Watch: Lianne La Havas Talks with Tavis Smiley, Performs "Green & Gold"

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Lianne La Havas was on PBS's Tavis Smiley show this week, discussing the inspiration behind her album Blood and EP Blood Solo, and performing "Green & Gold." "Blood is relating to my heritage and my family and it was something that I began to think more deeply about over the course of the last couple of years," she says. "And I found that my songwriting was beginning to explore more my family, and actually why I am like I am and where it all comes from." Hear what she has to say and watch the performance here.

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Lianne La Havas, who recently complete a sold-out intimate solo tour of the United States, was a guest on the Tavis Smiley show on PBS this week. She spoke with Smiley about the trip to visit her mother's family in Jamaica that inspired her latest album, Blood, and the new Blood Solo EP, and performed "Green & Gold," which can be heard on both.

"Blood is relating to my heritage and my family and it was something that I began to think more deeply about, I suppose, over the course of the last couple of years," says La Havas. "And I found that my songwriting was beginning to explore more my family, I suppose, and actually why I am like I am and where it all comes from."

Hear more of what she has to say and watch the performance below. To get Blood or Blood Solo, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store now.

As discussed on the program, La Havas will return to the States to tour as special guest of Leon Bridges this fall. For tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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Lianne La Havas: "Tavis Smiley," March 2016
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    Watch: Lianne La Havas Talks with Tavis Smiley, Performs "Green & Gold"
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    Lianne La Havas, who recently complete a sold-out intimate solo tour of the United States, was a guest on the Tavis Smiley show on PBS this week. She spoke with Smiley about the trip to visit her mother's family in Jamaica that inspired her latest album, Blood, and the new Blood Solo EP, and performed "Green & Gold," which can be heard on both.

    "Blood is relating to my heritage and my family and it was something that I began to think more deeply about, I suppose, over the course of the last couple of years," says La Havas. "And I found that my songwriting was beginning to explore more my family, I suppose, and actually why I am like I am and where it all comes from."

    Hear more of what she has to say and watch the performance below. To get Blood or Blood Solo, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store now.

    As discussed on the program, La Havas will return to the States to tour as special guest of Leon Bridges this fall. For tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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