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A former member of the group, Undacova, Calvin Richardson's sound is mellow soul with a gospel singing style not copied by many of his peers. Calvin is also known as C-Rich to his fans. His debut solo album was 1999's 'Country Boy'. In 2003 he released his sophomore effort '2:35PM'. Calvin's third album, When Love Comes, was released in 2008. North Carolina native Calvin Richardson is a gritty, gospel-minded urban contemporary/neo-soul vocalist and songwriter whose influences have ranged from Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack, Donny Hathaway, and Marvin Gaye to Jodeci, K-Ci & JoJo, and R. Kelly. Like other neo-soulsters who emerged in the '90s and 2000s, Richardson looks to different R&B eras for inspiration. The classic soul of the '60s and '70s has had an impact on his singing and writing, but so have the urban contemporary and hip-hop of the '80s, '90s, and 2000s. At times, Richardson can be flat-out retro; some of his material would have been right at home on an old Stax or Motown LP from R&B's pre-'80s, pre-urban contemporary, pre-hip-hop era. But other times, he has a more modern, hip-hop-influenced outlook. In other words, the Southerner has some songs that are quite friendly to urban radio, and others that would be too old-school for urban radio. Born and raised in Monroe, NC (where he was the fifth of nine children), Richardson had a very musical upbringing -- one that included a steady diet of R&B and African-American gospel. Richardson's mother led a local gospel group called the Willing Wonders, and he sang with them consistently. When he wasn't listening to gospel, Richardson listened to secular soul and funk -- and his favorites included Bobby Womack, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Donny Hathaway, and the Gap Band. Richardson, in fact, has cited all of those artists as early influences. North Carolina's gospel circuit is where, as a kid, Richardson met longtime friends Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey and his brother Joel "JoJo" Hailey, who went on to achieve urban contemporary stardom in the early '90s as members of the vocal group Jodeci; subsequently, the siblings recorded for MCA as the duo K-Ci & JoJo. When Jodeci hit big, their success inspired Richardson to form his own urban contemporary vocal group, Undacova (whose song "Love Slave" appeared on the New Jersey Drive soundtrack in 1995). Undacova (as opposed to Undacover) didn't last long, and Richardson went on to become a full-time solo artist. His first solo album, Country Boy, was released on Uptown/Universal in 1999; after that, he switched to Hollywood Records and recorded his second solo album, 2:35 PM, which came out in 2003. Richardson switched to Shanachie Records for his next three albums: 2003's When Love Comes; the 2009 tribute album Facts of Life: The Soul of Bobby Womack; and his 2010 effort, America's Most Wanted. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi

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Freddy Martin Martin in the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen Background information Born December 9, 1906 Origin Cleveland, Ohio, United States Died September 30, 1983 (aged 76) Genres Jazz Occupations Musician, bandleader Instruments Saxophone Frederick Alfred (Freddy) Martin (December 9, 1906 – September 30, 1983) was an American bandleader and tenor saxophonist. Early life Martin was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] Raised largely in an orphanage and with various relatives, Martin started out playing drums, then switched to C-melody saxophone and later tenor saxophone, the latter the one he would be identified with. Early on, he had intended to become a journalist. He had hoped that he would earn enough money from his musical work to enter Ohio State, but instead, he wound up becoming an accomplished musician. Martin led his own band while he was in high school, then played in various local bands. After working on a ship's band, Martin joined the Mason-Dixon band, then joined Arnold Johnson and Jack Albin. It was with Albin's "Hotel Pennsylvania Music" that he made his first recordings, for Columbia's Harmony, Velvet Tone, and Clarion 50 cent labels in 1930. Early career Martin in 1943 After a couple of years, his skill began attracting other musicians. One such musician was Guy Lombardo, who would remain friends with Martin throughout his life. After graduation from high school, Martin accepted a job at the H.N. White musical instrument company. When Lombardo was playing in Cleveland, Martin tried giving Lombardo some saxophones, which proved unsuccessful. Fortunately, Lombardo did get to hear Freddy’s band. One night, when Guy could not do a certain date, he suggested that Freddy’s band could fill in for him. The band did very well and that’s how Martin’s career really got started. But the band broke up and he did not form a permanent band until 1931 at the Bossert Hotel in Brooklyn. At the Bossert Marine Room, Freddy pioneered the "Tenor Band" style that swept the sweet-music industry. With his own tenor sax as melodic lead, Martin fronted an all-tenor sax section with just two brasses and a violin trio plus rhythm. The rich, lilting style quickly spawned imitators in hotels and ballrooms nationwide. "Tenor bands", usually with just the three tenors and one trumpet, could occasionally be found playing for older dancers well into the 1980s. The Martin band recorded first for Columbia Records in 1932. As the company was broke and signing no new contracts, the band switched to Brunswick Records after one session and remained with that label till 1938. Afterwards Martin appeared on RCA's Bluebird and Victor Records. The band also recorded pseudonymously in the early '30s, backing singers such as Will Osborne. Martin took his band into many prestigious hotels, including the Roosevelt Grill in New York City and the Ambassador in Los Angeles. A fixture on radio, his sponsored shows included NBC's Maybelline Penthouse Serenade of 1937. But Martin’s real success came in 1941 with an arrangement from the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s B-flat piano concerto. Martin recorded the piece instrumentally, but soon lyrics were put in and it was re-cut as "Tonight We Love" with Clyde Rogers' vocal - becoming his biggest hit. The success of "Tonight We Love" prompted Martin to adopt other classical themes as well, which featured the band's pianists Jack Fina, Murray Arnold and Barclay Allen. At this time Freddy enlarged the orchestra to a strength of six violins, four brasses and a like number of saxes. Musical style Freddy Martin was nicknamed "Mr. Silvertone" by saxophonist Johnny Hodges. Chu Berry named Freddy Martin his favorite saxophonist. He has also been idolized by many other saxophonists, including Eddie Miller. Although his playing has been admired by so many jazz musicians, Freddy Martin never tried to be a jazz musician. Martin always led a sweet styled band. Unlike most sweet bands that just played dull music, Martin’s band turned out to be one of the most musical and most melodic of all the typical hotel-room sweet bands. According to George T. Simon, Freddy's band was, "one of the most pleasant, most relaxed dance bands that ever flowed across the band scene." Martin was probably one of the most respected tenor saxophonists of the dance band era. He used the banner "Music In The Martin Manner." Ironically, Russ Morgan used a similar banner when he finally landed a radio series with his own band in 1936. (Morgan’s title was "Music In The Morgan Manner"!). Russ had been playing in Freddy’s band and the two were good friends for years. Russ even used some of Freddy's arrangements when he started his band. Did Martin let the "Music In The ------ Manner" and the arrangement thing go? Yes. "Freddy Martin is such a nice man," said Larry Barnett. "He’s almost too nice for his own good." Later career Martin also had a good ear for singers. At one time or another, Martin employed Merv Griffin, Buddy Clark, pianists Sid Appleman and Terry Shand, saxophonist Elmer Feldkamp, Stuart Wade (his most impressive male singer), violinist Eddie Stone, and many others. Helen Ward was a singer for Martin just before she joined Benny Goodman's new band. Martin’s popularity as a bandleader led him to Hollywood in the 1940s where he and his band appeared in a handful of films, including Seven Days' Leave (1942), Stage Door Canteen (1943) and Melody Time (1948), among others. In the 1950s and 1960s Martin continued to perform on the radio and also appeared on TV. Untroubled by changing musical tastes, he continued to work at major venues and was musical director for Elvis Presley’s first appearance in Las Vegas. Still in demand for hotel work, Martin entered the 1970s with an engagement at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. In the early 1970s, he was part of two tours of one-nighters that were known as The Big Band Cavalcade. Among the other performers on the show were Margaret Whiting, Bob Crosby, Frankie Carle, Buddy Morrow, Art Mooney and George Shearing. When the tours ended, Martin returned to the West Coast. In 1977, Martin was asked to lead Guy Lombardo’s band when Lombardo was hospitalized with a heart condition. Martin continued leading his band until the early 1980s, although by then, he was semi-retired. Freddy Martin died on September 30, 1983 in a Newport Beach hospital after a lingering illness. He was 76 years old. The 1947 song "Pico and Sepulveda" was recorded by Martin under the alias of "Felix Figueroa and his Orchestra" and was frequently featured on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show.[2] It was also featured in the surrealist film Forbidden Zone.

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Female fronted and hailing from Central Illinois, Ashland is a rock band comprised of Asia Woodward (vocals), Aaron Wood (guitar), Zebulan Griffith (bass), and Tanner Leggett (drums).

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Annie Hart is part of synth trio Au Revoir Simone. She makes beautiful, intimate, hypnotic keyboard music.

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Annie Hart is part of synth trio Au Revoir Simone. She makes beautiful, intimate, hypnotic keyboard music.

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Mila J. (Born Jamila Chilombo on November 18, 1983), is the latest R&B/Rap solo female artist to the TUG roster headed by Chris Stokes, creator of the platinum selling group B2K. Mila J embodies today's urban female by representing strength, passion and presence with a hood glam that ladies admire and fellas want to get next to. The Los Angeles native began rapping at age 4 and immediately knew her destiny was to perform. Reminiscent of the late Left Eye, whom she admires, Jamila contributes her love of hip-hope to her music and sense of style, giving her a street edge with feminine appeal. "I've always loved old school groups like the Fat Boys oddly enough," Jamila shares, "The guy at the video store eneded up just giving me a copy of Krush Groove because it's my favorite movie of all time and I'd rent it every weekend." As one in a family of six, the animated youngster met Chris Stokes when she was just nine years old after her sister had appeared in an Immature video. She caught the producers' eye and he made her a member of his now defunct girl group, Dame Four. Hailing from a music family, Jamila's natural ability shines through, from her sense of style to her self-written rhymes. "I went to school for fashion, but singing and dancing are in my heart, that what I love and can't see myself doing anything else." Is also the sister of Jhené Aiko. Her debut album, Split Personality"was shelved. Like many female acts in TUG, her career went no where due to poor support from the label. She was co-writer on the project, Mila J collaborated with Cory Bold, a seventeen year old phenom who adds icing to the already sweet cake. Mila J poses a quadruple threat as she can sing, rap, dance, and write. Her first single off her shelved debut album was entitled Complete produced by Cory Bold. Her current status is unknown.

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ECCO2K (aka Aloegarten, fka Malcolm Sex, born Zak Arogundade) is a rapper, producer, director, and designer from Stockholm, Sweden. Sonically, his music ranges between glossy alternative R&B and post-industrial soundscapes. He is a member of Drain Gang and a former member of Krossad (alongside Bladee). He has also collaborated with artists/producers such as Yung Lean, Yves Tumor, Black Kray, Xavier Wulf, Varg, and Oli XL. The majority of his early work is collected on Beauty Sleep, a fan-made compilation. In the fashion world, he founded the g'LOSS brand and walked for Alyx's Spring 2019 menswear collection.

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Barbara McNair (March 4, 1934 - February 4, 2007) was an African-American singer and actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Racine, Wisconsin, McNair studied music at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Her big break came with a win on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, which led to bookings at The Purple Onion and the Cocoanut Grove. She soon became one of the country's most popular headliners and a guest on such television variety shows as The Steve Allen Show, Hullabaloo, The Bell Telephone Hour, and The Hollywood Palace, while recording for the Coral, Signature, and Motown labels. Among her hits were You're Gonna Love My Baby and Bobby. In the early 60s, Barbara made several musical shorts for Scopitone, a franchise of coin-operated machines that showed what were then the forerunners of today's music videos. McNair's acting career began on television, guesting on series such as Dr. Kildare, I Spy, Mission: Impossible, Hogan's Heroes and McMillan and Wife. She caught the attention of the movie-going public with her much-publicized nude sequences in the gritty crime drama If He Hollers Let Him Go (1968) opposite Raymond St. Jacques, then donned a nun's habit alongside Mary Tyler Moore for Change of Habit (1969), Elvis Presley's last feature film. She portrayed Sidney Poitier's wife in They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970) and its sequel, The Organization (1971). McNair's Broadway credits include The Body Beautiful (1958), No Strings (1962), and a revival of The Pajama Game (1973). McNair was one of the very first African-American entertainers to host her own primetime television variety series, but it lasted only from 1969-71, despite the wattage provided by A-list guests like Tony Bennett and Sonny and Cher. She & her third husband Rick Manzi were arrested for heroin possesion in 1972, and even after she was cleared of the charge, career offers began to dwindle . In 1976, her husband, Rick Manzi, was murdered, and Mafia boss-turned-FBI-informant Jimmy "The Weasel" Frattiano later claimed in his book The Last Mafioso that Manzi had been a Mafia associate who tried to put a contract on the life of a mob-associated tax attorney with whom he had a legal dispute. The ensuing publicity did little to help McNair's floundering career. Her recordings include Livin' End, I Enjoy Being a Girl, and The Ultimate Motown Collection, a 2-CD set with 48 tracks that include her two albums for the label plus a non-album single and B-side and an entire LP that never was released. Into her seventies, McNair resided in the Los Angeles area, playing tennis and skiing to keep in shape on a regular basis and touring on occasion. She died at age 72 on February 4, 2007 after developing a skull based tumor that was originally overlooked. By the time it was diagnosed it was inoperable.

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Kyndall doesn’t pretend to have everything figured out -- though she does know what she wants from her music career. But even that took time. “I wasn’t in a space where I necessarily knew who I was,” she says. “From 15 to 19, what do you know? Shoot! At 19 what do I know? I needed that time to grow into myself and live the narratives I would sing about.” The 19-year-old is talking about to spending the last few years signed to a major label, while trying to find her identity, like any young adult. When Kyndall arrived to the label as an ambitious, 16 year-old ingenue she was convinced her break would arrive immediately. The Houston-bred, R&B songstress quickly learned that she wasn’t ready for the spotlight. “I’d actually never been in a studio. I had the deal, but I can’t say I knew who I was, musically. I used to tell the label, ‘You’re going to put me out at 16, I'm not going to sit here and not have my music out and be shelved,’” she laughs. “Now, we’re in a place where the music is so solid. Looking back, I realize I needed that time to develop, mature and craft the way I wanted the world to hear my point of view. ” Equal parts sweet Southern belle and southern spitfire, Houston native, Kyndall didn’t grow up with ambitions of music stardom. As a child her mother, enrolled her at the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre for theatrical training. Kyndall landed her first of several shows at the age of seven— “‘The Wizard of Oz,’ a rite of passage for show kids,” she recalls -- and continued performing and training at The High School For Performing Arts. At 14, Kyndall ventured into television roles and eventually moved into feature films, but it was her pitch perfect vocals and soulful tone on an audition tape, not even a minute long, that found its way online, nabbing the attention of Atlantic’s top brass. The rest is history. Her first studio session yielded the fiery ballad, “Trust and Believe.” The song, which leaked her soaring vocals online, ultimately was released by R&B star Keyshia Cole. The experience did, however, ease her into the recording process and collaborating with writers and producers -- all unfamiliar territory to the fledgling singer. Those early sessions, over the course of a year-and-a-half, resulted in what was supposed to be her first project. But the project, an EP, didn’t resonate with Kyndall and she bravely asked Atlantic to shelve it at the last minute -- a decision she knows was risky, but necessary. “It wasn’t me. The songs were cool, but I just knew the collection wasn’t quite the right fit. I’m sure I drove the label crazy, but they patiently hung in there with me to get it right.” she admits. Kyndall is frank when discussing her musical journey. She knew finding creative freedom meant she had to voice her opinions and trust that her label would value them; And they did. “For so long I’d been doing what people said, when they said, how they said it,” she said. “Until now I never sat back and said hold up, I can say, ‘no.’” She decided to give herself time to mature. Kyndall traveled a did a lot of hiding, which afforded her the space to experience things like her first love and all the ‘silly emotional things’ that teenagers do, hanging out far too late. “I needed to get that out of my system and out of the way. Getting into the industry young, you lose a lot of normalcy and perspective,” she says. “I needed time. I know more about myself now.” After quietly scrapping her first project, Kyndall took her work off the grid and returned home in Houston to regroup; but it wasn’t long before creative restlessness nudged, when she called upon the talents of Chef Tone (Trey Songz, R. Kelly, Jamie Foxx) & Maejor (Justin Beiber, Drake, Kelly Rowland) to hole up in Houston and Atlanta to work on new material, giving birth to her debut EP, “Still Down.” The result is a heap of gritty, bass heavy R&B that she tackles with her stunning lilt and passionate (and deeply personal) lyrics detailing her first love. It’s a modern day throwback to the days of 90s R&B where young female artists like Aaliyah, Brandy and Monica provided the soundtracks to a generation of teenage girls, but also deftly bridged the gap between youth and adulthood. With just six tracks Kyndall makes it clear: She’s an R&B package to watch— closely. “If I could package this EP in a gold case and wrap it up, I would,” she says, smiling coyly. “I’m so obsessed with my project and I feel so happy just being able to say that. I’d listen to it even if it weren’t my own.” Kyndall speaks of the recording process with more enthusiasm than her first effort, and she quickly points out that sheer confidence drove her to be more involved. “I’m from Texas—a bold, confident, unshakable state with a unique identity. It makes complete sense that this first body of work would be created best in my hometown, over bowls of gumbo.” “Nothing was forced or unnatural. It’s all genuinely me.” The EP opens with “Call Away”, which sees her sweetly assuring her man that she’ll stick next to him, come what may. What follows is her detailing the peaks and valleys of a relationship involving infidelity (“Playing Games”) and reconciliation (“Still Down). “I didn’t want to hide anything. I just felt like I’m at the place where I want to open up, relate and share where I really am in the moment, rather than sing about things I’m told I”m supposed to be feeling, at my age.” Kyndall says. “I’ve grown into feeling secure about being 100% sincere about what I sing and how it comes across, from start to finish. Sometimes it’s vulnerable, sometimes it’s raw—or sharp; sometimes it’s illogical…My music is a genuine extension of where my head is, so it’s a journey.” While she’s teased the release with records like the sassy, southern rap-influenced anthem “Hol’ Up” or the bouncy “Reward,” which highlights her knack for lush melody, and soaring vocals the tunes of “Still Down” have remained closely guarded. Kyndall admits she’s still in discussions about how to unveil the concept-driven project. Kyndall is proud she’s debuting with her hand squarely involved in each piece, from visuals to promotions. “I worked really hard on this music; Restlessly hard, so I’m excited to help spread it. I can’t wait for people to hear it.” “Honestly, I listen to it and say ‘You did well, Kyndall; you told the truth, and kept it ‘100’. Sonically, lyrically, vocally. I’m pleased.”

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Hoody (후디) is a South Korean R&B singer and producer. She debuted in 2013 with the single “My Ride”, and was a member of AMRT (Amourette), an all-female crew of singers and producers. In 2015, she was featured on the Jay Park single "Solo", and that same year she was signed to AOMG, making her the first female artists under the record label. On June 1st, AOMG released "Like You", her first single as an official AOMG artist.

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Dawin is best known for his 2015 single, "Dessert", which has reached over 70 million views on YouTube and peaked at number 6 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.[3] He is also known for his 2014 debut single, "Just Girly Things", which peaked at number two on the iTunes Electronic chart in April 2015. He first garnered recognition by posting a six-second snippet of his debut single and posting it as a Vine online. The sample track was used in a number of other vines and was the key to him being signed to a record deal with Republic Records in 2014

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Lafawndah is a New York-based singer and producer, born in Tehran and raised in Paris. In 2014 she released her debut EP, Butter.

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After spending his childhood working as a singer, actor and dancer -- his big breakthrough arrived in 2009, when he appeared in Hannah Montana: The Movie, but he was best known as a member of the boy band IM5 -- Dana Vaughns launched his career as an adult pop singer in 2018 with the EDM-influenced "Underneath." A native of a Pittsburgh suburb, Vaughns fell in love with entertainment at an early age, taking dancing and singing lessons before he turned ten. His parents decided to have their son pursue his show biz dreams, so Vaughns and his mother relocated to California. Dana's first break was getting hired to perform in Kidz Bop, which led to various appearances in movies, TV, and commercials around the turn of the 2010s, including the 2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie. Shortly afterward, he was hired to be part of the boy band IM5, which was quickly whittled from a quintet to a trio featuring Vaughns, Cole Pendery, and Gabe Morales. IM5 never scored a hit, but they appeared in the 2013 series MyMusic, which led to Vaughns being in the 2014 series #Bandcamp. After a quiet few years, Vaughns resurfaced in early 2018 with "Underneath," a slick single that opened a new chapter for him -- one where he was now an adult artist.

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Contemporary R&B vocalist Bahja Rodriguez joined the OMG Girlz at the age of 12. Though the pop-R&B group, co-developed by Xscape's Tameka Cottle, released several singles and went on some high-profiles tours, they split in March 2015, before they were able to issue an album. Rodriguez quickly landed on her feet as an independent solo artist and had a handful of singles -- including "Jealous Type","Lipstick", and "Next One" -- out by the end of 2015.Stylistically, these tracks were in the sleek, understated realm of Jhené Aiko and Tinashe. Additionally, Rodriguez released It Get Better, a seven-track EP that featured Jacob Latimore on "Ride or Die"

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There are at least two artists known as "Tyree": 1) Tyree Cooper is regarded as one of the most influential artists in the international house scene. Already looking back to a respectable discography Cooper founded his own label in 2002: Supa Dupa Recordings. Later one of the most important hip house tunes was released on Epic with the original and some new remix versions: “Turn Up The Bass“, which is surely one of the most important hip house tracks of all times. Other remixing highlights and hits were undoubtedly Fast Eddie “Yo! Yo! Get Funky“, “It`s Alright” from the Pet Shop Boys and the Mixmasters “In the Mix“ which was featured in Madonna’s Truth or Dare. True to the scene Tyree still lives in Chicago spreading his roots also in Europe’s exciting capitol Berlin - doing what he does best.... spinning and traveling to Europe for gigs and producing new tracks on his own record label Supa Dupa Records and of course together with shik stylkö for realbasic recordings. 2) Tyree Tautogia is a well-known MC/rapper from New Zealand. Part of the "Smashproof" and "Moving the Crowd" crew, Tyree released his debut album "Now or Never" in 2006.

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Rosemary Clooney (born 23 May 1928 in Maysville, Kentucky, USA – 29 June 2002) was an American singer and actress. Clooney's first recordings, in May 1946, were for Columbia Records. She sang with Tony Pastor's big band. Clooney continued working with the Pastor band until 1949, making her last recording with the band in May of that year and her first as a solo artist a month later, still for Columbia. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit Come On-a My House written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian (better known as David Seville, the father figure of Alvin and the Chipmunks), which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me" (a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati), "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There" and "This Ole House", although she had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002. She was the aunt of Academy Award winning actor George Clooney; mother-in-law of singer Debby Boone; and sister to former television personality Nick Clooney. She was the ex-wife of Jose Ferrer; mother of actor Miguel Ferrer Clooney was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of 2001. Around this time, she gave her last concert, in Hawaii, backed by the Honolulu Symphony Pops; her last song was "God Bless America".

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Anna Nalick (born March 30, 1984, in Temple City, California) is an American platinum-selling singer and songwriter. In addition to writing all of her own music, Nalick has been writing for other artists since the age of 15. Starting in 2003, Nalick released her first studio produced album, entitled: “Wreck of the Day” in 2005. It featured the hit single “Breathe (2AM)” under the SonyMusic label. The song propelled to the top of the charts and sent Anna on a nearly four year tour around the world. Featuring her third hit single “Shine,” Nalick and SonyMusic released “The Shine EP.” Both “Wreck of the Day” and “The Shine EP” can still be heard widely on radio and television today, with “Breathe” being featured twice on the hit television drama “Grey’s Anatomy.” Wanting to pursue a musical style free of label influence, Nalick decided to part ways with SonyMusic in 2010 and in 2011, released her first independently produced album: “Broken Doll & Odds & Ends”. Nalick describes the album as: “mostly acoustic with haunting and unusual instrumentation. I wanted to release the songs I wrote while I was with Sony before I move on to all new material. I liked the songs too much to just leave them all behind. Now I’m ready to explore new territory.” Utilizing the unique sounds of toy piano, sitar, glockenspiel, oud, mandocello and sweeping string arrangements, “Broken Doll & Odds & Ends” features a wide range of instruments, performed by a very talented collection of musicians. Nalick’s unique storytelling ability and timeless sense of melody has gained even more notoriety with fans, selling over 30,000 copies during the album’s first month. Presently, Nalick is dedicating the majority of her time to writing for her next project. Unlike the acoustic feel of “Broken Doll & Odds & Ends,” Nalick’s next album is planned to be an electric collection of songs, featuring a full band and a bigger sound than previously produced.