Robin McKelle & The Flytones - Heart Of Memphis
  • About To Be Your Baby
  • Good Time
  • Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  • Control Yourself
  • Forgetting You
  • Heart Of Memphis
  • Like A River
  • Easier That Way
  • What You Want
  • Good & Plenty
  • Baby You're The Best
  • Down With The Ship
  • It's Over This Time
  • About To Be Your Baby
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (04:22) [10 MB]
  • Good Time
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (02:45) [6.3 MB]
  • Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (04:11) [9.56 MB]
  • Control Yourself
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (03:52) [8.85 MB]
  • Forgetting You
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (03:31) [8.07 MB]
  • Heart Of Memphis
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (04:43) [10.79 MB]
  • Like A River
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (04:14) [9.69 MB]
  • Easier That Way
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (04:16) [9.77 MB]
  • What You Want
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (04:10) [9.55 MB]
  • Good & Plenty
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (03:09) [7.19 MB]
  • Baby You're The Best
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (03:08) [7.16 MB]
  • Down With The Ship
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (04:02) [9.22 MB]
  • It's Over This Time
    Genre: R&B
    MP3 (03:11) [7.29 MB]
Biography
-2015-

Acclaimed as one of the great new jazz singers, Robin McKelle has been taking risks, redefining her artistic identity and mining her inspirations in blues and soul music. Though much of this Rochester, New York native’s career has been based in Europe, her latest record finds her drawn to the core of American blues and soul, the HEART OF MEMPHIS.

It ‘s an explosive album in the great soul tradition of the 60/70’s, adding a contempory touch with Robin’s songwriting, produced by Scott Bomar of the Bo-Keys, the man behind the mixing console for many of Isaac Hayes’ and Al Green’s recording sessions. With her deep voice and her earthy, direct and gut-wrenching singing, McKelle embraces the legacy of those great artists from a city well-known for its tendency toward raw expression.

Robin McKelle released an album of traditional swing jazz recorded with a big band, Introducing Robin McKelle in 2006, and after a NPR segment on Robin, the album jumped to the top of the Billboard and Amazon charts. Soon the jazz world was ecstatically talking about the next Ella Fitzgerald, and comparing her favorably to the likes of Nancy Wilson. A French record company licensed the album and issued a follow-up, Modern Antique (2008). McKelle toured major festivals and clubs around the world with great success. But in 2010 the woman from Rochester, New York, decided to take a courageous risk with her album, Mess Around, which revisited themes dear to Leonard Cohen, Doc Pomus, and Willie Dixon. A year later she continued refining her identity as an artist with the release of Soul Flower, an album in which she took on a much larger songwriting role.

For HEART OF MEMPHIS McKelle wrote eleven of the thirteen titles. Surrounded by her loyal Flytones and helped by her bass player and musical partner Derek Nievergelt, she took up the challenge in 2013 of crafting amazing and authentic soul music songs. “I really love writing,” she says. “It’s important to continue to create new sounds and push ourselves into unknown places. That’s what artists are put on this earth for, taking risks and chances.” Even though she doesn’t deny her influences, Robin McKelle manages to write captivating bluesy and soulful songs without falling into the revivalist trap, and remains genuinely sincere while retaining a strong point of view as an artist.

HEART OF MEMPHIS was released in Europe by Sony/Okeh in 2014, to rave reviews in all the major music media. VizzTone is proud to release it now in the USA and Canada.RobinMckelle
7
  • Members:
    Robin McKelle
  • Sounds Like:
    Amy Winehouse, Tina Turner, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Dusty Springfield
  • Influences:
    Soul, Blues, R&B, Jazz - Donny Hathaway, Gladys Knight, Michael Jackson
  • AirPlay Direct Member Since:
    12/24/16
  • Profile Last Updated:
    08/15/23 18:34:08

"Radio Creds" are votes awarded to artists by radio programmers who have downloaded their music and have been impressed with the artist's professionalism and the audience's response to the new music. Creds help artists advance through the AirPlay Direct community.


Only radio accounts may add a Radio Cred. One week after the track has been downloaded the radio account member will receive an email requesting a Cred for each artist they've downloaded.