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‘LOVE OVERDUE’ FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
Acclaimed Producer Germono Toussaint Releases
Brand New Single on February 14th
(New York, NY, February 9, 2022): Dynamic composer, arranger, and producer Germono Toussaint is set to release his next single, “Love Overdue” on Monday, February 14th, Valentine’s Day. “Love Overdue” includes vocals from singer and stage actress Arissa. “Love Overdue” is Toussaint’s first new single following the release of his acclaimed debut album Brown Liquor and Blessed Oil last summer.
Toussaint wrote, “Love Overdue” for Love’s Gonna Get You, an award-winning play by James and Michele Woodson. Love’s Gonna Get You, which features Arissa, is based on the story of eight singles and their passionate search for true love. “Love Overdue,” a gospel-tinged R&B ballad, is sung by Dorsey in a scene where the main character is praying for the love of her life to finally appear. With this single, Toussaint is testing the waters for a full album that follows his own personal love journey.
Toussaint met Dorsey, a Baltimore native who has been singing and acting since childhood, in the early 2010s and promised the budding artist that he would record with her one day. Nearly a decade later, the two reconnected in Baltimore and recorded the single in one day.
“It’s not the type of show that I usually write for, but the music is fire and I really wanted to work with Arissa, an amazing vocalist,” says Toussaint. “Everyone needs, wants, and deserves love. Being in love is something almost everyone can relate to. This song is about longing for true love – not a distraction, illusion, or infatuation. It’s about seeking the person whose love can heal and transport you to a better version of yourself.”
In addition to working with Arissa, Toussaint is also producing a house music track for P-Valley star Harriet D. Foy later this year.
“Love Overdue” will be released on all music platforms on Monday, February 14th.
About Germono Toussaint
Germono Toussaint is a multi-award-winning composer, arranger, playwright, and producer. He is one of the founding playwrights of the Obie award-winning The Fire This Time Festival, the Founding Artistic Director of A Mile In My Shoes, Inc., and the owner of Brown Liquor Music, LLC.
His plays have been featured in the Not for Broadway Theater Festival, Horse Trade Theater Group, The Drafts Fest, All Out Arts Play Festival, New York Madness, The Fire This Time Festival, National Black Theater’s Keep Soul Alive reading series, and 48 Hours…in Harlem. He will be included in the 2022 cohort of Hi-Arts artists-in-residence.
Toussaint has also written and arranged music for a number of off-Broadway theater productions including Ritual, B-Boy Blues, Sistas: The Musical, Bring the Beat Back, Breath and Imagination, (L)imitations, and Hoodoo Love. His recent Afro-futuristic musical The Last Gatekeeper won the Artizen Fund’s Black Realities grant.
Toussaint has received awards and honors from The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The Obies, The Puffin Foundation, The National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and All Out Arts. Toussaint was featured in American Theater Magazine in 2008.
He’s participated in Tofte Lake Center’s 10th Annual Emerging Artist Program, was a Sheen Center Theater Artist Fellow, a Rhymes Over Beats Artist in Residence, and is a recent recipient of Broadway producer Ken Davenport’s Dr. Kenny Encouragement Fund Scholarship.His debut album, Brown Liquor and Blessed Oil, was released in July 2021.