BRICK CITY TILL DA BLUECOATS GET ME
May I Thank All Of You For Enjoying The Spirit With Me, And Fo Sho, I thank myself too ?? - now, if I knew how to use a computer... it would have the last word.
Hi George, Thanks for having me at your birthday party and taking pictures with me. I hope you had an amazing birthday! I was happy to see Syl there. Can't wait to hear the song you guys did together and the new music. Stay blessed, Love Arlene
P.S. All the photos from the party are in my album photos.
