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Kindred the Family Soul, also referred to as Kindred, are a duo consisting of the married couple of Fatin Dantzler and Aja Graydon. Signed to Hidden Beach Recordings, Kindred emerged from the Philadelphia neo soul movement that also includes Jill Scott, who discovered them while the couple was performing at the Black Lily Film & Music Festival. After two years of work on the CD, Hidden Beach issued their debut album ''Surrender to Love'' in February 2003, which included, among others, the songs "Stars" and "Far Away". Their follow-up album was 2005's ''In This Life Together'' its title being a reference to Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee's 1998 book ''With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together'', spawning the single "Where Would I Be (The Question)". The duo were nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Group Band or Duo for ''Surrender to Love'' in 2004 and a BET Award for the BET J Cool Like That Award in 2006. The group's third LP, ''The Arrival'', was released on October 21, 2008. The Group's most recent album was "Love has No Recession" released on Purpose/Shanachie records which featured special guests such as Snoop Dogg, Chuck Brown, Bilal, Raheem Devaughn and others. The beloved Grammy-nominated duo, Kindred the Family Soul is set to headline ATL Soul Life Music Fest, the largest annual Soul Music Festival in the SE region. This duo is the chosen to close out the second night as the headliner. Fondly known as the First Couple of Soul to some, they are sure to take attendees on a musical journey. Last year’s inaugural festival sold out with a record setting attendance of 5,300 on the first night and over 5,100 on the second.