Cyndee Peters is a wonderful singer and artist...ask almost any Swede. Her legendary career reflects a remarkable and very personal journey from proud origins in North Carolina, to New York City where as a teenager her talents were nurtured, and ultimately led to her worldwide career. And although it was never her intention to become an artist, having received a degree in sociology, she has gone on to perform for both the Royal Family of Sweden and for Pope John Paul II. For Nobel Prize recipients Toni Morrison and Nelson Mandela, heads of state as well as countless others in concerthalls, theaters, churches and arenas.

In Sweden, her name is a household word frequently used in crossword puzzles. Her concerts are usually full to overflowing and she is a regular guest on tele-vision and radio. She is literally known and loved by millions and has to date taught more than 40.000 Swedes, Danes, Finns, Norwegians, Italians, Dutchmen, and Germans, to sing gospel and spirituals. Her legendary choir project Black People’s Music has come to have its own special place in Swedish musical history. What sets her music apart is a powerful spirituality and sense of purpose that listeners hear immediately. Her voice, in all its glorious power and tenderness, conveys wisdom and love.

Music from the Heart is just that. New songs-eight written by Ms. Peters, five of which are set to music in collaboration with the wonderful blues singer Eric Bibb, whom she met more than 25 years ago in a bookstore in Stockholm. Old songs which reflect her roots from North Carolina where she was taught to love music and respect words. This collection of songs is meant to soothe and inspire, cause reflection and to remind. Music from the Heart is music for the millenium. Listening to Cyndee Peters, is like meeting a long-lost friend

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