{"id":54155,"date":"2015-08-03T11:46:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T11:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=54155"},"modified":"2016-09-22T14:33:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:33:25","slug":"new-noise-eryn-allen-kane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2015\/08\/03\/new-noise-eryn-allen-kane\/","title":{"rendered":"New Noise: Eryn Allen Kane"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest talent to be certified by Prince, we meet his ‘Baltimore’ protest song accomplice, Eryn Allen Kane and learn what it’s like to work with a legend.
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Imagine waking up one morning to the news that Prince has just happened to discover you on Soundcloud. The next step? You travel to Prince’s home, Paisley Park, and record a track to inspire a generation looking for help \u2013 obviously. Naturally all that’s left to do then is venture on stage with the Purple Rainmaker and perform your protest song at Baltimore Arena. Eryn Allen Kane has smashed through endless milestones in recent months and things are only set to get even more surreal for the girl from Detroit as she’s set to release her EP,\u00a0Aviary<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Eryn’s giving little away about what we can expect from her next release but we’re hoping for a handful of tracks that mix up what we’ve already heard. She’s clearly beyond competent at writing and singing about the serious but her slice of soul featuring on Towkio’s “Heaven Only Knows” shines through amongst harmonies and Chance The Rapper’s signature relentless verse backed by hyper-percussion and shows Eryn could have a hold over R&B any time she likes. We talked to the new name on the radar about Prince, the backlash of the riots and her musical career so far.<\/p>\n

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What was it like to perform with Prince and for such an important event, at the Baltimore Arena as part of the continuing protests there?<\/b><\/p>\n

We were sitting in his dressing room before the performance. I think that was the most nervous I’d ever been in my entire life. We had quite a long conversation and towards the end I decided to tell him a story about how in 2012, I scraped together what little money I had to buy a ticket to see him in concert at the United Center. I told him that I could barely see him that night and he responded: “Well I have a feeling things are going to be a little different tonight”. When I saw him 3 years ago from the rafters, I never imagined I’d be sharing the stage with him in 2015 at a rally for peace. The impetus for us collaborating and performing together made the experience all the more singular and important for me. It all felt very surreal. It still feels insane.<\/p>\n