Kinny At Juno Download

Review: Returning with a second LP, having come through the ranks of the Tru Thoughts stable with her 2010 debut, Canadian/Norwegian singer Kinny makes a big impression with this sampler of her Big Fat Liar LP. Made with Norwegian producers Souldrop, tunes like the playful funk-stomp of title-song "Big Fat Liar" mark her out as a unique artist with a commanding manner at the mic. Slower nu-funk numbers like "You From This Sting" and the unplugged version of "Water For Chocolate" mark her card in a hugely positive way, and should make for an explosive presence in 2012.

Review: Bergen-based Tru Thoughts regular Kinny is an interesting character. An opera singer turned soul chanteuse, she relocated from Canada to Bergen in Norway some years back. She also suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a condition that helped shape the dark, sometimes bleak lyrical content of this second full-length. For an album with such dark subject matter, it's a surprisingly breezy set. Produced by Norwegian crew Souldrop, Can't Kill A Dame With Soul confidently shuffles between vintage soul, jaunty reggae, hip-hop, R&B and neo-soul, occasionally pausing to deliver a genuine musical curveball (see the inventive cover of the Cure's "The Love Cats").