If you're a fan of Indie-Soul, then the name Maya Azucena should be very familiar to you. The Brooklyn-based beauty is a singer/songwriter with two albums to her credit, Maya Who? (2003) and Junkyard Jewel (2007), and the recently released mixtape, Taste This. Overflowing with talent, she has graced stages worldwide with her exciting live show that blends R&B, Soul, Hip Hop, Jazz and Rock. She combines a few of those elements along with some social commentary on her new song, "Get it Together." Opening up with a snippet of a speech from Dr. Martin Luther King, she urges everyone to get it together and love ourselves and one another on this inspirational song. Maya was inspired to write this by the upcoming Presidential election and according to her mission statement, it's a call for people to get out and vote. Don't you just love music with a message?

This is a love letter to our past. This is a love letter to our future. I have been to countries where the right to vote is stripped from the people, where their voices are howling in the night, begging the world to hear. We, in America, have gone through a lot to be here today. YOU count. So, listen to this song and consider deeply your right to vote. And do it. Don't you ever forget your power to affect the world around you.

Amen to that, Maya. Amen! If you like "Get It Together" as much as I love it, then download the song from Maya's MySpace page right now.

Maya Azucena: "Get It Together"


Maya Azucena [Official][MySpace]