Kristopher James, Kindness Never Quits Review

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Kristopher James, Kindness Never Quits Review

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Kristopher James is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist that was spellbound by music from an early age. His early influences ranged from Boys II Men’s “cooleyhighharmony” to Garth Brooks’ hits. James also had a passion for writing, with years of filling composition books with personal poetry, improvised lyrics, and dream-like short stories. Starting on drums, James soon taught himself guitar, piano, and how to sing. James has released two EP and now he is releasing his first full-length album titled, Kindness Never Quits. James played many of the instrument parts on the album, drums, bass, piano, rhodes, organ, guitar, and lead guitar. Others joined James and filled the album with string and horn parts. Some of the final vocal takes where done a week before James had to have anterior spinal fusion. With help from friends, and a neck brace, he laid down the remaining vocals to complete the album. That spirit and drive comes through on the nine tracks that make-up Kindness Never Quits.

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Positives:

Kindness Never Quits has a soulful approach with a style that slants towards Americana with a mellow overall sound palette.

Bottom Line:

The nine tracks on Kindness Never Quits covers many emotions, subjects and sounds. The album has multiple guest artists, horns, strings and is all held together by James’ solid writing and singing. “The Very Start” is a relaxed R&B styled tune that features the female vocalist Moorea Masa. The tune has excellent duet singing between James and Masa. “Our Love” is a shuffle that features James singing in a rich tone that is a wonderful mix of Americana and rock. His vocal range is impressive, and he maintains a rich sound from his lower range to his falsetto. “We Ain’t Never” is soulful ending to a solid set of music Here the horns add the extra punch for the perfect closing sounds. Overall, Kindness Never Quits demonstrates both James singing abilities and his strong songwriting and lyric depth. Well-done debut album and that’s the short of it!

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