New York-born/Bermuda-raised artist Ayiesha Woods first made a national splash when she signed to TobyMac’s Gotee Records, releasing a trio of projects throughout the 2000s that yielded a stream of uplifting singles, along with Grammy and Dove Award nominations. Since 2010, the singer/songwriter’s been making pop, R&B and all-around inspirational music on her own terms at a spread out pace, while steadily settling into married life and motherhood. Perhaps it’s only fitting her latest hit is called “#Family” as a precursor to this fall’s “Full Circle” EP, which as Woods tells Chicago Concert Reviews, is a hopeful, faith-loaded statement that knocks at the door of her second musical decade. Give us the story behind your brand new single “Family.”    Ayiesha Woods: Back in 2017 when Hurricane Irma ripped through the Caribbean and Florida, we sustained some damage at our home and were without power for almost a week. We were on “stay at home” orders of a different sort! It was dangerous to be out and about due to downed power lines and heavy debris.   During that time, affected families and communities were pulling together and holding on dearly to one another, remembering what’s most important in this … Continue reading “#Family,” faith, tide Grammy and Dove nominee Ayiesha Woods over until “Full Circle”