Prince protégée Lianne La Havas spent a very special day in Brooklyn: She performed at the Afropunk festival before her 30th birthday party later that night.This summer, though, any such celebrations are on a coronavirus pause, leaving her reflective.“I think I would’ve played longer if I had known,” said La Havas of her Afropunk main-stage set. “Maybe take some more time to just breathe and just get in the moment and just kind of savor it more …”Still, the neo-soul chanteuse — part Erykah Badu, part Joni Mitchell — is dropping fresh summer sounds on Friday with her third studio album, “Lianne La Havas,” the follow-up to 2015’s Grammy-nominated “Blood.” Self-produced with a warm intimacy that is captured by her live band, the LP harks back.
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