Tracklisting
1. Try'n to Play a Player
2. Talk to Me
3. I'm Not Impressed
4. Why
5. I'll Love Someone Later
6. Try'n to Play a Player (remix)
7. Peel Me a Grape
8. Have Faith in Me
9. Catch Me If I'm Falling
10. Right Face Wrong Time
11. Mary Did You Know
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Born and raised in Memphis,
Tennessee, the "Birthplace of the Blues," Temmora's engaging
blend of R&B, hip hop and jazz gives her work more emotional
resonance and depth than one would expect from an emerging
artist. Then again, perhaps this maturity is inevitable from
someone who has been honing her musical skills in the church
choir since the tender age of five. And though gospel is one
of her many musical influences, the most significant one was
her mother who recently passed away.
Once dreaming of stardom, Temmora's mother shared her love of
the performing arts with her daughter, leaving her with an
impressive legacy-an abiding love for music and art. A child
of both the gospel and the blues, young Temmora was enrolled
in ballet classes at the age of three and later studied modern
dance and jazz. As an adolescent she performed with her high
school mass choir and competed in statewide competitions.
Inspired by her mother's dream, Temmora devoted her time to
cultivating her vocal talents, developing a voice and range
that would lead her to explore many different musical
traditions. But it was the excitement of performing and the
relationship she formed with her listeners that became the
driving force behind this young artist. "I love the energy of
the audience," says Temmora, who is as comfortable on the
stage as she is in the studio. Fortunately, her genuine
passion for music making did not go unnoticed. Temmora's
natural talent, sultry, kinetic stage presence, and
professional discipline soon garnered the attention of music
scouts who quickly recognized her ability to excite audiences
and move them with her gifted voice.
With her mother's dream in mind and years of dedication and
inspired musical experimentation behind her, Temmora has spent
the past three years polishing her talents as both songstress
and songwriter. After a successful Southeastern regional tour,
where she enjoyed jam-packed community, mall and retail store
appearances as well as word-of-mouth appeal, Temmora presents
her long-awaited debut album, Talk to Me. Fusing jazz, blues,
country, R&B and hip hop, Talk to Me is a soulful compilation
that transcends genre, gender, and cultural lines.'
In this first album, Temmora wanted to bring the energy and
intimacy of her stage performances to the studio. What she
offers is new music with widespread appeal. Her songs cross
boundaries and meet the ears of listeners, touching them in
ways that are memorable and meaningful. Mindful of this
important relationship, Temmora has co-written many of her own
tracks and collaborated on the production, drawing on her
diverse musical background and training to experiment with the
unconventional. In Talk to Me, each song is an intimate
conversation, an ongoing dialogue Temmora is having with the
listener. In these works Temmora sings with candor and
intensity, inviting listeners to join her on a personal
journey, inviting them to witness some of what she has seen
and experienced.
The result is music that is as soulful as it is relevant. For
example,"Catch Me If I'm Falling," a love song at first blush,
Temmora sings about someone who has reached the end of the
line, and yet these same words could be heard as a plea for
spiritual guidance or a cry for help. In "Why," she sings with
the anguish of broken promises and a relationship gone bad,
and yet, she bounces back with a renewed focus in "I'll Love
Someone Later," a country/blues song Temmora re-imagined with
her own unique vocal styling. But relationships aren't the
only focus of her lyrical terrain. Temmora exposes personal
posturing in "Try'n to Play a Player" and social elitism in
"I'm Not Impressed," her answer to the rampant materialism of
today's hip hop culture. In all of her songs, Temmora's vocals
are front and center, her emotion clearly expressed in every
note and inflection. Nowhere is this best embodied than in her
soul-stirring rendition of the classic, "Mary, Did You Know?"
With its lush strings and acoustic guitar, Temmora has brought
audiences to tears with her evocative cover of this song.
An open-minded and gifted musical innovator, Temmora brings a
wide range of influences to this acoustic conversation -
mixing the tones and sounds of Indian sitars and tablas,
African koras, xylophones, marimbas, maracas, and other world
instruments that are uncommon in the manufactured grooves that
typically characterize the contemporary urban music soundscape.
Temmora is an artist first and foremost whose true-to-life
lyrics have genuine and widespread appeal. Her seductive
voice, with its range and soft maturity, captures audiences of
diverse musical tastes and interests, making them feel that
Temmora is indeed talking intimately to them. "I want you to
feel something with my music," says Temmora, when asked why
she sings. "I want to be the kind of artist who is always a
step ahead."
And a step ahead she is. With her soft ballads and
hard-hitting up-tempo tracks, Temmora is that rare artist who
can do both equally well. With its diverse, eclectic musical
influences, Talk to Me finally offers listeners music worth
singing about.
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