Kandace Springs at Jimmy’s

“𝑺𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚’𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔.”
— 𝑮𝑳𝑰𝑫𝑬 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲’𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛! Springs “has a voice that could melt snow,” said music icon PRINCE, who overheard Springs’ cover of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” in 2014 and invited her to start performing with him as part of his band.

𝐷𝑂𝑊𝑁𝐵𝐸𝐴𝑇 𝑀𝐴𝐺𝐴𝑍𝐼𝑁𝐸 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 ‘𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑒’ (2020) 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 “…ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝑝𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.”

𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬’ 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐑&𝐁, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬 ‘𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬’ (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔), ‘𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐨’ (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖), and most recently ‘The Women Who Raised Me’ (2020), albums released on Blue Note Records. The first two albums both landed at #2 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart and all three have received wide critical acclaim.

‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞’ (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎) 𝐢𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳/𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. The album features her unique interpretations of songs she first heard growing up in Tennessee, ranging from such classic icons as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald & Carmen McRae, through 60’s legends Nina Simone & Dusty Springfield, up to modern masters such as Sade & Lauryn Hill.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐧; 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 — “pop in” — ‘The Women Who Raised Me’ remains unmistakably Springs’ vision. Springs says she learned much from Billie Holiday’s example — but her main takeaway is as basic as it is bone-deep: “That nothing is more important than singing from the heart.”

“𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫,” 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. “It really expresses my love for all of these singers and gratitude for what they gave me. Each taught me something different and all of those lessons combined to make me who I am now. In a way, all I’m trying to do every day is live up to the examples they set. My dream is that people will listen to my album and then want to go learn more about all of these great women. If that happens, then I’ve done my job.”

“𝑹𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆.”
— 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁

“𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑺𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚…”
— 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺

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