Kay Dene
Last week, I came across an article discussing the state of Indie Artists and their music. The piece raised a lot of questions for me. First of all, why is it so hard for the Indie Artist to break into the mainstream audience? Now according to the article it stated, that even if the Indie artist has a single out that’s creating a huge buzz, it gets evenly picked up by the majors and is re-recorded by one of the mainstream artist on the scene. Then this brings me to another question, why is it when you attempt a google search for an Indie Artist the one genre that always appears to be missing from the results is always of the Soul and R&B genres? After doing some more research I came across a new style of R&B or soul music, it’s called Alternative Soul. I also came across an amazingly gifted young lady name “Kay Dene” while I was exploring . I wondered if the style of music that this awesome talent was giving her audiences would be considered Alternative Soul. Now, I’d like to give you guys a little background on her musical classification, you could say it consists of elements of Pop, Rock, Folk, Soul and Experimental. Her list of artists that have influenced her style is also what you could say as a wide array of artists as well. Her list reads from “Whitney Houston” to “Billy Joel” and everything in between. So now here comes another question. What is used to measure who fits that model? I mean let’s be real, if they are saying that Alternative Soul includes rock, funk, pop, and R&B plus soul. Then the same could be said for all modern day forms of this art form, like House, Downtempo, triphop and UK and Korean Pop. Since music itself always seems to be re-inventing itself and if I had to describe Kay’s music you could say it’s filled with passion and pure electric energy. This singer, songwriter can be described as a true musician embodied with a richness and raw eclectic sound that I grew very fond of, while listening to one of my favorites “Casualty of Love”. This song tells a story about an old to familiar state of mind when one falls deeply in love. When you realize that you have this strange feeling like you want to surrender yourself totally and completely and just simply let go and let love take over your mind, body and soul. Wow, this is pure genius. And for all of my music lovers in the Atlanta Metro Area, you guys can witness this extremely talented Artist live and direct next month, as part of the Women that Rock concert series. Check your local listing for show times. You can also visit ihearthatgirl.com for more information. Remember to support your favorite Indie Artist and their craft.
Leslie A. Thomas is a music blogger and lover of all things music! Follow me on Twitter @LBoogie252005.
