Georgia Anne Muldrow grew up in a musical home in Los Angeles, her father an instrument inventor for
Eddie Harris and her mother,
Rickie Byars, a singer with
the Pharoah Sanders Ensemble and co-founder of Sound of Agape Rhythms. After relocating to New York, the young musician/producer/vocalist recorded seven songs for her 2005 self-released EP,
Worthnothings. The album got the attention of
Sa-Ra and
the Platinum Pied Pipers, who both asked her to write songs for them. Stones Throw Records owner
Peanut Butter Wolf was also impressed by
Muldrow and signed her to a two-album deal. In April 2006,
Worthnothings was re-released on Stones Throw, followed shortly after by her full-length debut,
Olesi: Fragments of an Earth.
Sagala, credited to
Pattie Blingh & the Akebulan 5 but an all-
Muldrow affair, was issued in 2007 on the Ramp label. The second
Georgia Anne Muldrow full-length,
Umsindo, followed two years later, but not before
Ms. One -- a production showcase featuring several singers and MCs. She has also collaborated with
Dwight Trible,
J*Davey,
Dudley Perkins (as
G&D), and
Erykah Badu. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide