{"id":7471,"date":"2012-09-24T09:43:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T16:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=7471"},"modified":"2012-09-24T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T18:06:38","slug":"april-kry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/09\/april-kry\/","title":{"rendered":"APRIL KRY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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APRIL KRY<\/strong><\/h1>\n

HOMETOWN:<\/strong> Hartford, Conn.
\nINFLUENCES:<\/strong> Taylor Swift, Colbie Caillat, Billie Holiday
\nALBUM:<\/strong> Music Speaks <\/em>EP, out now
\nWEBSITE:<\/strong> aprilkry.com<\/p>\n

\u00a0Pop-rock singer-songwriter April Kry embarked upon her music career in a traditional setting\u2014growing up singing in the church where her father served as a worship leader. Kry moved around a lot as a child in central Connecticut, and music eased her loneliness. \u201cI found that music was my escape from reality when I had nowhere else to go,\u201d she says. After years of practicing her vocal craft, Kry eventually turned to songwriting, feeling her songs could communicate emotions that others found difficult to express. \u201cI started writing music four or five years ago,\u201d she says,\u00a0\u201cbecause I wanted to be the voice for people who didn\u2019t know what to say.\u201d While Kry worked as a nanny to pay bills, she traveled often\u00a0to New York City where her grandmother lived, and soon\u00a0began performing there in nightclubs.<\/div>\n

The result of Kry\u2019s musical efforts is her debut EP,\u00a0Music Speaks<\/em>, which weaves the disparate strands of soul, jazz and pop into a six-song set of heartbreaking ballads and uplifting anthems of empowerment. Kry, 22, has shared the stage alongside entertainers including the late Donna Summer and\u00a0Jermaine Jackson, and in the studio has worked with TV\u2019s The Voice<\/em> champion Javier Colon and producer Tom Jackson (Taylor Swift, Jordin Sparks). The ability to collaborate with industry heavyweights\u00a0has been especially gratifying.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had the privilege of working with some of the most talented people in the industry thus far,\u201d says Kry, who splits her time between Nashville and New York City. While she continues to make\u00a0high-profile connections, the most important relationship for Kry is the one she shares with her audience. \u201cThe only reason why I\u2019m doing this is to put a smile on your face,\u201d she says, \u201cor maybe bring up an emotion that has been hidden for a while. Music brings us all \u00a0together. It\u2019s a universal language.\u201d<\/p>\n

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