The singer and songwriter known as
Lydia Kinsey has released her debut record, an extended-play soul
release simply titled, “The EP.” It is comprised of five original
tracks for an approximate total listening time of 20 minutes. It has
been published on the GB&R record label. A jazzy, feminine and
sonorous album with sterling production and remarkable performances,
“The EP” by Lydia Kinsey proves that the UK's oft-overlooked soul
scene still produces some of the world's most powerful and evocative
singers.
England's Lydia Kinsey cites as main
artistic influences Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Eva Cassidy, Melody
Gardot, Rachelle Ferrell, and Lianne La Havas. Intuitively, her own
sound is classy, elegant, and a tad sly. Her selections on “The EP”
are suitable for a wide range of listening circumstances, and would
fit nicely with a playlist featuring performers such as Erykah Badu
and Jill Scott.
Asked to relate the overall message of
her record, Kinsey writes that “We are in control of our own
behaviour and destiny and we can create change. We should love and be
a positive influence on those around us.”
Lydia Kinsey has been singing all her
life, and began performing onstage with her church youth band. She
began collaborating with Dagroovestation while studying her A-Levels.
Her university work at Exeter halted this project briefly, but she
returned to sing with Dagroovestation at her earliest opportunity.
Straightaway their live shows began to stack, beginning with a
performance at Scream Lounge for a BBC-3 documentary, “Baby Bomb,”
a show at White Lion, then a live gig on Croyden radio.
Supported by Marley J Wills and
producer Manifest, Kinsey hits the studio twice weekly to work on her
solo material. Her official bio speaks as highly of her lyrical
themes as it does of her vocal tone and timbre.
“The soul is about to be put back
into the UK soul-music scene,” it reads, “a scene that until now
has unfortunately been populated by a mass of beats and gimmicks used
to hide the message-less and disposable. Lydia and Dagroovestation
agree that for this to change we must first provide a message, a
reason for our audience to care about what is being said. [Lydia's]
is an honest point of view that doesn’t just point out what’s
wrong, but instead offers possible solutions and remedies for the
ills that plague our society.”
“The EP” by Lydia Kinsey is
available online worldwide.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
“The EP” by Lydia Kinsey at
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