Calvin Burton A.K.A " Kal Royale" was born on April 16, 1985. Growing up in the church, Kal new that singing was his natural talent at the tender age of 5. Kal's musical style is influenced by R&B greats like Sam Cooke, Ron Isley, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Willie Hutch, and Donnie Hathaway just to name a few. Kal's ability to merge two different styles of music, while maintaining the essence of the classic soul hits is what sets him apart from other solo artist. Kal Royale's biggest goal as a successful artist is to be a positive influence in the community by creating meaningful, soul-stirring sounds. The future for him in the industry is definitely a bright one. His smooth style can be heard on the soon to be released Welcome To Durham Documentary compilation album and the Flavor Fruit Holiday Project currently being sold at http://cdbaby.com/cd/flavorfruit. Soul stirring vocals, real life lyrics, and a sound that takes you back to years gone by are the nucleus of Kal Royale’s debut effort, My Soul To Keep My Soul To Keep, a rhythmic soul album under the creation of The Neck Breakas Production Team, that will make you want to listen with full volume. Melodic strings, heavy baselines, a total re-introduction to live instrumentation provided by this dynamic duo of producers. This album will be considered a musicians delight in an industry flooded by everyday loops and sample-heavy music. Neo Soul and R&B fans can add this gentleman to their collection of great artists. Kal Royale is the name and soul music is his stage allowing you to hear the many influences in his array of vocal styles. Such artists as Curtis Mayfield, The Isley Brothers, Willie Hutch, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Smokie Robinson, Rick James, Stevie Wonder, and so many more. You will be amazed at the texture, range, and melodic harmonies that this young artist showcases. My Soul to Keep is a re-creation of an era when pimps and hustlers ran the corners, LOVE was such a heavy word and relationships seemed destined to last forever. While the album has street epics and tales of relationships lost, it is not void of spiritual content, hence the title track My Soul To Keep. Kal cleverly narrates from a well rounded perspective leaving his listeners with a feeling of familiarity which brings you to a modern day and time where relationships last only one night and “LOVE is just a game”. North Carolina’s newest artist brings a style that has been branded Muddy Soul. It displays a mixture of styles and sounds as North Carolina is known as the Muddy Middle. From the year 2006 prepare to take a journey back into time where soul music was a way of life. This album is a futuristic flashback of real R&B, giving you a vision that’s seen through a young mans soul.