Who: Kiran
Where: Thornhill, ON
What: so smooth
Contac: Lake City Entertainment Inc., 99 Bronte Road, #150, Oakville, ON L6L 3B7, 416-697-0791, admin@lakecityent.com, www.kiran-funk.com.

Adult-contemporary R&B/pop artist Kiran Singh was born in Ireland when his family left South Africa for a time. Moving back, they lived under Apartheid, learning to deal with the racist laws and segregation. At home, he was exposed to music by his parents and elder siblings, listening to everyone from Michael Jackson to George Benson and Nat King Cole. When Kiran was 10, the family immigrated to Canada to start a new life. Excitedly, he enrolled in piano lessons and for high school attended Cawthra Park Secondary for performing arts, where he learned to play acoustic guitar, bass, and percussion, in addition to composing his own songs. Not surprisingly, at the University of Toronto, he chose to study music, earning a Bachelor of Music in vocal jazz and a Bachelor of Education in music. It was while working at The Gap of all places that he met his eventual executive producer and co-writer, Mark Bronson. Along with producers Bryant Didier (also a co-writer), Larry Thompson (Neverending White Lights), and songwriter/producer Michael St. Clair (Jacksoul), they began creating what would become Kiran’s self-titled debut album. It’s a mellow recording, a lounge-y mix of R&B and piano-bar jazz, including “You Took A Bite,” “Ready,” and horn-inflected “You’re The One For Me.” More than two-dozen musicians guest on the tracks and help him realize his once-impossible dream.

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