Emily King
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Personal Biography
Emily King was born Emily Cowings to an international jazz duo, Marion Cowings and Kim Kalesti in New York. Her father is African-American and Native American and her mother is Italian and Polish. Emily and her brother Alex Cowings were always exposed to music, especially jazz and classical sounds during their childhood. [1] [2]
Music career
20 Year old New Yorker Emily King's long awaited debut album East Side Story is due to be released sometime in 2007 through major label J Records. It was stated to be released in 2006, however due to undisclosed reasons, never made the release date.
Emily was signed to Thompson’s production company and her first round of demos got the attention of J Records. Work on her album proceeded over nearly two years, as she collaborated with such notable producers as Salaam Remi and Marsha (from acclaimed rap duo Floetry). East Side Story brings together Emily’s roots as a singer-songwriter with soul-drenched vocals and fluid hip-hop beats – resulting in a truly special blend, a place where the coffeehouse meets the dance floor.
A sampler had been floating around the internet since October 2006, which had 5 tracks on it including debut single Walk In My Shoes, (a remake of Donna Summer's hit song) featuring the Notorious B.I.G and other songs such as Hold On, Ain't No Sunshine a soulful classic remake, originally sang by Bill Wither, U & I and Colorblind.
East Side Story brings together Emily’s roots as a singer-songwriter with soul-drenched vocals and fluid hip-hop beats – resulting in a truly special blend, a place where the coffeehouse meets the dance floor. Her soulful sounds are heavily influenced by a range of artists suach as Neil Young, Michael Jackson, Radiohead and others.
Emily’s life and personality suffuses her music, from the undulating “Walk in My Shoes,” to “U & I,” the latter based on the story of her “biggest influence,” her parents. There is the gorgeous, yearning “Hold Me,” while “Ride” is described as “a nice easygoing song with a basement reggae feel to it, and a real Beatles influence.” Emily also delivers a sultry cover of Bill Withers’ classic “Ain’t No Sunshine.”
“I’ve always been an observer, I’ve always really tuned in to people and their stories, their feelings,” she says. “I’m just finding my own culture within myself. We have a lot of division in our society, but I was never raised like that. I feel like what I’m doing right now is going to bring a lot of people together.”
Albums
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East Side Story
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Tracklist
1) Walk In My Shoes
2) Colorblind
3) You & I
4) Hold Me
5) E Melody
5) Alright
6) Business Man
7) Ride
8) Ain’t No Sunshine.
References
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- Emily King Myspace page
- Emily King interview by Rashmi Shastri
- Exclusive Emily King Interview
- Dave. "Hip-Hop News: Emily King Completes Upcoming Hip Hop/Soul Album", Rap News Network, July 26 2006. Accessed July 26 2006.
- Golda Solomon. "Po Jazz at the Cornela Street Cafe", Jazz Jaunts, Novemeber 4 2004. Accessed November 4 2004.
- J Records. "Emily King Introduction", J Records,2007. Accessed 2007.
- PR. "Emily King and her East Side Story", JIVE Magazine,2006. Accessed 2006.
- http://www.jivemagazine.com/article.php?pid=6035
- http://www.jrecords.com/ecard/emilyking/main_module.html