Leslie Poole and Kim McMickle are Kindle, a duo from Atlanta who
recently teamed up with a group of Nashville music vets to record
Right Direction, an album of upbeat and melodic songs bridging the
gap bertween pop-rock and country. The musicians who contributed to
the CD have played with The Dixie Chicks, Reba McIntyre, Travis Tritt,
Trisha Yearwood, Big Al Anderson and others.
No stranger to success, Kindle has played to standing-room-only crowds
at various venues around their Atlanta hometown, including Eddie's
Attic. A Creative Loafing review called the show “…beautifully
rendered pop music, with Leslie Poole's voice like some magical missing
link between Judy Collins and Natalie Merchant.” Border's Books
& Music was equally enthusiastic: “Heartfelt vocals, intricate
melodies and instrumental lines, simply wonderful original music —
do not miss this.”
Two of Kindle's songs were voted as finalists among 1,400 entries
in the Georgia Music Industry Association's songwriting competition.
The CD Right Direction was recorded in Nashville and produced by
Scott Baggett and Leslie Poole. Poole also wrote all the songs, and
provided guitar and lead vocals; Kim McMickle sings backup throughout.
The title of the CD comes from a Buddhist proverb which says, “If
we are facing the right direction, all we need to do is keep walking.”
If this CD is any indication, Kindle are indeed headed in the right
direction.
Kindle
