Back in January celebrated soul and jazz chanteuse/keyboardist and sometime Prince collaborator, KANDACE SPRINGS announced she was putting the finishing touches to a new album. The announcement came via the release, as a single, of that album’s title track and ‘Run Your Race’ won plenty of plaudits for its gentle, emotional, gospel-tinged sound. Much of the emotion, it seemed, stemmed from the fact that song was a tribute to Kandace’s late father Kenneth “Scatt” Springs. You may know that Mr. Springs fronted his own R&B band and sang backup for everyone from Garth Brooks to Ar… read more
Back in January celebrated soul and jazz chanteuse/keyboardist and sometime Prince collaborator, KANDACE SPRINGS announced she was putting the finis… read more
Back in January celebrated soul and jazz chanteuse/keyboardist and sometime Prince collaborator, KANDACE SPRINGS announced she was putting the finishing touches to a new album. The anno… read more
Every so often a new singer emerges who’s able to assimilate multiple musical touchstones and still come off sounding remarkably fresh and unburdened by the past. Kandace Springs is one of those artists. The 27-year-old, Nashville-based singer, songwriter and pianist counts such stylists as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Roberta Flack and Norah Jones as her heroes, but as evidenced by her sparkling full-length Blue Note Records debut, Soul Eyes, Springs mimics none of them. Instead Springs allows her comely alto to become a conduit that touches upon soul, jazz and pop… read more
Every so often a new singer emerges who’s able to assimilate multiple musical touchstones and still come off sounding remarkably fresh and unburdened by the past. Kandace Springs is one of … read more
Every so often a new singer emerges who’s able to assimilate multiple musical touchstones and still come off sounding remarkably fresh and unburdened by the past. Kandace Springs is one of those artists. The 27-year-old, Nashville-base… read more