Kelley Mickwee laat ons genieten van vintage soul, de sound van Memphis. Joyful is een zalige song waarvan je denkt dat die plots in een a capella stukske gospel zal uitmonden. Mis hoor, Mickwee laat wel de blues in haar song sluipen, de Hammond janken en laat haar wing man even soleren. Dusty Springfield is nooit ver weg, maar vocaal klinkt deze klassedame eerder als een Bonnie Raitt zonder de 'rasp'.
Everything Is Beautiful verschijnt op 27 september 2024 via AMCO Music Group.
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Mickwee shares, "It’s a song celebrating every little thing that goes into the making of the song of life, even the failures. I find that I play this song at the start of my set, because it feels comfortable. And it sets a tone. Like, we are gonna deep dive into some emotions here, but this is a song that represents all of life’s experiences, and we can make a joyful sound from the joy AND the pain. I hope that resonates with the listener too. I’ll be forever grateful to Colin Brooks, who chose me to help him write this song. In essence, it fell from the sky."
This is the third single from Everything Beautiful, out September 27 via Kelley Mickwee Music. Mickwee's last solo album, 2014’s You Used to Live Here, followed five years with her acclaimed Texas-based Americana band, The Trishas (and a handful of years before that in the Memphis duo, Jed and Kelley). She spent 2017-2021 performing in front of some of the the biggest audiences of her career as a Shiny Soul Sister in Kevin Russell’s explosively entertaining and wildly popular band Shinyribs. She also sang on her friends' records, including Ray Wylie Hubbard, Charley Crockett, Silverada, Owen Temple, and Reckless Kelly.
"People ask me a lot, ‘Where did your singing style come from?’ And a lot of it is from growing up in Memphis,” she admits. "Not only was that music on the radio there a lot, but I was going out to hear live music in Memphis at a pretty early age, like even in high school, using my fake ID to sneak into clubs, and a lot of those local musicians had a big influence me. So I really tried my best to ‘represent’ by making a record that sounds like a girl from Memphis, because that’s who I am."
