The Power of 3 featuring Orianthi, Cindy Blackman Santana and Rhonda Smith announce new single "Taxi" featuring previously unreleased Hendrix guitar riff

THE POWER OF 3’s new single “Taxi” is built on a previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix guitar riff that was unearthed from the Jimi Hendrix Estate by the legendary Eddie Kramer and Orianthi. The Power of 3 features Orianthi (lead vocals guitar), Cindy Blackman Santana (drums and percussion)  and Rhonda Smith (bass). The self-titled debut album is produced by Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, KISS), will be released by SHE2Music on Friday January 29, 2027. Carlos Santana features on one of the album tracks (Cindy Blackman Santana is married to Carlos).

Through their longstanding relationships with the Hendrix estate, Orianthi and legendary producer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, KISS, The Rolling Stones) were granted access to the Hendrix archives. While exploring the vault, Orianthi discovered a previously unreleased riff that immediately sparked her imagination. Inspired by the recording, she brought the idea to Blackman Santana and Smith, and together the three musicians wrote “Taxi,” with Orianthi recreating Hendrix's original riff and the trio building an entirely new song around it.

The three members are musicians at the top of their game. Their combined

credits include Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz, Alice Cooper, Santana, Pharoah Sanders, Jeff Beck, Beyonce, Chaka Khan and Prince.

Fans can pre-order the album on CD and vinyl from – https://shop.thepowerof3.com/.

“Taxi is available commercially on all streaming platforms here – https://found.ee/taxi-2. 

Check out the Taxi visualizer on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7NrnxH-jJU

The single is taken from their highly anticipated self-titled debut album released Friday January 29, 2027. The album is available to pre-order CD and vinyl HERE, and pre-save digitally HERE.