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K'Alyn

washington, dc living in addis ababa for a minute.

About Me

Take a hint of Sting, a dose of Hendrix, a pinch of Stevie, add it up and you've got the flavor of K'Alyn (pronounced K-Allen). The talented multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter has made fans with his rich amalgam of organic jazzy grooves, poetic and insightful lyrics, rocked out guitar anthems and keen compositional chops that draw from the best elements of folk, R&B, soul and funk. K'Alyn is a true original with an adventurous musical spirit. The Washington, DC native who initially had his sights set on becoming a doctor shares, "My music is music from and for the soul. It's music to dream to. I want to be an example of grace and beauty through sound. I am making music for the future...and if you're hip now...let's take a journey."
K'Alyn has honed his skills and built an impressive resume leading his own band and touring the world as both a singer and guitarist with a collective of like-minded musicians. Most recently he toured as a member of Jive Records R&B recording artist Raheem Devaughn's band as lead guitarist. Prior to working with Devaughn, K'Alyn was a featured vocalist with bassist/singer Me'Shell Ndegeocello. While with Ndegeocello, he toured the US, Europe and Japan extensively and appeared on late night TV shows Jay Leno and Carson Daly. K'Alyn maintains a busy schedule, touring with his own band and producing tracks for W. Ellington Felton featuring Raheem Devaughn and Eric Roberson as well as for up-and-coming singers Wayna and Bilal Salaam .
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Music:

Member Since: 9/27/2005
Band Website: kalynmusic.com
Influences: sting, stevie, jimi, prince, sly, miles, bob, joni
Record Label: eklektrik soul records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

CAN'T GET INTO MYSPACE FROM ETHIOPIA

Greetings alli'm not really sure what the deal is but me and like 5 other myspacers here in ethiopia have been unable to get into myspace for over a month or so...so...i haven't dissappeared and i am ...
Posted by K'Alyn on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:15:00 PST

stolen phone and new pictures (july update)

dear friends...just wanting to send you all my love from ethiopia. all is well withe me except for my stolen mobile phonelast night...i was a victum of a classic pickpocket...i can almost remember it ...
Posted by K'Alyn on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:22:00 PST

some new pictures and updates...

hello all....checking in again to let you know that all is well with me...it's about 7am, and i have been up all night working on my latest photo diary, found at this link:http://www.kalynmusic.com/li...
Posted by K'Alyn on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:26:00 PST

live from addis vol. 3...new pix

greetings family and friends.... it's been more than a month or so since i last wrote and all continues to be well for me. the club is becoming very popular, the music is getting nice, doing live re...
Posted by K'Alyn on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:50:00 PST

happy new year folks....new photos...

things are going pretty good for me...still, everyday is an adjustment.  i'm feeling settled for the most part....   the last month has been filled with holidays...two sets...american christ...
Posted by K'Alyn on Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:41:00 PST

link to a few photos from addis...

things are pretty cool today.  i was crazy tired last night.  i thought i gave a great show, acoustic last night.    setlist:   with you reflections let's get it on ain't no...
Posted by K'Alyn on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:28:00 PST

addis 2

hello my friends and family...   another beautiful day in addis.  i am starting to find my groove, well a little bit, i can say.  i didn't realize the altitude was so high here.  f...
Posted by K'Alyn on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:28:00 PST

live from addis...

whassup people's?   this is my first message from addis.   factoids...   - four seasons in a day...night's like winter, mornings like spring, midday like summer and late afternoons lik...
Posted by K'Alyn on Sat, 03 Dec 2005 02:52:00 PST

pookie's gallery

i'm sitting here @ mirror's in dc at an event called pookie's gallery held by my good friends munch and raquel. i am sick as a dog...my voice is suspect...hoarse and hurting badly... i performed a fe...
Posted by K'Alyn on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 07:26:00 PST

my space has taken over my life...

anyone out there feeling this way...it's not a bad thing...but i've spent more time on myspace than i have practicing or making music....it's pretty consuming....when will it all stop! well...i'm e...
Posted by K'Alyn on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:52:00 PST