A consummate guitarist, singer and songwriter, Kellindo Parker aka Kellindo easily sounds like an artist you should already know. He recently released his new alt-rock single “Sugar”, a guitar riff-based song with a trap beat and a theme of the seduction of music. The song is his first single from his debut solo album, Games, set to release on February 28, 2020.

Kellindo’s professional music career began when his uncle, Maceo Parker, asked him to join him on a world tour as his lead guitarist. Upon his return, he was hired to be the lead guitarist for Grammy-nominated artist Janelle Monae in 2006. Their collaboration blossomed where Kellindo also became collaborator and co-arranger on “Many Moons” from Monae’s Grammy-nominated Metropolis album. He also co-wrote “Mushrooms and Roses,” “Come Alive” and “Dance or Die” from her Archandroid album and co-wrote “Q.U.E.E.N,” “Sally Ride,” “Victory,” and “We Were Rock and Roll” from Monae’s critically acclaimed album, Electric Lady. In addition, Kellindo co-wrote "Take a Byte" and "Americans" as well as co-arranged "Pynk" on Monae's most recent album, Dirty Computer.

In December 2018, Kellindo released his debut solo single, “When Flowers Could Dance”, which garnered 115,000 streams on Spotify. East Coast Rocker says Parker’s music “blends the best of rock, soul, funk, and psych” and he is “definitely outside the box.” Soulbounce lauded that Kellindo’s “ridiculous skills have allowed him to share the stage with icons like Prince and Nile Rodgers.”

Today, Kellindo is set to release his debut body of work in early 2020. Check out his first single, “Sugar”, which is out now on all music streaming platforms. And stay tuned for the new "Sugar" music video -- coming soon!

More About Kellindo

Music is part of Kellindo’s DNA. He’s the nephew of Maceo Parker (saxophonist for James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic) and of Melvin Parker (drummer for James Brown). His father, Kellis Parker, Sr., was an accomplished jazz trombonist in addition to being a law professor at Columbia University. Kellindo started performing at a young age, singing opera in the Children’s Choir at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center from ages 9-12. He later studied jazz guitar as well as classical and jazz music history at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music in NYC.

After being hired as Janelle Monae’s lead guitarist and Music Director in 2006, Kellindo has also established himself as a successful songwriter and signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. As a solo artist, he started recording and releasing original music in 2016, and has been performing with his band throughout New York City, Atlanta and Los Angeles.

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