"Kindred" - a bookwrap

Renee & Friends

Erase The Border Between

Adult And Kid Music

With Album #2

"KINDRED"

Album Details

*  Kindred
* Release Date:  April 12, 2019
* Ages:  All ages
* Label:  One Melody Records


Available at iTunes, Amazon, Apple Music, Spotify, and other digital retailers



Unwrapping the flavour

Producer Tom Rossi has shaped Kindred with sensitivity and skill to create an overall powerful unity of sound, style, and concept, with each track basking in the strength of its own completeness.

Kindred highlights include an eminently singable Renee & Jeremy number, "Kindness," followed by the sweetly powerful "Super Fragile World," directly and honestly sung with heartfelt vulnerability by 12-year-old Amelia Dektor. "Where Do The Children Play?" featuring a standout duet between Ziggy Marley and Renee Stahl, is a passion-filled artistic collaboration of the highest order, crowning a superb rendition worthy of the Cat Stevens original.

Lisa Loeb, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Renee Stahl join forces for a charmingly gentle rendition of the Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn classic, "High Hopes," and Renee teams with collaborator, longtime pal, and kindred spirit Jennifer Paskow on the cheery "Be Curious."

Conceived as an homage to the youth of today, "Leaders of the World," an anthem sung with earnest conviction and distinctive style by Amelia Dektor and Addi Rose, is enhanced by Secret Agent 23 Skidoo's engaging and inspired rap. "Rely" was originally written and recorded for the second Renee & Jeremy album, C'mon.  It's interpreted here as a fervent musical pledge between siblings. On "Home," a dear song that expresses a yearning for a place called home, the voice of Chris Stills is imbued with a haunting, timeless quality.  The album's title track channels a classic Simon & Garfunkel vibe with a blend of voices that is pure, magical mellow. The beautiful harmonies of "Nothing And No One" underline the ardent lyrics of this love song.

As a fitting epilogue to this supremely poetic album, Renee Stahl offers her evocative love song from mother to child, "How Did You Get So?" Renee sums it up with a sentiment shared by so many parents: "I started singing this to my girls about five years ago. It all goes so fast!"

Renee Stahl

NAPPA Gold Award winner Renee Stahl returns to sing with a stellar ensemble of musical friends for her second Renee & Friends album, Kindred.

Renee Stahl is a singer-songwriter praised for the rich melodies, harmonies, and atmospheres that flourish in abundance on both her solo records like Hopeful Romantic and her duo debut, Paper Flowers. Yet, it's the quiet acoustic charm of family music favourite Renee & Jeremy that has made Renee's soothing vocals a household name.

Kindred is an exquisitely nuanced masterpiece of effervescent reflections, messages of kindness, empowerment, and community, and, above all, impeccable standards of singing and playing music. The album sparkles with contributions from such luminaries as 8-time GRAMMY winner Ziggy Marley, GRAMMY winner Lisa Loeb, GRAMMY winner Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Chris Stills. Also sharing their considerable talents are Jennifer Paskow, Renee's daughters Amelia and Isadora Dektor, and Jeremy Toback, her longtime collaborator in the beloved family duo Renee  Jeremy. 

Renee Stahl enthuses, "I am thrilled that these wonderful musical artists, whom I so much admire, have given their time and talent to help make Kindred so special.

Unwrapping The Album Track List

Run Time:  30 minutes

💜 Kindness

💜 Super Fragile World

💜 Where Do The Children Play

💜 Leaders of the World

💜 Home

💜 Kindred

💜 Nothing and No One

💜  High Hopes

💜 Be Curious

💜 Rely

💜 How Did You Get So



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