Notes:
"Owl Studios is very pleased with Beautiful Soul as their latest release," according to a label representative. "The album's multi-genre format allows Cynthia to reach a wide audience through R&B, jazz, funk, and soul. The label feels this is a great addition to its catalogue and looks forward to introducing the world to the 'Beautiful Soul' of Cynthia Layne."

Beautiful Soul was co-produced and co-composed by Rob Dixon, a respected musician born in Baltimore and raised in Atlanta, who has toured all over the world. Layne's band members include Dixon on saxophone, Beautiful Soul co-producer/co-composer Reggie Bishop on piano, keyboards/keyboard bass along with Kenny Phelps on drums. Both Bishop and Phelps are Indianapolis-born.


Artist Roster:
Cynthia Layne: vocals
Reggie Bishop: keyboards, programming, synth bass
Rob Dixon: saxophones, keyboards
Kenny Phelps: drums and percussion
Eugene McGee: electric bass
Joel Kelsey: acoustic and electric bass
Gary Mielke: electric bass, keyboards, programming
Sandy Williams: electric and acoustic guitar
Pancho Benton: electric guitar
PJ Majors: drums
Mike Hackett: trumpet
PJ Yinger: trumpet
Rich Dole: trombone
Nina Rae: shout out girl


Track Listing:
1. Be You
2. Kings & Queens
3. Letting You Go
4. Pimp Talk
5. I Can't Change You
6. Will U Be There
7. All I Need
8. Beautiful Soul
9. Free Yourself
10. Funny
11. Mystery
12. We
13. Two And One
14. Letting You Go (extended play)
15. Nina Shouts



Reviews:

Give me more of this! There can never be too many women in this world, and especially those, who have the ability to display their own profile and styling with the necessary confidence. That's why I'm welcoming Cynthia Layne to the highest degree, especially as she's displaying her best work on her second album 'Beautiful Soul'. -Joerg Michael Schmitt (SoulSite.de)

Cynthia Layne is from a generation of artists who believe that love always prevails and her album Beautiful Soul makes you want to believe with her. The arcades of classic and contemporary R&B/soul is an inspiration as Layne's vocals make love seem like it is always in season. If you leave with only one impression of Cynthia Layne after listening to Beautiful Soul, it would be that her voice nourishes the soul. Her words make peace with what has been lost and reaffirms the love that is already inside. JazzReview.com