“Somehow Someway” R&B/jazz singer Tracye Eileen (https://www.tracyeeileen.com) is determined to proceed with her EP release plans despite the global crises. She’s spent the last decade honing her craft as a soulful singer-songwriter, preparing for and working towards this moment. Eileen views her time as now, which explains the title of her “It’s Time” EP dropping on June 12. At the top of March, just days ahead of shelter in place orders, the Chicago native flew to Los Angeles to shoot a video for the first single, “Somehow Someway,” with Emmy-winning director Ali LeRoi (“The Chris Rock Show”, “Everybody Hates Chris”). Then the pandemic hit the US full force, threatening to steal her momentum.
A confident woman who writes autobiographical songs about love and relationships set to sensual R&B grooves, Eileen is marching forward undaunted with the record that she and producer-songwriter Kendall Duffie recorded in Duffie’s Nashville studio. “Somehow Someway” is already garnering national airplay, including from SiriusXM, and Soul Tracks premiered the video (https://youtu.be/ko4e5Cp9oMo). When faced with the challenge of losing her residency at Buddy Guy’s Legends indefinitely because of social distancing guidelines, Eileen launched the intimate “Meet Me In My Parlor: A Musical Interlude with Tracye Eileen” on her Facebook and Instagram pages as a weekly platform to connect with listeners while performing casually and introducing the new material.
“It’s Time” consists of three new songs written by Eileen and Duffie – “Somehow Someway,” “Now That We’re Here” and “Sweeter With Time” – as well as two versions of one of the first songs Eileen ever wrote, “Why Did I Say Yes,” an empowering tune celebrating independence penned after her divorce. Eileen’s soothing sound spotlights her expressive voice, sharing personal stories illuminated by lush melodies, neo soul nuances, breezy jazz cadences and classic R&B beats. While she did not originally plan it this way, the track sequence of the EP allows her stories about personal growth and change to unfold in natural order.
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