“I’m still with Joyous Celebration - just pursuing my solo career at the same time, and I’m having an amazing time,” she tells Drum. “Joyous has always been more than just a choir; it’s an institution ...

If you’re familiar with the percussion on Marvin Gaye’s 1982 hit “Sexual Healing”—those bursts of bass and snare drums amid robotic ticks and claps that collapse atop one another—then ...