21 (Adele album) music inflections. Instruments such as the saxophone, harp, banjo and the accordion contributed to its exploration of blues and soul. The singer drew from the music of Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Elbow, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits, and Sinéad O'Connor in the cultivation of the album's sound, and credited Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Neko Case, and The Steel Drivers with its musical direction. Adele's style on "21" is generally characterised by critics as soul, although some suggest that the album eschews any distinct stylistic epithet. John Murphy of musicOMH characterises the album as British soul. Jon Caramanica of
Kyla (British singer) Kyla (British singer) Kyla Reid ( Smith), commonly known as Kyla, is a British house music singer in the UK funky subgenre. She is best known for her song "Do You Mind" which was later featured on Drake's 2016 international hit "One Dance". Kyla features on the Crazy Cousinz UK funky song "Do You Mind", released in 2008, which peaked at number 48 on the UK Top Singles in 2009. DJ Paleface liked Kyla's voice after seeing her in a video for the song "Be What I Wanna Be". Kyla gave up her music career to start a family. In