Leeanna Allen, the artiste who is known for her angelic voice and striking poetry, is making her way back to the music with a new project called ‘Mixed Essence’.
Allen had gotten her big break in 2015 with her album “Labeled Loved”. The 31-year-old, though a Christian, finds that the songs do not fit the traditional mould of what we define as gospel music. Initially a poet who has done and published a lot of spoken word pieces, Allen revealed that she is ready to re-enter the music arena after a small hiatus. “I had put down the songwriting for some time and I was just focused on the spoken word poetry. And only last year I started writing music heavily again,” the young woman told The Buzz

The new project, she added, will feature many diverse sounds and artistes and give them a platform and opportunity to showcase their talent. “The intention is to do collaborative projects with other singers to song write for them, and give them the opportunity to be able to showcase their vocal ability, also that is a part of the journey that I am on right now,” she said. The young woman noted that she is hoping to execute her new project within the New Year.  “Next year there should be a lot of work coming out from me but also work coming out from various artistes. My intention is to brand the body of work that I write under the banner called ‘Mixed Essence’ given that it will be a mixture of relationship with God songs and relationship with people,” she added.

Allen disclosed that while she has been singing for approximately 15 years now, she is hoping that her new project will highlight her talents not just as a singer and poet but also as a songwriter. “Under that banner, there will be a number of artistes that I will be producing music for where all the songs will be written by me,” she said. “I write Christian songs well I won’t necessarily call it gospel, relationship with god songs and also songs about love and marriage. I am passionate about marriage and winning at relationships and especially living in the culture that we do. It’s so easy to give up when things get hard.”