MBS Food: Healing through Music with Lea Gilmore

Tune in for a special show in which an international blues, gospel, and jazz singing civic activist shares how she helps heal through song, as well as gives us a taste of her beautiful music.

Lea Gilmore has lent her voice, literally and figuratively, to advocacy for the underserved of the world and made a huge difference.A graduate of Morgan State University, Gilmore is a highly sought after lecturer who frequently speaks on  the history of African American music; civil and human rights; and women’s rights, in addition to their historical and contemporary roles in blues and gospel music.

Lea is a multi award winning  classically trained pianist and a Blues, gospel, folk and jazz singer who has
appeared in over 45 musical and dramatic theater productions.Lea has shared her voice and given workshops to enthralled audiences across Siberia.  She has lent her voice to support the cause of ridding third world countries in Africa of leprosy and TB by headlining Gospel concerts in Europe, while maintaining a vast career as an international blues and jazz performer. Over 300,000 have attended Lea's concerts in Belgium alone. Lea has recorded two acclaimed Gospel recordings and two acclaimed Blues CDs. She has also been a guest artist on several CDs.   

Lea has lectured and presented concerts focusing on African-American music in Switzerland and France. She partners with Center Stage Theatre in Kilmarnock, Scotland (NGO) for Umoja Musica and Umoja Gaelica, a cultural exchange to promote peace and justice; and to give the gift of music to the underserved of the world. Lea has served on a number of cultural and civil rights boards. In 2005 she was chosen and featured in ESSENCE Magazine as one of 25 Women Shaping the World.