'Beautiful Things' is not the obvious nu-sou-jazz pop release from Paris based Estonian, Katrin-Merili.
One for fans old soul, your Moonchild's of late, possibly Allysha Joy (see review HERE) or even Kyra (see review HERE).
The 5 track EP which she co-produced with Sacha Arnaud which has found her touching some personal events in her life including her Mum's cancer diagnosis and long distance love ('Hold My Body') but don't get the impression that this is dark Nordic-noir soul; if anything, quite the opposite.
'Beautiful Things' and 'Girl In The Mirror' are reflective with a positive outlook that reminded me of Corrine Baby Rae who I recently saw at the WeOutHere Festival (Corrine is 45 now you know!)
'Overjoyed' jets a little more jazz keys (Katrin-Merili has worked with Roy Ayres) and the radio plays will come from 'Hold My Body' and my favourite 'Dangerous'.
Definitely one to look out for. And by coincidence, talking WeOutHere, there was a lot of talk about Gilles Peterson's interview with Chris 'The Rhythm Doctor' Long (currently resident in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn), Jerry Dammers (caught watching Johnny 'reggae legend' Clarke the day after his brilliant set) and the 'LP Livicate EP' (see review HERE) - now that's pretty "Worldwide" so why not Katrin-Merili at next years' festival?
Artist: Katrin-Merili
Title: Beautiful Things EP
Release date: 30th August, 2024
Label: Independent
Cat. No: -
Format: Bandcamp / Digital
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