A former member of
Brooklyn Funk Essentials, as well as a seasoned session vocalist who has collaborated with
Tricky,
Soulive,
Talib Kweli, and
Chocolate Genius,
Stephanie McKay debuted as a solo artist with 2003's McKay -- an album that featured extensive assistance from
Portishead's
Geoff Barrow (aka
Fuzzface) and
Adrian Utley. Though the album wasn't released in the States, some of its material was included on a self-titled EP that surfaced on Astralwerks in 2006. Tell It Like It Is, her second album, followed on the same label in early 2007. ~ Andy Kellman