Lola Bleu | Love Will Find A Way (Avail. Now)
Lola Bleu presents….”Love Will Find A Way”.
Janell McCracken p/k/a Lola Bleu is a truly unique talent. The
beautiful 22-years-old songstress has been singing all of her life and
it shows on her debut album Love Will Find A Way.
Released in early August on HSP Music, the album is the story of Bleu
getting out of a relationship, dealing with the breakup and finally
finding the person she wants to be with. Produced primarily by David
Sanders II, Love covers various genres from soul to hip-hop to mid-tempo
grooves with the one constant being Bleu’s smooth soulful voice.
Listen to “I Found You” from the “Love Will Find A Way” EP…
Recorded over a two year period, Bleu put her heart and soul into the
album. “Recording the album matured me a whole lot with my voice and
how I sing and as a person,” she says. “I learned and am still learning
more about myself musically every time I sing each song.”
Though she is only 22-years-old Bleu has known that she
wanted to be a professional singer since she was seven years old. She
began singing at a very early age in her father’s church which led to
her catching the showbiz bug very early.
By the age of 14 she had signed her first professional deal with
Maryland based Tyanjo Productions as a gospel artist. She would go on to
blow local crowds away opening up for jazz acts with a voice that was
matured well beyond her young age.
In 2002 McCracken was selected as lead soprano of the schools choir
during her sophomore year attending Pine Forge Academy. The nationally
renowned choir toured the country singing in front of orchestras and
large congregations praising God at her highest pitch. She graduated
from Pine Forge in 2006 and moved to Huntsville Alabama to attend
College.
While in Alabama McCracken put school and work before her passion but
the music never left her heart. She would eventually meet local artist
Mista Freezy and begin singing hooks for his album. The hook work
reignited her desire to sing. That would lead to her linking with
Sanders and close friend/songwriter Donna Jackson. That meeting coupled
with her relationship drama would foster the creation of McCracken’s
musical alter ego Lola Bleu.
“When the music starts playing, she appears,” explains the artist.
“Lola Bleu is an emotional wreck, she feeds off of music, she feeds off
of crowd reaction, she’s very eccentric and at times she’s very much a
diva when she wants to be.”
One look at Lola’s unique funky style of dress and one listen to her
captivating music and it is clear that she is here to set a different
tone for the industry. “Musically I’m continuously growing as an artist
and this album is just the beginning of what I can actually do in the
future.” Make way for the future of R&B.
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