Just as June was getting underway, Simon Cowell, judge and executive producer of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” pushed the famous Golden Buzzer after Peoria native Liv Warfield’s audition, complete with golden confetti, standing ovation and tears. Acts that get the Golden Buzzer will move forward to live shows. So if you saw the June 4 show, or the recaps, you saw that the emotion was palpable.
Warfield, who released a studio album last September (“The Edge”), has had a career that includes mentorship, recording and performing with the late, great Prince and Nancy Wilson of Heart. She has performed on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “The Late Show with David Letterman.” Warfield’s accolades include a Soul Train Music Award (2014), and nominations for BET and NAACP Image Awards.
She has also shown her vocal talent in at Chicago’s Cambria Hotel. Warfield’s performance had Cowell saying “it was like being, in a good way, being punched in the face by your energy.” We spoke with Warfield about that moment and her career.
The following conversations have been edited for length and clarity. Liv Warfield on “America’s Got Talent.” (NBC photo) A: Everybody keeps asking me.
I’ve reached out to her. We probably are. There’s not a lot of Warfields.
I’m pretty sure there might be a link there. A: Correct. Not too long ago, I looked up some information on Richard Pryor.
And you know, he was actually an amazing.
