Carlitta Durand

The silken-voiced Carlitta Durand is a progressive R&B artist whose solo recordings combine modern soul and downtempo electronica with a dreamlike sound that belies her down-to-earth lyricism. She established her career in the latter half of the 2000s as an affiliate of fellow North Carolinians Little Brother, and by extension became a frequent collaborator heard on recordings by the related Foreign Exchange. Durand followed three independent solo full-lengths -- namely Songs from Carli (2011), I'll Be Gorgeous When I Die (2015), and Kismet Green (2020) -- with Make Me Stay (2...