India.Arie will return to the spotlight on September 24th, when her second album, Voyage to India, is released. The record is the follow-up to her seven-time Grammy nominated debut album, Acoustic Soul, which featured the single "Brown Skin."

Voyage to India's first single, "Little Things," will hit radio on August 5th, and AOL will feature it three days earlier on their First Listen series. Meanwhile, "Brown Skin" is still garnering Arie acclaim. The song snagged a Soul Train Lady of Soul nomination for Best R&B Soul Single for a solo artist. The show airs September 1st, and Arie is scheduled to present an award.

CHRISTINA SARACENO
(July 31, 2002)