Allen Stone

From backwoods barbecues and community gatherings; Allen Stone emerges to share personal melodies, telling his tales of life after just 23 years. Getting his start singing at his father's church in small-town America, it wasn't until later when introduced to the greats of soul music (Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin) and then to the confessional lyrical fashion of the 60's -70's singer/ songwriters did music begin to ignite intense passion, eventually carrying this boy to a musical home.

His debut album Last To Speak touches upon a range of styles and themes. Integrating classic soul, catchy pop hooks, r&b beats and folk roots with lyrical matters of testimonial broken relationships, poisonous politics and an intimate challenge to religion. Stone's music is notable for his finely crafted evocative songs and a fresh, smooth, soul-filled voice-one that certainly belies his age.

On his yet-to-be released self-titled second album, Allen has pushed his sound and lyricism to a greater level of noted individuality. Produced by Lior Goldenberg in Los Angeles, CA (Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Macy Gray, Ziggy Marley) and backed by Raphael Shaadiq's rhythm section with the Tower of Power, Allen Stone is set to embark on an array of bigger stages in 2011. Now partnered with MBK Entertainment based in New York, NY, Allen's first stop was on stage at the ASCAP Music Lounge and BMI Snowball Showcases at The Sundance Film Festival in January 2011.