From R&B to Pop to Hip-Hop. This Fresh New Talent has it all. Discover a new Beginning. Novel is more than just another performer breaking his way into the music industry. He is a true artist. An artist in the rarest form. This God gifted genius wrote, arranged, performed and produced his own project. Once you hear his score you will be captured into a new era, a new sound, a new music. Much like the early Motown days, when music sprouted from nowhere and took us everywhere and now lives on and on and on....
This is His music. This is Novel.
At a tender age of 21, Novels’ lyrics are of such a person who has lived far more years than he. He writes what he lives, what he sees, what he feels.
This is his book, untold by no one better than he, with many sequels to follow.
This is Novel.
His Story:
Novel , at a young age, traveled Europe with his family, under the guidance of his grandfather, dazzling audiences with his young style of energy and profoundness.
Born in California, raised in Philadelphia, Atlanta and North Carolina, Novel came upon a sound of music, none like no other. His ability to mix the East Coast and the West Coast sounds together has blessed him with his own tap into the music field of Hip-Hop, Pop, R&B and Soul.
Once his father set him up with his own studio, back in California, and gave him a few pointers from the old school, it gave Novel that freedom and drive to picked up where his roots left off, only to fly away to a sky of no limitations... no boundaries.
Descended from a multitude of talent.
His Father...
William ”Mickey” Stevenson
Motowns’ first A&R Director/Vice President
Wrote hit songs as “Dancing In The Street”, “Pride & Joy”, “It Takes Two”, “My Baby Loves Me” and many others. He discovered such artists as The Four Tops, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, just to name a few.
His Mother...........
Melanie Burke
Singer / Songwriter
Singing since she was a child, she traveled with her father, Solomon Burke, across the globe, stealing the hearts of those who embraced her voice, her dynamic voice captured the ears, as she sang background with the likes of Chaka Kahn, Billy Preston, Norman Connors, She performed in the Off-Broadway Stage Production, “Dreamgirls” and appeared in such films as “California Dolls”, “White Mama.”
His Grandfather..
Solomon Burke
“The King of Rock ‘n Soul”
Inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. From 1961 to 1968, Burke released 32 singles on Atlantic. These included six Top 10 R&B hits, all but two, of which also made the pop Top 40.
His Grandmother.........
Kitty Stevenson
Songwriter / Entertainer
Worked with “The Sweethearts of Rhythm” an all girls orchestra back in the 60s. She performed with Dinah Washington and other great artist. She wrote several hit songs.
